Mean scores of responsibilities on the frequency of attendance
scale revealed areas of agreement and disagreement among the
two groups. Each group agreed that four of the most frequently
attended responsibilities (ranked by preceptors as first, second,
third and fourth; and by preceptee as first, third, fourth and fifth)
correspond with the protector role. Again the most common was
protecting patients from health care errors, ranked first by both
groups, and protecting preceptee from making errors that might
threaten self/others, ranked third by preceptors and fifth by preceptee.
This is consistent with Hilli et al. (2014) study findings that
the basis for learning is a caring student-preceptor relationship
which convey that preceptors bear the final responsibility for
providing a safe nursing care environment.