Nursing preceptor workshops: partnership and collaboration between academia and practice.

Educating hospital nurses about the clinical nursing preceptor role is necessary to attract expert nurses to become preceptors for undergraduate nursing students. To accomplish the goal of teaching and recruiting nurse preceptors, partnerships were developed to provide preceptor workshops in the New Orleans, Louisiana, area. Collaboration between hospital nurse educators and the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing faculty resulted in several workshop offerings. Workshop content included clinical teaching strategies, adult learning theories, and strategies for evaluating students in the clinical setting. These workshops benefited the nursing community, improved collaboration between hospital nurse educators and the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing faculty, and increased the number of clinical preceptors. This article highlights the program description, the results of program evaluation, and the participants' demographic features. Copyright 2010, SLACK Incorporated.