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The Nurse Preceptor Toolkit, 1st Edition

Preparing Nurses and Advanced Practice Nurses for Clinical Practice
Authors :
Beth Heuer & Cynthia A. Danford
Date of Publication: 10/2024
Develop the skills necessary for precepting RN and APRN students and new orientees! The Nurse Preceptor Toolkit is written by and for RN and APRN clinicians and faculty members from a variety of levels, specialties, and settings. Using real-life exam ...view more
Develop the skills necessary for precepting RN and APRN students and new orientees! The Nurse Preceptor Toolkit is written by and for RN and APRN clinicians and faculty members from a variety of levels, specialties, and settings. Using real-life examples and practical tips, this comprehensive resource answers the questions preceptors often ask when interacting with students of all levels, as well as new orientees. Within its pages, you’ll find everything you need to develop and solidify the clinical teaching skills essential to becoming an effective preceptor.
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Develop the skills necessary for precepting RN and APRN students and new orientees! The Nurse Preceptor Toolkit is written by and for RN and APRN clinicians and faculty members from a variety of levels, specialties, and settings. Using real-life examples and practical tips, this comprehensive resource answers the questions preceptors often ask when interacting with students of all levels, as well as new orientees. Within its pages, you’ll find everything you need to develop and solidify the clinical teaching skills essential to becoming an effective preceptor.

Key Features
  • This completely new book serves as a comprehensive resource for precepting both RN and APRN students and new orientees.
  • Coverage addresses questions preceptors have asked when interacting with students of all levels, as well as with new orientees.
  • Content is written by and for RN and APRN clinicians and faculty members from a variety of levels, specialties, and settings.
  • Real-life examples and practical tips guide the development and solidification of the clinical teaching skills needed to become an effective preceptor.
  • Coverage of essential precepting topics includes effective communication, flexibility, time management skills, providing feedback and support, an understanding of different adult learning styles, and the ability to confidently evaluate student knowledge and competencies.
  • Chapter objectives serve as “advance organizers” to help prepare you for the content that follows.
  • Exemplars model excellence in clinical precepting through contributor-authored stories of successful faculty-preceptor-learner partnerships related to the content of each chapter.
  • Boxes highlight tips from successful preceptors.
  • Appendices provide ready-to-use tools to enhance the preceptor-learner experience.

Author Information
By Beth Heuer, DNP, CRNP, CPNP-PC, PMHS, FAANP, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and Associate Professor of Clinical Instruction, Temple University College of Public Health/School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Cynthia A. Danford, PhD, CRNP, PPCNP-BC, CPNP-PC, FAAN, Nurse Scientist II, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio and Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania