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Setting the Standard for Competency-Based Preceptor Evaluation: The Association for Nursing Professional Development
Journal for Nurses in Professional Development
|October 28, 2025
Summary
The Association for Nursing Professional Development Preceptor Assessment Tool offers a standardized, evidence-based method for evaluating nursing preceptors. This reliable tool supports both self-assessment and stakeholder evaluations, meeting accreditation needs.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Healthcare Professional Development
Background:
- Traditionally, healthcare and academic institutions used in-house tools for preceptor evaluation.
- Increased demand for preceptors and accreditation standards for transition-to-practice programs highlighted the need for improved evaluation methods.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce and describe the Association for Nursing Professional Development Preceptor Assessment Tool.
- To provide a standardized, evidence-based instrument for evaluating preceptors and preceptor programs.
Main Methods:
- Development of an evidence-based assessment tool.
- Validation and reliability testing of the assessment tool (details not provided in abstract).
- Designed for use by preceptors for self-evaluation and by other stakeholders for evaluation.
Main Results:
- The developed assessment tool is evidence-based, valid, and reliable.
- It provides a mechanism for standardized preceptor evaluation.
- The tool addresses the need for evaluating both individual preceptors and overall preceptor programs.
Conclusions:
- The Association for Nursing Professional Development Preceptor Assessment Tool meets the need for a standardized evaluation mechanism.
- This tool supports the evaluation of preceptors and preceptor programs in nursing professional development.
- It is a valuable resource for healthcare organizations facing accreditation requirements.
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