Getting Paid to Precept Students

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My friend recently sent me a link to a company called Clinical Match Me which says they can pay up to $10,000 to precept students.

Anyone hear of this or know of other companies that will pay NPs to precept students?

Thanks!

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Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN

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Guessing it's relatively new going by the lack of user ratings, lack of BBB rating, and small number of likes on their Facebook page. My thoughts: if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

sauce

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Like college tuition isnt expensive enough. students need to know to not go to a school that doesnt help with finding preceptors. its like going to the bank and having to hide your money under your bed.

anh06005, MSN, APRN, NP

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What I read on their site said they pay $5 per hour (so precepting a student for 180 hours = $900). They said they wanted to thank the preceptor for helping but not give enough to possibly sway the preceptor's evaluation of the student.

Seems interesting. I think it'd cut down on foot work. While I wish all school got preceptors for students I can (kind of) understand how it might get complicated with students from out of the area of the school (we had some students travel several hours to the campus for our class days or even get a hotel the night before). And my school was a very reputable state brick and mortar university with great exam pass rates for BSN and MSN.

Specializes in Peri-op/Sub-Acute ANP.

If that is what they are paying the preceptor, what are they charging the students?

Dany102

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If that is what they are paying the preceptor, what are they charging the students?

I was wondering the exact same thing. What are they taking out of the student's hide at this rate?

anh06005, MSN, APRN, NP

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Eek. Finally looked at the student page. It costs them $15 per clinical hour.

Specializes in Peri-op/Sub-Acute ANP.
Eek. Finally looked at the student page. It costs them $15 per clinical hour.

So if you have, say, 650 clinical hours to complete your program this will cost you another $9,750.00! Given that Master's-level credit hours are around $1,000 per hour this is going to put advanced education out of reach for many. Meanwhile, the schools cash in.

sauce

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college is such a business lol. only thing higher about higher education is the cost.

Jules A, MSN

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So if you have, say, 650 clinical hours to complete your program this will cost you another $9,750.00! Given that Master's-level credit hours are around $1,000 per hour this is going to put advanced education out of reach for many. Meanwhile, the schools cash in.

No biggie they can just add it to their $200,000 in student loan debt which also covered living expenses for this and their other 3 degrees. :sarcastic:

Seriously though I think people underestimate the value of having made the professional contacts to be able to set up their own clinical experiences. If not and the school doesn't do it they might have to pay which I guess is better than not having a preceptor. As income oriented as I am there is no way $5 an hour would make it worth precepting someone unknown to me with likely no experience.

allnurses Guide

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Exploiting students already being exploited by their graduate program.

Profession seriously needs to crack down on this crap.

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Specializes in Peri-op/Sub-Acute ANP.
No biggie they can just add it to their $200,000 in student loan debt which also covered living expenses for this and their other 3 degrees. :sarcastic:

Seriously though I think people underestimate the value of having made the professional contacts to be able to set up their own clinical experiences. If not and the school doesn't do it they might have to pay which I guess is better than not having a preceptor. As income oriented as I am there is no way $5 an hour would make it worth precepting someone unknown to me with likely no experience.

True dat!

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