Preceptorship Training to Improve the Adaptasi of New Nurses in Hospitals

Abstract

new nurses in hospitals find it difficult to adapt since they have not had any previous work experiences that can give and effect on the decrease of quality of nursing care provided to patients. Preceptorship assists the transition of the new nurses to improve their competence in preparing themselves to face the work safety. This study aimed to prove the effectiveness of preceptorship trainings to improve the adaptation of the new nurses in hospitals. This study used a quasi-experimental design conducted in the intervention and control groups without randomization. The samples were 50 new nurses, 17 preceptors in the intervention group and 50 new nurses, 17 preceptors in the control group taken by a purposive sampling technique. A pre-post- test was performed to observe the implementation of preceptorship and asses the adaptability of the new nurses after given the trainings. The results statistically showed that the adaptability of the new nurses in the intervention group significantly increased compared with the control group. The preceptorship ability of the participants in the intervention group increased significantly compared to the control group. The study concluded that preceptorship trainings are effective to improve the adaptability of new nurses in hospitals. Keywords: Training, Preceptorship, Adaptation of new nurses