Selection and Use of Preceptors for Specialty Roles

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Selection and Use of Preceptors for Specialty Roles	Subsection: 6.1.4
Section 6.0 - Information	Originating Date: October, 1988
Responsible Reviewing Agency: Professional Graduate Nursing Program Curriculum Committee	Revised: January, 1995 Revised: April, 1999 Revised: September, 2002 Reviewed: February, 2004 Revised: October, 2008 Revised: July, 2012
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Policy

A preceptor is an APRN, PA, MD, DO, MSN, MBA, MHA, or other identified as an expert with appropriate educational background who has agreed to assume negotiated responsibility for a student’s clinical experience.

1. Students in professional graduate nursing programs, excluding post-masters DNP students, are required to complete clinical practicums in order meet certification requirements
2. A faculty member is responsible for the following:
3. Criteria for Preceptors:

The preceptor has a right to ask that the student be placed in another learning environment if problems arise that cannot be resolved.