Mastering Precepting

Preceptors have the power and opportunity to inspire nurses and other healthcare providers to achieve greatness. Effective precepting programs depend on two critical groups: those who organize and manage the programs and those who support, teach, and coach. Beth Ulrich―nationally recognized for her research in work environments and transitional experiences of new graduate nurses―and her team of expert contributing authors provide the knowledge, tools, skills, and wisdom both groups need for success.

Written for staff nurses and other care providers, their managers, and educators, this third edition of Mastering Precepting teaches preceptors both the science and art of precepting and empowers them to seek the support they need to be effective. For managers, it emphasizes the importance of providing nurse preceptors with positive and supportive experiences. For educators, it provides the information and knowledge required to develop and improve preceptor programs.

TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: The Preceptor Role
Chapter 2: Learning: The Foundation of Precepting
Chapter 3: Core Precepting Concepts
Chapter 4: Precepting Strategies
Chapter 5: Developing a Professional Identity
Chapter 6: Having a Plan: Developing and Using Goals, Objectives, and Outcomes
Chapter 7: Communication
Chapter 8: Coaching
Chapter 9: Effectively Using Instructional Technologies
Chapter 10: Precepting Specific Learner Populations
Chapter 11: Precepting Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
Chapter 12: Assessing and Addressing Preceptee Behavior and Motivation
Chapter 13: Pragmatics of Precepting
Chapter 14: Self-Care for Preceptors
Chapter 15: The NPD Practitioner: Responsibility for Preceptor Programs
Chapter 16: For Managers: Selecting, Supporting, and Sustaining Preceptors
Chapter 17: Preceptor Development

Beth Ulrich, EdD, RN, FACHE, FAAN, is a Professor at the Cizik School of Nursing at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, teaching in the DNP Program, and Editor of Nephrology Nursing Journal, the professional journal of the American Nephrology Nurses Association.