Department of Nursing Science, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. Student Affairs' Unit.
Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria.
Afr J Reprod Health. 2023 Jun;27(6s):51-59. doi: 10.29063/ajrh2023/v27i6s.7.
Nursing preceptors play a vital role in providing skills-oriented opportunities for students in the clinical environment. This study assessed the perceptions of nursing students regarding the clinical learning experience provided by preceptors, and the perceptions of nursing preceptors regarding their roles in ensuring beneficial clinical accompaniment in the three nursing institutions in Ekiti State, Southwestern Nigeria. A concurrent mixed-methods design consisting of a survey and semi-structured interviews were used. A multistage (consecutive, purposive, and convenience) sampling technique was used to obtain quantitative data from 120 nursing students and qualitative data from 20 preceptors. Data were analyzed using descriptive and thematic content analysis. Findings showed that overall students' perceptions of the clinical learning experience were good (92%), 91.7% of the students wanted direct supervision and inadequate support was reported due to the low preceptor-to-student ratio. Preceptors acknowledged that clinical accompaniment is one of their roles, challenges mentioned include few number of preceptors, lack of policy requirements to guide their duties, and limited equipment. We conclude that there is a need to provide adequate preceptors in clinical settings, as they are vital to the training of nurses. A unified policy and standardized procedure manual will improve the quality of the delivery of preceptorships in training institutions.
护理导师在为学生提供临床环境中的技能导向机会方面发挥着至关重要的作用。本研究评估了护理学生对导师提供的临床学习体验的看法，以及护理导师对确保在尼日利亚西南部埃基蒂州的三所护理机构中有益临床陪伴的角色的看法。采用了混合方法（平行、有目的和便利）设计，包括调查和半结构化访谈。采用多阶段（连续、有目的和便利）抽样技术，从 120 名护理学生和 20 名导师那里获得定量数据和定性数据。使用描述性和主题内容分析对数据进行分析。研究结果表明，学生对临床学习体验的总体看法良好（92%），91.7%的学生希望得到直接监督，由于导师与学生的比例低，报告称支持不足。导师承认临床陪伴是他们的角色之一，提到的挑战包括导师人数少、缺乏指导其职责的政策要求以及设备有限。我们的结论是，需要在临床环境中提供足够的导师，因为他们对护士的培训至关重要。统一的政策和标准化的程序手册将提高培训机构提供导师制的质量。
