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Do Nurse Preceptors Care?

Caring is a concept foundational to person-to-person interaction. Mayeroff (1971) described three components of a caring relationship. This qualitative study uses stories written by nurse preceptors to explore the relationship between the preceptor and the new hire/preceptee. The analysis searched for evidence of the components of a caring relationship from the perspective of the nurse preceptor. This study fills a gap by describing the caring components of the preceptor’s behaviors. Enhancing our understanding of nurse preceptors’ behaviors to create a caring relationship with newly hired nurses is important for the profession and to the retention of nurses.