The importance, challenges, and proposed solutions for preceptors to educate the nursing workforce

Garrett K. Chan; Natalie R. Baker; Cindy Cooke; Mollie R. Cummins; M. Lindell Joseph; Mikki Meadows-Oliver; Betty Rambur

doi:10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.11.008

The importance, challenges, and proposed solutions for preceptors to educate the nursing workforce

Garrett K. Chan, Natalie R. Baker, Cindy Cooke, Mollie R. Cummins, M. Lindell Joseph, Mikki Meadows-Oliver, Betty Rambur

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Abstract

Preceptors are essential in the clinical education of prelicensure registered nursing and advanced practice registered nursing students. However, there is a growing scarcity of preceptors available to provide clinical education. Additionally, preceptors have not uniformly received professional development in the practice of teaching that is essential in delivering high quality clinical education, and clinical education in nursing is an unfunded mandate. This article reviews the current state of preceptors, the importance and challenges of preceptors in clinical education, the lack of funding for clinical education by preceptors, and proposed solutions.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	75-84
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Professional Nursing
Volume	57
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.11.008
State	Published - Mar 1 2025

Keywords

Clinical nursing education
Clinical preparedness
Funding for precepting
Preceptors

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General Nursing

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