Family NP Student seeking preceptor

[Jesshope8]

I' am a student enrolled in MCPHS's Family Nurse Practitioner program seeking preceptors for multiple clinical rotations for 2016 and spring of 2017. I graduated in 2008 from University of Southern Maine with my Bachelors of Science, Nursing. Since graduating, I've been employed as a charge nurse at a skilled nursing facility, a staff nurse on an adolescent inpatient psychiatric unit, and a case manager with the VNA. Currently I'm employed with a hospice agency as a weekend Baylor nurse. I highly value interdisciplinary collaboration for care planning and take pride in providing patient-centered, evidenced-based care.

My clinical hour requirements and placements needed are as follows:

Spring 2016:

• 90 hours (7/week)
  
• Class: Advanced Health Assessment.
  
• Setting: primary care office, outpatient preadmission testing, and urgent care.
  

Summer2016:

• 180 hours (12-16/week)
  
• Class: Family Practice (Adult)
  
• Setting: primary care office, family practice office dealing with patients over the age of 21 years old, internal medicine
  

Fall 2016

• 180 hours (12-16/week)
  
• Class: Family Practice (OB/PEDI)
  
• Setting: primary care office dealing with patient's ages 0-21. Pediatric offices
  

Spring 2017

• 180 hours (12-16/week)
  
• Class: Family Practice (GERI)
  
• Setting: primary care or internal medicine offices dealing with patients over the age of 65, skilled nursing facilities or assisted living facilities that provide primary care to its residents.
  

I would like to thank any preceptors reading this. I admire your commitment to sharing your passion, expertise and time with students such as myself.

Thank you for your time!

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

I would strongly advise that you either edit your post to remove your personal information or contact a moderator if the opportunity for you to do so yourself is over. You can't really know who is viewing the information, and you've put a lot out there.

Other than that, what resources have you used to find preceptors? Have you looked into whether your school provides any resources, such as a list of places that have been used in the past and already have field site agreements in place? What facilities have you contacted, and what has the result been? It looks like you've got some time to plan, so I would go that route first.

[LV3677]

I don't know much about finding preceptors for NP; however, I believe you'll have far better luck in person than using an online forum. On other threads containing this subject matter, it has been suggested that NP students take their resumes into local offices and introduce themselves to nurse practitioners.

Food for thought: if you were an NP, would you precept someone who posted on an online forum?

[Jules A, MSN]

Food for thought: if you were an NP, would you precept someone who posted on an online forum?

Normally I'm in favor of using your professional network to find preceptors you know are competent but have to say the OPs information was succinct and well written. If she were in my area and doing psych I might just be tempted to reach out to her. :)