College of St. Benedict/St. John's University, St. Joseph, Minnesota, USA.
Public Health Nurs. 2011 Jul-Aug;28(4):349-56. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2010.00933.x. Epub 2011 Feb 17.
Preceptors are an essential component in preparing student nurses to become practicing public health nurses. Preparation for the preceptor role is important for achieving a quality learning experience for students. This study was conducted to explore the relationship between completion of a Web-delivered preceptor education program and both knowledge of the preceptor role and self-efficacy to perform in the preceptor role.
This study used a pretest-posttest, quasi-experimental design. The participants were experienced public health nurses (n=31) working in one state in the United States.
Pretest and posttest Web-delivered survey using the preceptor self-efficacy questionnaire and an instrument assessing knowledge gain.
A Web-delivered preceptor education program tailored for public health nurses.
The program was associated with improved self-efficacy scores at both the immediate and the 3-month posttest, and with increased knowledge of the preceptor role evident at the immediate posttest only. Self-efficacy scores were independent of knowledge scores. Preceptor age was not correlated with self-efficacy or knowledge scores. Nurses with higher levels of education demonstrated higher self-efficacy scores in all 3 measurements.
Web-delivered continuing education targeted to public health nurse preceptors is an effective method to increase confidence and knowledge for the preceptor role.
导师是培养学生护士成为执业公共卫生护士的重要组成部分。为导师角色做好准备对于学生获得高质量的学习体验很重要。本研究旨在探讨完成网络导师教育计划与导师角色知识和担任导师角色的自我效能感之间的关系。
本研究采用了预测试-后测试、准实验设计。参与者是来自美国一个州的经验丰富的公共卫生护士（n=31）。
使用导师自我效能感问卷和评估知识获取的工具进行预测试和后测试的网络问卷调查。
为公共卫生护士量身定制的网络导师教育计划。
该计划与即时和 3 个月后的即刻后测自我效能得分的提高有关，仅在即时后测时与导师角色知识的增加有关。自我效能得分与知识得分无关。导师年龄与自我效能或知识得分无关。教育程度较高的护士在所有 3 项测量中表现出更高的自我效能得分。
针对公共卫生护士导师的网络继续教育是提高导师角色信心和知识的有效方法。
