Teaching the Teacher: Implementing a Toolkit to Standardize Effective Preceptorship of Prelicensure Nursing Students.

Abstract

Faculty can support successful preceptor-led clinical experiences by providing registered nurses with educational resources to guide them in the preceptor role. To upgrade our institution's educational resources using an online platform that enables just-in-time access. This was a quality improvement project to create and implement an educational resource tool kit for prelicensure nursing preceptors. Half of our preceptors (n = 46, 52%) had no formal preceptor education. The preceptors used all the resources and were satisfied with the tool kit's content and ease of use. Implementing the tool kit was feasible. Further development includes ( a ) adding content regarding diverse students and trauma-informed nursing care, ( b ) incorporating interactive educational materials, ( c ) exploring avenues to reduce cognitive load, ( d ) creating a prelicensure preceptor preparation course, and ( e ) considering avenues for providing open access for nursing faculty of prelicensure programs.