2001 Volume 4 Issue 2 Pages 46-53
This study describes the support system for the preceptor through the analysis of the preceptorship program. After analyzing 20 general hospitals with more than 300 beds which introduced the system from the late 1980s to the early 1990s, we have got the following results:
1. While every hospital has the instruction system "the training program for preceptors" by the educational division, few has additional instruction system through another program.
2. Head nurses are expected to play the wide range of roles for supporting.
3. The supporting systems are classified into the three following patterns: (1) The supervisor of the preceptor is responsible for making decisions (8 hospitals). (2) The leader of the team is responsible for making decisions (4 hospitals). (3) All members take part in the program (7 hospitals).
These sub-systems are devised according to characteristics and the attitudes for preceptorship of each hospital.
The analysis above shows that supporting for the preceptor burdens too heavily head nurses and exceed their limitations. We need to increase staff support in order for the system to be more effective. Furthermore, it is suggested that the educational division has to not only make and exercise the plan, but also organize the supporting activities in each ward.
