International Nursing Preceptorship:

A Scoping Review

Tracy Oosterbroek RN, BN, MScN

April 9, 2014

Background
The purpose of the nursing
preceptorship is to consolidate
learning to prepare students for
entry to practice (NEPAB, 2013)
There is a growing interest in
international nursing
placements among nursing
students (Racine & Perron, 2011)
Students placed internationally
reported personal growth and
development and increased
appreciation of cultural
diversity (Button, Green, Tengnah,
Johansson, & Baker, 2005)

Formulating the question

The review question

What are the experiences of nursing students who complete
their nursing preceptorship in international settings?

Question format: SPIDER

S: Undergraduate nursing
students
PI: Nursing preceptorship
in international settings
D: Qualitative
E: Student experience
R: Quantitative, qualitative
and mixed methods

Theoretical framework

Idealist
Configurative
Exploratory

Scoping Review: Search

Strategy
Search terms

Preceptorship
International placement
International Educational Exchange

International Preceptorship
Baccalaureate Nursing
Education
Search engines

Cochrane Database, Ovid

MEDLINE, CINAHL, PubMED,
SCOPUS, ProQuest Dissertations
and Theses

Google Scholar
Grey Literature

Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria
Undergraduate nursing
students
International
preceptorships
Language and country of
origin
Dates: no limit
Grey literature
Unpublished
dissertations/presentations

Exclusion Criteria
Associate or Practical nursing
students
Internationally nursing students
Other health related
preceptorships

Search Protocol
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Search term

Results

Search
Type

exp Preceptor*

3909

Advanced

International
preceptor*.mp.

Advanced

exp International
Educational Exchange

2963

Advanced

International
placement.mp.

Advanced

exp Education,
Nursing,
Baccalaureate

13833

Advanced

1 or 4

3952

Advanced

3 and 5

231

Advanced

4 and 5

Advanced

2 and 5

Advanced

Data Management

Mendeley
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel

Primary Reviewer:
Secondary Reviewer:

Data Extraction
Date of review

Data Analysis and Synthesis

Dissemination Plan

Thank you!

Questions?

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