Supporting and retaining preceptors for NNP programs: Results from a survey of NNP preceptors and program directors

Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 284-292

  Wilson, Lynda Law ^a   Bodin, Mary Beth ^a   Hoffman, Jacqueline ^a   Vincent, Janice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Neonatal nurse practitioner program; Preceptor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MODEL; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; TEACHER; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FACULTY, NURSING; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MENTORS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, NURSING; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PRECEPTORSHIP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69949178012     PISSN: 08932190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JPN.0b013e3181b3075d     Document Type: Article

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