| They can also do this in large teaching sessions, while visiting individual healthcare providers' offices, or as part of their role in mentorships or preceptorships. |
| Medical education has responded to these changes by increasingly using community-based physicians to provide preceptorships throughout the four-year medical curriculum. |
| Therefore, effective preceptorships are necessary in easing the newly licensed registered nurse's transition to practice. |
| There is a need for targeted education regarding the recognition and treatment of ACS in nursing curricula, as well as preceptorships in the pediatric critical care setting. |
| The results document the lack of preceptorships available to new graduate nurses in the perioperative setting in this geographic region. |
| The purpose of this literature review is to examine studies evaluating preceptorships within nursing orientation or education programs. |
