Registered Nursing

JULY 30, 2025

Review Nursing School Accreditation best practices before applying.

APRN

Registered Nursing

JULY 30, 2025

The sections that follow cover program rationale, curriculum structure, admission requirements, career pathways, salary data, financing strategies, accreditation checks, professional development resources, and local employer insights to help you choose the quickest and most cost‐effective BSN to DNP program in North Texas.

APRN

Penn Nursing

OCTOBER 26, 2021

2) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR PRECEPTORS: Preceptors offer nursing students necessary supervision in clinical settings. Creating scholarships would incentivize greater participation among community organizations while strengthening and supporting their professional development and care in the community.

Preceptors

Registered Nursing

APRIL 12, 2025

Students complete over 700 clinical hours with expert preceptors, focusing on critical care, trauma, and hospital medicine. Students gain hands-on training with physician and NP preceptors, preparing them for specialized healthcare roles. Faith-based learning principles enhance professional development and compassionate patient care.

Nurse Practitioner

Minority Nurse

JUNE 23, 2025

Preceptor Burnout : Experienced nurse practitioners often decline precepting due to previous negative experiences or concerns about decreased productivity without compensation. Administrative Complexities : Even with willing preceptors, navigating affiliation agreements, liability insurance, and credentialing processes can derail placements.

Preceptors

Healthy Workforce Institute

JUNE 12, 2024

If you have a nurse turnover problem, chances are you have a preceptor problem. If you struggle to retain your new nurses, it’s time to look closely at your preceptors. The Role of Preceptors in Nurse Turnover When working with a group of preceptors, we asked how many had been taught how to be preceptors.

Preceptors

American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

For example, clinical educator, nurse educator, and nursing education specialist are some of the job titles an NPD professional may hold. NPD Week provides the opportunity to recognize the impactful work of NPD team members. NPD Week is September 14-20, 2024, this year. We encourage you to celebrate your NPD colleagues.

Professional Development

American Nurse

AUGUST 1, 2024

Define the differences between mentorship and preceptor programs, and the benefits of implementing a mentorship program. The aim is professional development rather than skill development. Mentors achieve personal and professional development and a sense of contribution and empowerment, as well as gain a trusted colleague.

Professional Development

The Nurse Break

JUNE 28, 2022

Numerous pieces of literature support the need for ongoing professional development and the positive impact that education has on quality, safety and culture (IOM, 1999; Walton & Elliot; 2006; Wu & Busch, 2019; Mlambo et al, 2021). Patient safety: A new basic science for professional education.

Education

Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

According to the National League of Nursing (2022), many nurses graduating from nursing school between 2021-2022 never interacted with patients until they were on the floor with their preceptor. Therefore, novice nurses are ill-prepared to practice safely as registered nurses.

Preceptors

Daily Nurse

JUNE 16, 2023

Distinguished CFRN Award (flight): Stacey Dock, MSN, RN, CFRN, Flight Nurse/QA Coordinator/ Preceptor at LifeFlight Eagle in Kansas City, Missouri. Dock, a 29-year flight nurse who earned her CFRN credential in 1995, is one of the most veteran Certified Flight Registered Nurses still flying and a local legend.

Preceptors

Relias

MARCH 7, 2023

Organizations with a nurse residency program provide new nurses with additional support while also engaging experienced nurses as preceptors — fostering new connections and a healthy, collaborative culture. To support nurses on their career journeys, organizations must establish a culture that promotes professional development.

Preceptors

Minority Nurse

JULY 5, 2023

Coates works at a mental health crisis center as a senior professional evaluation nurse, preceptor to new nurses, Nursing Journal Club facilitator, and nursing department trainer for new staff. Many attributes that contribute to successful nursing leadership can be learned and developed over time.

Mental Health

American Nurse

JULY 8, 2023

Evidence-based strategies for nurse preceptors The complex role of nurse preceptor requires a combination of clinical expertise and the ability to balance patient care with learning facilitation. That’s where the nurse preceptor comes in. See Teachable moments.) Let’s get the pulse oximeter and check their oxygen saturation.”

Preceptors

Minority Nurse

JANUARY 24, 2024

For instance, the organization should tell you how much time you will spend with a preceptor or the milestones you need to hit to reach full competence. A majority of the time, the programming is front-loaded,” she notes so that during the first part of the program, the nurse gets more concentrated professional development and support.

Preceptors

Relias

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Recently published in the Journal for Nurses in Professional Development , Determining the Impact of Best Fit for Newly Licensed Nurses aims to examine the alignment between a nurse’s personality and specialty practice area and how this may impact orientation length, as nurses who are better suited to their job role may adapt more quickly.

Licensing

Health Leaders | Nursing

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

These three stories from HealthLeaders illustrate how nurses at hospitals and health systems around the country are embracing the advancements that technology and AI can provide: Singing River Health System The challenge to effectively train nurses without enough preceptors led Singing River Health System to turn to technology to get the job done.

Preceptors

Nurse.com

JUNE 17, 2022

To find a nurse mentor, you can participate in a formal mentoring program or talk to your preceptor, colleagues, or nurse leaders about connections or mentorships with them. Developing an effective, positive team requires skills to develop staff engagement in their quest to provide exceptional patient care and outcomes.

