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KD44, have you thought of writing a "preceptor finding: How to"? You think so outside the typical nursing box, and it seems to work. Your recommendations could have saved me years of stress and trial and error. I admit at first I too was leery of paying a provider, but when you are going to a school that is costing so little, it really isn't a big deal. The stress is the big deal! I was afraid of offending preceptors by offering money/gifts. Now I know they are not offended, they appreciate being appreciated in a monetary way for the added time they spend and the constant interruption to their regular flow that having a student entails. You could just take the notes you have put in here already and polish them into a "if... then...". I'd use your notes to create a guide, but I think you deserve the recognition for your tactics. I will share your thoughts with all new students I come across from now on. Just can't wait for the last two terms to be done.

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Butterfly, Unfortunately most schools are no longer offering assistance with finding preceptors, but here are some places to start. Social networking, talk to every physician, NP, pharmacist, nursing home DON etc you know and ask them to help you. Offer to pay them if they secure you a preceptor if you think that will help. Ask your school if they have a list of the current sites near you with an agreement. Many sites are closing off their new school agreements due to the influx of students and the time it takes the site to set up the agreement. Be open to paying a fee. It is becoming more common for preceptors to suddenly have an "opening" once you offer them an honorarium. Good luck in your search, the struggle is real, but not new and we are all having a hard time since COVID finding preceptors.

I have gotten to the point that I don't mind paying the "honorarium", but would just like to know up front how much. If paying for a preceptor will make preceptors more abundant I'll do what ever it takes. I know many students paying up to 2500.00 per rotation for hours. Networking seems to help a little between students, but this is such an enormous problem nationwide that something really needs to be done by the ANA or AANP to promote graduates to precept and grow the next generation. How will primary care ever catch up to the shortages if we don't help the next generations? I promote to every NP I talk to precepting. I encourage them and ask them what would motivate them to take on a student. Most feel they simply don't have the time. But as one preceptor keeps imparting on me, "as professionals we all have time for whatever we really value". If you value more time with your patients, you accept less pay. If you value teaching the next generation, you lower your patient panel and ask for an honorarium to make up the difference. It's all about priorities, and commitment to a cause. If your cause is maintaining your status quo, be honest and admit that you are not interested in growth or educating.

Hello all, I've been at USU since April 2019, will graduate the end of June. Took a 2 month break to help my mother go through hospice. From the beginning I have created a study group of other students. I chose those in my classes I felt a connection with when I read their weekly posts. I have created two wonderful networks of fellow students that commiserate, encourage and socialize via the internet, we even visit each other periodically. I miss on campus learning and study groups so I will video call fellow class mates and "virtual study group". My recommendations so far... Don't work the second year, the two types of nurses (In patient RN and FNP) think and react different and it is difficult to learn how to be a FNP when you are still practicing as an RN. Buy a Leik NP study guide now, latest version, and look up every topic as you go, this will help you get the most important information for each topic. The info is in short snipits that are easy to digest. Start a quizlet account and start saving questions. Look for questions on quizlet by the author of your text book. Make friends and encourage each other, help each other with clinical preceptors, build relationships that will advance you as a professional for years to come. Utilize the librarian early in your education. Make an appointment and have her/them show you around. They have so many tips and tricks that are lost to those who don't. They can make your life much easier! The OFE is not going to find preceptors for you. They do the paperwork on their end, and send reminders. They have too many students to babysit, and not enough contacts in all states to truly help. Ask other graduates, professors, students in classes ahead of you for who they recommend, and always offer an "honorarium" to potential preceptors. Do not burn bridges. It seems common sense, but don't steal another students preceptor by offering more money etc. This is unprofessional and cruel for a profession that is supposed to be so trusting. If another student offers to share their preceptors info, work with the other student to get your time in. Buy a nice desk top calendar and fill out to-do's every term for each week. It is easy to miss something small that turns into something big. I even color code mine, since we have similar tasks in two classes during the second year due weekly. Last, when you start Project Nurse.... Pay attention to the program required SOAP notes, ie: 21 are due, 6 are pediatrics, but 3 must be pediatric well exams of specific age ranges. Plan these out and keep track so you don't have to do more than you have to. Also, PN hours, all pediatric patients are 1 hour in the journal area, regardless of the time you spend. This will help you to keep track of pediatrics, which I am noticing is the hardest to fulfill all 80. Geriatrics is not very hard to get done, but Women's health can be. Women's health includes anything reproductive, contraceptives, paps, breast exams, so click the right boxes in PN to get credit. Be kind to your professors, they are trying to help, and most are amazing if you just communicate with them. Don't use the D2L email app, use your Gmail. Most professors don't see the D2L very often, but they get their Gmail immediately. Good luck on this journey! Congratulations on your successes, and remember to pay it back when you have experience and are able to precept.