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Background: Exposure to workplace violence (WPV) is common in health care, and little is known about nurse practitioner (NP) students' experiences during graduate nursing clinical education. Purpose: This study described experiences of WPV among NP students during their clinical education. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional, quantitative survey of a random sample of NPs licensed in Texas examining graduate nursing education experiences. Results: A total of 334 NPs responded, a 12% response rate. More than a quarter (27%) experienced WPV during their graduate nursing clinical experience. Preceptors were the most reported perpetrators (44%). Most NPs remained in their clinical site after their WPV experience (55%); a majority felt they had no alternative clinical placement option. Conclusions: Nurse practitioner students experience WPV, and there may be implications for educational persistence and their careers. Future work should attempt to reduce the frequency of studentWPVexperiences and examine implications forNPcareers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Nurse practitioner (NP) program accreditation standards require that programs secure clinical placements for all students. As NP programs increase enrollment to meet the demand for primary care providers, it is vital that they deploy a formalized clinical placement process that ensures all students have a clinical placement. Problem: Although NP programs have consistently increased enrollment, the shortage of clinical sites and preceptors continues to be a barrier to admission. Approach: Described in this article is the operationalization of graduate nursing clinical placement at one large university with 7 NP tracks. Outcomes: A formalized clinical placement process ensures that all students receive an appropriate placement and graduate on time. Having a dedicated team of NP faculty members to provide clinical placements services for NP students is highly effective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]