Work-Life Balance

Consult QD

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Mentorship has been an essential part of my professional development,” says Foster. Varying viewpoints aid in program development The program structure evolved with input from participating IT areas, the apprentices and support from Cleveland Clinic’s Global Leadership and Learning Institute (GLLI).

Preceptors

American Nurse

APRIL 2, 2024

The challenge A longstanding shortage of nursing school faculty and a reliance on new graduate nurses to serve as preceptors create challenges to properly preparing nursing students for a demanding role that requires excellent critical thinking skills. Clinical and lab assignments vary from 4- or 6-hour experiences to 12-hour shifts.

Preceptors

Consult QD

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

“What we’re really helping our nurses do in a residency program is apply all of those amazing things they’ve learned [in school],” says Kathryn Stuck Boyd, MSN, NPD-BC, education manager for Nursing Education and Professional Development.

Preceptors

American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

To address the time constraints of college schedules, the team developed a program of 4 consecutive days, 8 hours each. Days 1 and 2 are didactic and hands-on training in the simulation lab; Day 3 consists of a morning skills review, clinical hands-on rotation with a preceptor on their home unit, and a debriefing.

Chief Nursing Officer

Nurse.com

JUNE 17, 2022

To find a nurse mentor, you can participate in a formal mentoring program or talk to your preceptor, colleagues, or nurse leaders about connections or mentorships with them. Developing an effective, positive team requires skills to develop staff engagement in their quest to provide exceptional patient care and outcomes.

Work-Life Balance

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

In addition to coursework, NP programs typically include a clinical practicum of 500-650 hours under the supervision of a preceptor. Earn a graduate degree: You will need either a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) or a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) with a nurse practitioner role specialty, such as Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP).

Nurse Practitioner

Empowered Nurses

MAY 11, 2023

As nurses, we are assigned a mentor or preceptor at a new job. Mentors are critical in your development and success. Third point, a mentor assists with career development and advancement. A good mentor provides valuable advice on your future career development.

Preceptors

Relias

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Innovative models to support preceptor programs. Developing employee resource groups (ERGs). Professional development specialists can design individual orientations and development plans for employees’ unique needs. New and expanded child and eldercare benefits. An 8-hour mental health day.

Preceptors

American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Orientation included 10 weeks of training, which comprised computer-based instruction, skills practice in the hospital’s simulation center, in-person courses at the healthcare system’s college, and one-on-one guidance on the floor with an RN preceptor. The authors work at Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia.

LPN

American Nurse

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The report recommended that accrediting bodies, nursing programs, health care organizations, and professional development educators from multiple professions collaborate to ensure that nurses, nursing students, and faculty continue their education and engage in lifelong learning. Association for Nursing Professional Development.

APRN

Relias

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Additionally, preceptors can use the information from the assessment to identify which areas new nurses may need more or less support in order to help each nurse become safe, effective, and ready for independent practice. Highlights.

Preceptors

Nurse.com

APRIL 20, 2023

The other thing I would recommend to nurses is to become a preceptor or a charge nurse,” Mazzaro said. “Anytime that you increase your level of responsibility, like with being a preceptor or a charge nurse, there’s typically a differential for that.” Sometimes it’s worked into the base salary.

Preceptors

Relias

MARCH 7, 2023

Organizations with a nurse residency program provide new nurses with additional support while also engaging experienced nurses as preceptors — fostering new connections and a healthy, collaborative culture. To support nurses on their career journeys, organizations must establish a culture that promotes professional development.

Preceptors

Consult QD

MAY 10, 2023

She delves into: The symbiotic relationship between mentors and mentees The difference between a mentor and a preceptor What to look for when seeking out a mentor How to decide if you are the right fit to serve as someone’s mentor Click the podcast player above to listen to the episode now, or read on for a short edited excerpt.

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Relias

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Additionally, Relias offers a wealth of professional development for nursing leaders on management and leadership education, including: 100+ courses specific to management and leadership training for nurses, such as Developing Your Leadership Potential and Coaching: An Essential Skill for Nurses.

Preceptors

Relias

MARCH 31, 2023

After bringing in new nurses with a high-quality hiring and onboarding process, regular assessments can show how they’re doing and help you provide the right resources to develop them into leaders. Employers may formally create these relationships through mentor assignments and preceptor programs.

Leadership

Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Naturally, I became a preceptor, mentor, and coach, so I pursued my master’s in nursing education. I have some great preceptors and mentors along my nursing journey. Nurses want professional development and growth opportunities. I worked in various emergency departments and level 1 trauma centers.

Preceptors

Relias

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In nursing school, working with mentors and preceptors, and in care settings, nurses gain awareness of the qualities that the best leaders possess. In all, the ANA lists 10 “standards of professional performance” that overlap with leadership competencies: Collaboration with patients, families, and others to build relationships.

Leadership

Joyce

APRIL 2, 2024

During your practicum, youll collaborate with preceptors and faculty mentors. Our curriculum builds on your prior nursing education and will raise you to the next level of professionalism and expertise. This can open the door for future job placements and gives insight into nursing management. What Is the RN to BSN Curriculum?

Preceptors