The contribution of the nurse preceptor in the nursing resident formation in the intensive care unit of a teaching hospital in Belem-Pa

This study is the result of a master's dissertation degree and had the purpose of evaluating the contribution of the nurse preceptor in the resident’s formation at the Program in Intensive Care Unit (ICU), an Uniprofessional Nursing Residency, in a teaching reference hospital, located at Belem, Pará, Brazil. The methodology adopted was a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory study, conducted through interviews with 12 nurses who act as preceptors of a Uniprofessional Nursing Residency Program, from June to August 2019. Data collection was performed through semi-structured interviews and the analysis, by the Iramuteq software use, with a statistical recording data and consequent identification of discussion categories through simple frequency in the analyzed speech. As a result, we identified deficiencies in the process of training and insertion of preceptors in the residency program. We also observed that these professionals have fears and uncertainties regarding the objectives of the residency program, due to lack of theoretical and practical training as well as the absence of a scientific methodological application for teaching and assessment of residents. The lack of training of preceptors is a determining factor that impairs the quality of teaching and nursing care.