Preceptor gift

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I am female and have a male preceptor. Should I get him a gift? If so, what would be appropriate?

I had heard my preceptor talking to another nurse about how he liked the frappucinos at the hospital cafe, so on my last day I brought him one when I came in in the morning. It was a little thing, but he was excited and appreciative.

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See if you can get some incite about what your preceptor likes. Like MInurse did. It would mean more to me to get a favorite drink then to recieve something that everyone gets as a thank you. That way the gift does not seem so generic.

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Specializes in FNP.

Best gift I ever received, hands down, was a donation to the ANA scholarship fund in my name. If I want a Yankee candle, I'll buy my own. ;)

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My favorite gift was a handwritten card telling me thank you and saying how I made a difference in her life, how I helped her shape her practice, all kinds of pets and fuzzies. I still have it. I can buy something if I want it, but someone freely telling me that I made a positive impact in their life is the best gift of all.

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as weebabyrn says, a handwritten note is something to keep long after the restaurant meal and the dunkin donuts have deposited themselves on the preceptor's hips. there's a good reason your mother always made you write thank-you notes-- they make a lasting impression.

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I am female and have a male preceptor. Should I get him a gift? If so, what would be appropriate?

My preceptor mentioned places she had gone or liked, so I bought her some gift certificates and I gave her a heart felt card thanking her extensively for all she volunteeringly gave to me.

Remember that preceptors do not get paid. Their day goes much slower with us around. All students should get their preceptor a gift and maybe a written something that they could show when maybe furthering their degree or trying to get into nurse instruction. Definately, appreciate them in a way that is obvious to them.

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Specializes in LTC.

Coffee.

Coffee is always appropriate.

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i didnt get my preceptors anything. not that i didnt appreciate all they did for me, i really do, and i was sure to tell them at the end of my residency and since i still work on the same unit I still tell them often how much they've taught (and continue to teach) me. i opted not to get them a gift though, i had 5 different ones and besides, they get an extra $2 an hour for precepting. it's not much but it does add up when you spend 36hrs a week precepting for a long time, it's like a 10% raise!!

Really 2 bucks an hour for precepting? WHen you said its not much, you were absolutely 100% without a doubt right about one thing.

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Best gift I ever received, hands down, was a donation to the ANA scholarship fund in my name. If I want a Yankee candle, I'll buy my own. ;)

That is soooo cool. I am so moved, darn why didnt I think of something like that.

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Really 2 bucks an hour for precepting? WHen you said its not much, you were absolutely 100% without a doubt right about one thing.

i think i was misunderstood. in our hospital system preceptors get their normal hourly wage plus a precepting bonus (kinda like a shift diff) for precepting. so for example, say your base pay is normally $26.00/hr and you work nights and you have been precepting for the last month on every shift. so your hourly pay is:

26.00 + 4.00 (night shift diff) + 2.00 (preceptor pay) = 32.00/hr. even if you work days and you precept you get 28.00/hr which is alittle less than a 10% bonus. as one of my preceptors put it: "a couple more bucks for me to sit more & be your mini-charge?! why not?"

i cannot believe that preceptors dont get paid in other systems...that's ridiculous!! they should be getting their regular hourly wage plus any applicable diffs! :down:

i never saw anyone give their preceptors gifts. it was understood that they were getting paid for precepting and gifts weren't to be accepted, it would constitute a conflict of interest since the preceptee is also getting rated by the preceptor.

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Specializes in Psychiatry, Telemetry, Med/Surg.

I got my preceptor a Dunkin Donuts gift card because every morning we worked she came in with a drink from there. lol

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Thank you all! My preceptor didn't drink coffee but loved Pepsi. So, I got him some Pepsi and homemade peanut butter cookies (he loves Cookie Time) and a heartfelt thank you card.

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