Welcome to WNRCASN
- 2025 Education Research Grant Recipient
Monique Sedgwick
KL Durnford
Feedback in Senior Undergraduate Nursing Preceptorship When the Student Doesn’t Fit the Mold: Student and Their Preceptors’ Experiences
In the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing’s (CASN) 2023-2028 strategic plan, addressing indigenization, equity, diversity, inclusion, accessibility and anti-racism among Canadian nursing students, graduates, and faculty is listed as a strategic priority (CASN, 2023). However, there is a pedagogical gap pertaining to best practices from a diversity, equality and inclusion lens that support students and preceptors. This is particularly noticeable regarding giving and receiving feedback when students are BIPOC, non-Christian, neurodivergent, LGBTQIA2S+, international (non-domestic), disabled, or whose first language in not English.
Although students indicate preceptor feedback is essential to their learning and transition to the new graduate nurse role, preceptors frequently report that giving feedback is very stressful. Set against a backdrop where race, culture, language, religion, neurodiversity, disability, sexual orientation and language intersect, it is reasonable to assume that feedback events may be even
more complex for both students and preceptors. Using a sociocultural lens and Trauma and Resilience Informed Research Principles and Practice (TRIRPP) approach, individual qualitative interviews will be conducted with equity seeking undergraduate nursing students and preceptors to explore their experiences of feedback during preceptorship. The findings of this study will
inform the development of strategies rooted in an equity, diversity, and inclusion perspective when teaching preceptors about feedback. Recommendations to CASN will provide foundational information for the development of preceptor competencies regarding feedback when precepting
vulnerable students.
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WNRCASN is the only organization in Western Canada devoted solely to nursing education and nurse educators. Navigate to the About page for our history and governance.
Our organization represents western nurse educators at Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN).
WNRCASN sponsors an annual conference to support networking and provide opportunities to learn about and engage in dialogue related to nursing education.
The membership fees support three WNRCASN nursing education research awards and a Lifetime Honorary Member Award. Application deadline for all awards is December 15th. Members have access to the Grants page for descriptions and applications. In addition, members have access to Governance sub-pages.
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Our active memberships (full voting) are $50 per academic year,
active undergraduate (full voting) are $10 per academic year,
and associate member (non-voting) are $30 per academic year.
Membership period is one year (September 15th start date).