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Aim: This study aims to describe situations where “preceptors wanted to convey matters to novice nurses but felt unable to, or wanted to say no but felt they could not” in situations where preceptors were unable to be adequately assertive to novice nurses in the workplace. Methods: We administered a self-rating anonymous questionnaire survey to 101 preceptors, focusing on “situations where preceptors wanted to be assertive to novice nurses in the workplace but felt they were unable to, during the last one year”. Data were classified based on the content analysis method by Krippendorff. Results: The analysis suggested the following eight situations: (1) at assigned duties, (2) for ways of speaking, (3) submission of study assignments, (4) making requests to perform tasks, (5) attitudes toward work, (6) manners, (7) coming to work late, and (8) private talking while on duty. Conclusion: The findings show that there are a variety of situations where preceptors feel unable to tell novice nurses what they really want to say. Further, it is suggested that preceptors regard the relationship with novice nurses as important, and worry about the novice nurses resigning due to poor mutual relationships. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
