An effective preceptor is essential to a nurse’s clinical development, medication accuracy, job contentment and the organization’s overall retention rate. Put simply, a preceptor affects the bottom ...

The US is experiencing a shortage of primary care providers, which could be reduced by the addition of nurse practitioners. However, the ability to increase the supply of nurse practitioners is ...

“Words cannot encompass how grateful that I am for every one of my preceptors and the role that they played in my educational journey. I will remember every one of them and have made a personal ...

So many of the nurse leaders I speak with daily ask the same question. They have often struggled with this problem for quite a while, even though they already have all the resources necessary to solve ...

There are some big challenges in the field of medical education in the United States, partly because of a shortage of preceptors across med schools, nursing instruction and physician assistant ...

Being a preceptor is more than teaching someone the tasks of the job, says this nurse educator. Editor's note: Emily Berta, DNP, MSN, RN, is a nursing educator and professional development leader, ...

A preceptor is a licensed clinician (Nurse Practitioner, Medical Doctor, or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine) who mentors Advanced Practice Registered Nursing (APRN) students through their clinical ...

Helping to prepare the next generation of healthcare providers to serve their patients is among the great privileges of being a physician. Preceptors report that having BCM PA students in their ...

Physician Assistants spend their days diagnosing patients’ illnesses and injuries, performing physical examinations and providing patients with treatment plans. They perform services that physicians ...