An innovative preceptor program for intravenous home care nursing.

The demands of intravenous home care nursing require a comprehensive orientation of newly hired staff. This article describes a model preceptor development program to promote collaboration in the orientation experience. Nurses are selected by their managers to attend a 3-day training program. An evaluation questionnaire is given to participants at the end of the program. Results indicate that at the conclusion of the program, the attendees feel prepared to assess learning needs, to plan instructional activities, and to evaluate learning outcomes of their future preceptees. This program can easily be adapted for use by other home care agencies providing IV nursing.