Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of participants’ characteristics and experiences as preceptors (n = 180).
| Characteristics | Categories | n (%) | No. of Precepting Experiences | Ratio of Preceptor to Preceptee | Duration of Preceptorship (Weeks) | Training for Preceptorship | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2–3 | ≥4 | χ2 (p) | 1:1 or Better | Worse Than 1:1 | χ2 (p) | <4 | ≥4 | χ2 (p) | Yes | χ2 (p) | |||
| Type of institution | Tertiary hospitals | 105 (58.3) | 35 (33.3) | 49 (46.7) | 21 (20.0) | 0.26 (0.880) | 94 (89.5) | 11 (10.5) | 17.11 (<0.001) | 38 (36.2) | 67 (63.8) | 6.06 (0.014) | 77 (73.3) | 17.23 (<0.001) |
| Others | 75 (41.7) | 27 (36.0) | 35 (46.7) | 13 (17.3) | 48 (64.0) | 27 (36.0) | 41 (54.7) | 34 (45.3) | 32 (42.7) | |||||
| Department | General ward | 116 (64.4) | 38 (32.8) | 51 (44.0) | 27 (23.3) | 4.68 (0.322) | 86 (74.1) | 30 (25.9) | 6.26 (0.044) | 63 (54.3) | 53 (45.7) | 14.41 (0.001) | 72 (62.1) | 0.34 (0.845) |
| Intensive care unit | 41 (22.8) | 14 (34.2) | 22 (53.7) | 5 (12.2) | 38 (92.7) | 3 (7.3) | 10 (24.4) | 31 (75.6) | 24 (58.5) | |||||
| Others | 23 (12.8) | 10 (43.5) | 11 (47.8) | 2 (8.7) | 18 (78.3) | 5 (21.7) | 6 (26.1) | 17 (73.9) | 13 (56.5) | |||||
| Work experience as a nurse (year) | <5 | 88 (48.9) | 45 (51.1) | 38 (43.2) | 5 (5.7) | 30.27 (<0.001) | 65 (73.9) | 23 (26.1) | 2.61 (0.106) | 41 (46.6) | 47 (53.4) | 0.5 (0.475) | 43 (48.9) | 9.85 (0.002) |
| ≥5 | 92 (51.1) | 17 (18.5) | 46 (50.0) | 29 (31.5) | 77 (83.7) | 15 (16.3) | 38 (41.3) | 54 (58.7) | 66 (71.7) | |||||