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Preceptor development programs: an interpretive approach.

The behavioral model commonly used in preceptor educational programs is inadequate for conveying the complexity of precepting. An interpretive approach is offered as an alternative for preceptor education. Using an interpretive approach is one way to extend our understanding of precepting as an educational process. A preceptor education program is described along with examples of narratives from preceptors. Interpretations of each narrative provide nurse educators with a model for utilizing narratives with preceptors. Themes of teaching, nursing as precepting, and timing are explored. Restoring the narrative to the nursing practice of precepting promises to recapture the richness and complexity of precepting.

Adaptation, Psychological↗

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Computerized databases: privacy issues in the development of the nursing minimum data set.

Nursing leaders promoting the development and use of computerized databases such as the Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS) have not adequately addressed the complex ethical issues involved with computerized information systems. The purpose of this article is to describe the privacy issues involved with the NMDS. Moral considerations and principles guiding resolution of ethical issues concerning violations of patient privacy are discussed. A paradigm case is used to demonstrate the significance of privacy violations in computerized databases. Two security systems currently being considered in other disciplines are included for their relevance to the development of the NMDS. The broader implications concerning the impact of technology on preservation of human dignity and the quality of life are addressed.

Biomedical Research↗