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Preceptors: Essential to nurse retention

American Nurse

The learning that occurs when a student or new nurse works with a preceptor can prove pivotal in their professional journey. Preceptors—who educate students, new graduates, and new employees in the clinical environment—continue to demonstrate a positive effect on recruitment, onboarding, and retention. million and $5.8

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Nurse Practitioner vs. Doctor: Key Differences Explained

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

After your didactic coursework, complete a clinical practicum and work directly with a preceptor, in a clinical setting, for several hundred clock hours. Association of American Medical Colleges, “The Road to Becoming a Doctor,” November 2020: [link]. AMA, [link]. Princeton Review, “What Is the USMLE?,” Princeton Review, 2024, [link].

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Paid Preceptorship and the Nurse Practitioner Preceptor Shortage: An Ethical Dilemma

Nursology

Contributor: Michelle Alexandre, MSN, ACNS-BC Nurse practitioner (NP) students are all too often faced with the challenge of securing their clinical preceptors (Doherty et al., … Continue reading Paid Preceptorship and the Nurse Practitioner Preceptor Shortage: An Ethical Dilemma

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Maryland’s Healthcare Preceptor Tax Credit: A Call to Action

American Nurse

Introduction In 2016, Maryland became one of the first states to implement a Healthcare Preceptor Tax Credit. The aim of this legislation was to help alleviate healthcare workforce shortages in the State, and it provided a tax incentive to nurse practitioner student preceptors. Rasheed et al, 2020).

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Is Nursing Heading for Collapse?

Daily Nurse

Analysis from 2022 found that the total number of registered nurses decreased by more than 100,000 between 2020 and 2021 –the most significant observed drop in the past 40 years. Stress, burnout, and heavy workload. Nurses who are leaving the bedside aren’t retirement age. Many were under 35 and employed in hospitals [4].

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An Evidence-based Approach to Improving Nurse Mental Health 

Daily Nurse

Each year since 2020, we have published the annual Frontline Nurse Mental Health & Well-being Survey to gauge the collective health of our nursing workforce and advocate for solutions to support it. in 2020 to 6.6 After three years of primarily grim findings, however cautious, this year’s survey offers reason for optimism.

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Understanding Nursing Shortages in the U.S. for 2023

Daily Nurse

Per a 2020 National Nursing Workforce Study conducted by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, the average age for a registered nurse (RN) was 52 years old, potentially signaling a large wave of retirements over the next 15 years. However, the data used to create these estimates is from 2020.