Research Article
A Multisite Study on Knowledge, Perceived Motivators, and Perceived Inhibitors to Precepting Nursing Students within the Clinical Environment in Ghana
Table 4
Descriptives on the perceived barriers to successfully perform the preceptor role (N = 442).
| | Perceived barriers | SA f (%) | A f (%) | D f (%) | SD f (%) |
| | I do not have time to precept students | 48 (10.9) | 106 (24.0) | 200 (45.2) | 88 (19.9) | | I see precepting as an additional demand | 68 (15.4) | 154 (34.8) | 174 (39.4) | 46 (10.4) | | I have a primary responsibility to provide patient care | 107 (24.2) | 187(42.3) | 121 (27.4) | 27 (6.1) | | I often have little time to work with students at the clinical setting | 53 (12.0) | 165 (37.3) | 172 (38.9) | 52 (11.8) | | I feel overwhelmed with my role as a preceptor | 47 (10.6) | 112 (25.3) | 223 (50.5) | 60 (13.6) | | I am not well prepared to precept students | 31 (7.0) | 89 (20.1) | 216 (48.9) | 106(24.0) | | I do not get support from faculty when students are on clinical placement | 115 (26.0) | 174(39.4) | 123 (27.8) | 30 (6.8) | | I do not have enough teaching and learning resources to teach students | 90 (20.4) | 171 (38.7) | 129(29.2) | 52 (11.8) | | I do not get the necessary support from my manager | 60 (13.6) | 133 (30.1) | 197 (44.6) | 52 (11.8) | | I have to precept too many students at the same time | 77 (17.4) | 165 (37.3) | 166(37.6) | 34 (7.7) | | I am not able to plan for the precepting process | 44 (10.0) | 154 (34.8) | 204 (46.2) | 40 (9.0) | | I have not been selected to precept students although I have the desire for it | 92 (20.8) | 143 (32.4) | 167 (37.8) | 40 (9.0) | | I am not confident enough to precept students | 16 (3.6) | 58 (13.1) | 210 (47.5) | 158(35.7) | | I see precepting as a challenging task | 32 (7.2) | 115 (26.0) | 186 (42.1) | 109(24.7) | | I have not been trained to precept nursing students | 86 (19.5) | 173 (39.1) | 124 (28.1) | 59 (13.3) |
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