The Nurse Preceptor Toolkit - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 1st Edition

by Beth Heuer, DNP, APRN-CNP, CPNP-PC, PMHS, FAANP and Cynthia A. Danford, PhD, CRNP, PPCNP-BC, CPNP-PC, FAAN

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ISBN: 9780443108969

Publication Date: 09-20-2024

Page Count: 288

Imprint: Elsevier

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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.

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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
Contents

PART I Setting the Stage
1. Introduction to Precepting

PART II Defining the Preceptor
2. Starting With the Basics
3. Why Precept?
4. Coaching and Mentoring

PART III Framing the Precepting Experience
5. Understanding the Learner and the Learning Process
6. Fostering Effective Preceptor-Learner Communication
7. The Learning Curve: A Parallel Venture for Preceptors and Learners

PART IV Clinical Judgment Skills and Precepting Models
8. Special Precepting Tools for Clinical Judgment

PART V Tools for Precepting
9. Expectations: Preceptors, Faculty, and Academic Programs
10. Providing a Well-Rounded Clinical Experience
11. Special Considerations When Precepting Nurse Practitioner Students
12. Precepting the Undergraduate and Graduate-Entry Nursing Student
13. Onboarding the New Nurse
14. Orienting the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Student
15. Guiding the Nurse Practitioner Student Experience
16. Professional Development for the Preceptor and the Orientee
17. Managing Challenging Behaviors With Learners in Clinical Environments
18. Self-Care for the Busy Preceptor
19. Managing Barriers in the APRN Clinical Site
20. Documentation
21. Evaluation
22. Moving Into Leadership Roles Beyond Practice
23. Precepting in Global Health Experiences
24. Precepting in Specialty Settings
25. Bringing Closure to the Precepting Experience
Authors

Beth Heuer, DNP, APRN-CNP, CPNP-PC, PMHS, FAANP, Clinical Professor Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, USA and Cynthia A. Danford, PhD, CRNP, PPCNP-BC, CPNP-PC, FAAN, Nurse Scientist II, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio; Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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