Tag Archives: precepting
It’s Practicum Time
The time of semester is here when last-semester nursing students do their practicum (we call it “Capstone” around here, but I don’t know whether that is nationwide or not). During this time, the point is for students to use the … Continue reading
Mentoring New Nurses: This Is Our Job
We have a lot of new nurses on my shift. Some are new grads, some are just new to the department, and some are just new to this area of nursing. Either way, they’re new somehow, and a seemingly endless … Continue reading
“It’s Not My Job”
As busy nurses, we sometimes forget being new, either to a job or to nursing itself, and we adopt the mindset that mentoring or even helping someone out is not our job. It’s not in our job description, is it? … Continue reading
Who, Me? Precept?
I’ve gotten consistently positive feedback about orienting and precepting, and although I’ve written from the student point of view about how to get the most out of hospital and other clinical learning experiences, I have not spoken to the other … Continue reading
