ERIC Number: ED281702
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1983-Feb
Pages: 133
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
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Preceptor Handbook: Rural Clinical Nurse Placement Center.
Stuart-Siddall, Sandra; Haberlin, Jean
This handbook provides Rural Clinical Nurse Placement Program (RCNP) preceptors with a program overview and practical suggestions to apply during student placement. An introductory section describes how the program addresses the maldistribution of nurses by raising awareness about the rural experience, adding a needed perspective to the urban bias of nursing education, and increasing the ease with which nurses can relocate in rural communities. The next section overviews the program in operation since 1975 to provide registered or student nurses with a 6-8 week rural clinical experience. Separate sections detail aspects of the preceptor-student relationship (initiating/maintaining the relationship and communicating effectively with students), principles of learning and teaching, and how to provide the student with constructive feedback. Twelve questions commonly asked by preceptors are answered. Twenty-two references to assist preceptors are cited. Seventeen appendices contain sample forms, checklists, and questionnaires including a RCNP communication overview, list of responsibilities of RCNP participants, excerpts from student logs, letter of agreement, instructor statement, student application, sample objectives, student housing and pre-placement questionnaires, skills list for OB-GYN placement, various evaluation forms, projected employment plan sheets, and longitudinal study questionnaire. (NEC)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Clinical Experience, Experiential Learning, Feedback, Field Experience Programs, Guidelines, Health Personnel, Higher Education, Nursing Education, Practicum Supervision, Records (Forms), Rural Areas, Rural Education, Rural Environment, Student Evaluation, Student Experience, Student Placement, Teacher Student Relationship
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Guides - Non-Classroom
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: California State Univ., Chico. Rural Clinical Nurse Placement Center.
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