Welcome Preceptors and Potential Preceptors
Thank you for serving as a clinical preceptor. The preceptor role is vital in shaping exceptional future nurse practitioners and we appreciate you sharing your expertise.
Continuing Excellence in Nursing
At Gonzaga, we seek to educate and inspire healthcare professionals to make a positive impact in the world around them. Rooted in our Jesuit heritage, we strive to cultivate the following traits in our students:
- A passion for knowledge
- The determination to transform healthcare
- The willingness and capacity to be leaders in their disciplines
- The courage to work for justice
- The compassion to care for and serve our world
Together, as a community of learning, we can continue excellence in nursing.
Why Precept?
Precepting students is an exceptional opportunity to pay forward the work of your own preceptors and help shape the next generation of nurse practitioners. As a preceptor and mentor, you are our academic partner in integrating classroom learning with the clinical practice of nursing.
Teaching will also help you strengthen your understanding of a topic, which in turn benefits your patients and your practice.
Qualifications and Benefits
Preceptor Qualifications
- Currently practice as an ARNP, MD, DO or PA, in certain states; additionally practicing interdisciplinary healthcare providers may also be accepted
- Have a minimum of 1 year of experience in the clinical area you will be precepting
- Hold an unencumbered, active license for the state in which the student will be precepted
- Provide documentation of licensure and national board certification
Preceptor Benefits
Currently, Gonzaga is unable to pay preceptors for the important work they do. However, the following benefits have proven valuable to our preceptors:
- Opportunity to become adjunct faculty at Gonzaga
- Signed verification of precepting hours certificate, which can be applied toward board and/or licensure recertification requirements
- Access to Gonzaga’s DynaMed Plus account
- Opportunities for preceptor awards and recognition, e.g., Preceptor of the Month and Preceptor of the Year
- Free CE opportunities - coming soon
Graduate Preceptor Resources
NONPF Preceptor Portal - National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties Preceptor Portal
AACN Preceptor Resources Toolkit for APRN preceptors.
EMPR - Helpful research guide for medications.
Medal - Provides over 20,000 medical algorithms
Medscape - Free online, nursing and medical journal, pharmacy, disease, and management guidelines reference database.
MD Calculator - Provides various screening, algorithm, and calculating tools for practice.
Magellan - Guides for prescribing Psych medications.
Picmonic - Pictographics used to help improve the understanding of medical conditions.
Skinsight - Skin condition finder and education.
TLDR Pharmacy - Study guides for pharmacological management of patients.
One Minute Preceptor - Teaching Method that uses five micro-skills to grow clinical competency.
SNAPPS - Six-step model using a learner-centric model to engage students.
Think Aloud Clinical Reasoning Method - Uses the think-aloud method to develop reasoning.
Preceptor 101 - Detailed article describing various practices and processes for teaching NP students.
Strategies for Ensuring a Successful Preceptorship - AJN article with helpful tips on precepting less stressfully.
