Supporting and retaining preceptors for NNP programs: results from a survey of NNP preceptors and program directors.

Preceptors are vital resources for the clinical education of healthcare providers, especially neonatal nurse practitioners (NNPs). With the increasing number of NNP programs, including distance accessible programs, there is a need for research to identify effective strategies for recruiting, preparing, and supporting preceptors in their roles. This article presents a review of existing literature and describes findings from a survey of NNP program directors in the United States and from a survey of preceptors for a distance-based NNP program in an Academic Health Sciences Center in the southern United States.

Infant hospital abduction: security measures to aid in prevention.

The purpose of this article is to describe measures used to prevent abduction of infants from healthcare facilities. According to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, 122 infants were abducted from hospitals between 1983 and 2008; characteristics of the abductors have been found to be similar in the majority of infant abductions. The Joint Commission has established security standards, and conducts assessments to identify abduction risk within hospitals.