How may preceptors be used in the clinical setting?
Clinical preceptors may be used to enhance clinical learning experiences after a student has received clinical and didactic instruction in basic areas of nursing or within a course after a student has received clinical and didactic instruction in the basic areas of nursing for that course or specific learning experience. The preceptors serve as faculty-extenders since a faculty member can supervise 12 students in a clinical course when 2 students are assigned to preceptors. If a course uses clinical preceptors as the sole method of student instruction and supervision in clinical settings, faculty shall coordinate the preceptorship for no more than 24 students. A preceptor has the same responsibilities as a clinical instructor and provides input to the formal evaluation by the assigned faculty. The program should have guidelines developed for the preceptor and the student (see preceptor guidelines on the BON web page). The preceptor should have a thorough understanding (and copies) of t
