Fast Facts for the Nurse Preceptor

This must-have guide for all new nurses in the preceptor role contains all you need to know to successfully educate, protect, socialize and evaluate nurses transitioning to a new environment. Coverage includes the importance of integrating evidenced-based practice throughout preceptorship; learning styles and how to teach to them; stages of preceptorship; communication techniques and more.

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This must-have guide for all new nurses in the preceptor role contains all you need to know to successfully educate, protect, socialize and evaluate nurses transitioning to a new environment. It presents and discusses the following important topics that all contribute to a successful nursing preceptorship:

The importance of integrating evidenced-based practice throughout preceptorship
Learning styles and how to teach to them
Stages of preceptorship
Communication techniques
Documentation completion (formal and informal)
What type of person makes a good preceptor
Reality shock and helping the new nurse through the process
Working with competency assessment
Portfolio development
Effective evaluation
Conflict resolution
The difference between a preceptor and a mentor
Developing critical thinking skills