3 Effective Methods for Finding Preceptors That Actually Work

Guest posts are rare on Digital Doorway, but this subject is so important, I needed to share it with the nursing community. Many nurse practitioner students have a very hard time finding preceptors, and these savvy tips are a great place to begin. Enjoy!Scenario: You ’re a nurse practitioner student who has a semester left until graduation, and the preceptor you had secured for your clinical rotation fell through at the last second. Now you’re scrambling to find a new preceptor to avoid delaying graduation.It shouldn ’t be this way, but unfortunately this is the case for so many NP students across the country-- so many schools fail their students by refusing to help them find preceptors for their clinical rotations.You ’re stressed and don’t even know where to begin to find another rotation.Luckily, there are steps you can take to secure a preceptor. And they really do work! AtNPCR, we used the tactics outlined below to expand from Atlanta, GA to 12 different cities across the U.S.   Step 1: Use School Resources/Talk to Other StudentsTalk to the Clinical Coordinator or Clinical Director at your school and ask for a list of preceptors your school has used in the past. This list is almost always out-of-date, but it ’s a place to start.Just go down the list and start calling preceptors to ask if they ’re willing to take a student for a clinical rotation. Some preceptors will say they haven’t taken a student in five years, but that’s okay. Keep ca...
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