You are a nursing Professional Development Specialist working in a large academic medical center. While making rounds on a Medical Surgical unit where a new graduate nurse who just completed Hospital and Nursing Department Orientation is beginning unit-based, population-specific orientation, you discuss the orientee’s progress with his Preceptor. The Preceptor states ” I hate it when I have to orient a new grad. I don’t want their mistakes on my license. I worked hard for my nursing license and I don’t want to lose it!”
Based on the reading in Chapter 13 of Gaberson, K.B. & Oermann, M.H. (2015), Clinical Teaching Strategies for Nursing (4th ed.), how would you respond to the Preceptor? Be detailed and cite other references if used.
