Does your school have preceptorships?

hiddencatRN, BSN, RN · May 19, 2011

My school didn't. It was an accelerated program so thinks were pretty busy as it was.

NENE RN · May 19, 2011

Only 10 or 11 out of 46 received preceptorships based on grades (??that is what they told us). At my friends school only 7 out of 100 got them but they had to go through interviews.

SummitRN, BSN, RN · May 19, 2011

Define preceptorship?

1:1 for 200 hours or so as the last rotation?

Harrychandler · May 19, 2011

My school did not have preceptors. We had in depth clinicals with an instructor.

deemalt, BSN, RN · May 19, 2011

What? You can have nursing schools w/o preceptorships?

d2k2ross · May 19, 2011

I define preceptors as a lengthy (not neccessarily 200 hrs.) say even 60 hrs., 1:1 training that helps introduce you to the world of nursing. A kind of "transistion" of sorts, from student, to graduate nurse. And yes, deemalt, you can have nursing school w/out preceptorships. It is not required by law. You just must have 120 of "focused" clinical time in your last semester.

I am just curious if those of you who DIDN'T have a preceptorship feel like it hurt you in any way. As in, not preparing you well enough, or made it harder to get hired after you graduated?

mkjh · May 19, 2011

We had a 1:1 with a RN working on a floor in the hospital for 120hours as our last "transition".

It was ok. Each person's assignment was different, and I don't think my transition assignment really prepared me at all for my first job. it's all the luck of the draw as to what you get and who your preceptor is.

us2uk4u · May 19, 2011

I spent 6 weeks in preceptorship, 2X/week 8.5 hours per day in Med-Surg. What a great learning experience!

My neighbor who went to a private college says they have no preceptorship. Heck she spent less time in clinical that I did. According to her the school has been trying to set up a precep program for a while.

Lennonninja, MSN, APRN, NP · May 21, 2011

My ASN program didn't have preceptorships d/t lack of space in the hospital. I did a nurse internship between years though that was 12 weeks of 3 12s per week and worked as a tech the whole second year. It's not technically a preceptorship, but an excellent experience regardless. I was offered a job on the floor I work on as a tech two months before graduation.

deemalt, BSN, RN · May 23, 2011

I define preceptors as a lengthy (not neccessarily 200 hrs.) say even 60 hrs., 1:1 training that helps introduce you to the world of nursing. A kind of "transistion" of sorts, from student, to graduate nurse. And yes, deemalt, you can have nursing school w/out preceptorships. It is not required by law. You just must have 120 of "focused" clinical time in your last semester.
I am just curious if those of you who DIDN'T have a preceptorship feel like it hurt you in any way. As in, not preparing you well enough, or made it harder to get hired after you graduated?

Whoops! Didn't mean to sound snarky! Just a new concept for me.

hiddencatRN, BSN, RN · May 23, 2011

I am just curious if those of you who DIDN'T have a preceptorship feel like it hurt you in any way. As in, not preparing you well enough, or made it harder to get hired after you graduated?

It would have been nice to have one but honestly, you learn SOOO much in the first few weeks on the job that (I think) as long as you have decent critical thinking skills, it pretty much evens out.

As to whether not having one made it harder to get a job....that's not really something I feel like I can evaluate. I got a job, not immediately, but in the area I wanted to work in, and graduates from my program are well-regarded locally despite having no preceptorship.