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I am a psychiatric nurse practitioner student seeking a preceptor for clinical

rotation. This has been a very frustrating journey, because in the healthcare field

Physician assistants have a much easier time completing their education. I feel as nurses and being the largest practitioners in the health arena why is it so difficult to complete our education. I need major help in finding a preceptor in south jersey

jlo

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Sorry, but this is partially your fault. You should have researched your school and asked if they provide preceptors. Start by calling, networking and asking everyone you see if they can precept you.

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thanks for your comment simplistic, I have started to network, i have reached out to many psych facilities but there is always an obstacle. Why is finding a nurse preceptor such a difficult task, that nurses are charging nurses for preceptorship

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I am a psychiatric nurse practitioner student seeking a preceptor for clinical

rotation. This has been a very frustrating journey, because in the healthcare field

Physician assistants have a much easier time completing their education. I feel as nurses and being the largest practitioners in the health arena why is it so difficult to complete our education. I need major help in finding a preceptor in south jersey

jlo

There are very few programs out there anymore that will provide preceptors. At the time I started my program there were no PMHNP programs in my state. I chose a distance program with with a top ranked PMHNP program. Even that program would only assist with finding preceptors by providing a list of previously approved sites. If you really could not find a site they did offer to find a preceptor if you relocated to their geographic area. It's frustrating. I know.

Does your school allow telepsych? That's how I'm doing my clinical hours for this semester. Look for my posts. I posted about where I'm doing my rotation and which schools they are already approved. And no, they do not charge a fee of any kind nor make you sign a post grad employment contract. I also posted some FB resources that were very valuable to me.

Good luck

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I saw that post an found it very interesting and have contacted my school

to verify their program would allow telepsych. thanks a lot for the idea

Janet Lowe

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