How does your program verify clinical hrs?

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Out of curiosity, I'm curious how programs actually KNOW that you have completed the requirement. Is there formal paperwork your preceptor signs?

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Specializes in ACNP-BC, Adult Critical Care, Cardiology.

Just like anywhere else in professional adult education, you log your hours in an honor system where you attest to the accuracy of the hours you logged and the academic institution trusts and expects your honesty in return. There are checks and balances that can serve as an eye watching you in this instance, one, clinical faculty from the school can sometimes conduct unannounced visits or two, your preceptor will make sure that you comply with the required hours and will serve as the link to the faculty as far as the quantity and quality of your clinical performance.

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

I've precepted recently and this is what many schools are using now

Typhon Group: Healthcare Solutions

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I'm kind of nervous about this. I can see some of my preceptors saying, "OK, good enough for today. Go home and study" without completing the hours for the day. As if preceptors weren't hard enough to come by, psych preceptors are even more difficult to obtain.

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Specializes in Internal medicine/critical care/FP.

we used typhoon like trauma said above. and they randomly walked in on me a few times to make sure i wasn't playing hooky or sleeping in the bathroom all day.

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My school is on the other side of the state so I'm not sure that would happen. But it would totally suck if it did! So do you have to tell them "I'll be doing my clinicals every Tuesday from 7a-7p?"

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we used typhoon like trauma said above. and they randomly walked in on me a few times to make sure i wasn't playing hooky or sleeping in the bathroom all day.

That looks like a pretty interesting program.

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Specializes in Internal medicine/critical care/FP.

We had to put our hours into typhon prior to the days. It was a fully brick and mortar program so I don't know how online ones do it. All our clinical sites were pretty close to the school. preceptors had to sign off hours and such also.

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We had to put our hours into typhon prior to the days. It was a fully brick and mortar program so I don't know how online ones do it. All our clinical sites were pretty close to the school. preceptors had to sign off hours and such also.

Yeah, I don't even think all of our professors are instate. It's completely online and we have to find our own preceptor. Luckily, the psychiatrists at my place of employment are willing to help.

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Specializes in Internal medicine/critical care/FP.

You won't have anything to worry about. Nbody can complain if your doing your hours as stated in the school manual.

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Specializes in Urology NP.

My school used typhon, site checks/visits, and the preceptors has to sign off confirming our hours completed. They were very strict in which hours we could count as well.

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My school used typhon, site checks/visits, and the preceptors has to sign off confirming our hours completed. They were very strict in which hours we could count as well.

What would be hours that "didn't count"?

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