 Instructor: Disclosures
Susan Zahner, DrPH, RN; Pam Scheibel, MS, RN; Brenda Owen, MS, RN; Doris Ellison, MS, RN; Marina DePablo, BS, RN; and Ulrike Dieterle, MA, MLS
Estimated Completion Time: 10 hours
Contact Hours: 10.0
Fee: Free
Expiration Date: 07/01/2013
Audience: Community/public health nurses in Wisconsin who are interested in becoming a preceptor.
Purpose: This course focuses on assisting community health nurses to develop the knowledge and skills needed to be effective practice-based preceptors for undergraduate community health nursing students.
Objectives: Upon completion, the participant will be able to:
- Define the role of the community health nurse preceptor
- List characteristics of effective preceptors
- State their personal reasons for interest in the preceptor role
- Identify strategies for initiating and nurturing the student/preceptor partnership
- Assess student learning needs
- Identify appropriate and challenging learning opportunities for student nurses in their practice settings
- Evaluate student performance
- Identify situations when it is appropriate to contact course faculty for assistance or support
- Create positive learning partnerships with student nurses
Successful completion: Successful completion is accomplished by earning a minimum score of 70% for each of the quizzes following individual modules. After completing the evaluation, print your certificate of completion for record-keeping. 1.0 nursing contact hour is awarded for successful completion of each module.
Computer Requirements:
This course was available at no cost to Wisconsin nurses who took it during 2007-2009. It was supported through the Linking Education And Practice for Excellence in Public Health Nursing (LEAP) Project; a grant from the U.S. DHHS/HRSA/Division of Nursing (#D11HP07731)
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A continuing education course
for community health preceptors.
Funding for this project was provided by a grant from
the Southwest Wisconsin Area Health Education Center.
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Special thanks to Karen Jorgensen-Royce, PHN, MSN, Minnesota Department of Health, Center for Public Health Nursing, for consulting with us on this project.
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Program Materials
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 Module 1 - The role of the preceptor
Module 2 - Questions to ask before becoming a preceptor
Module 3 - Learning population-focused community health nursing
Module 4 - Learning styles and teaching strategies
Module 5 - Learning critical thinking
Module 6 - Helping students learn interdisciplinary practice
Module 7 - Helping students use evidence in comm health practice
Module 8 - Learning cultural competence in comm health nursing
Module 9 - When challenging situations arise
Module 10 - Providing feedback and evaluation
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Precepting Community/Public Health Nursing Students in Wisconsin News
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Registration is now closed - If you are already registered for this course, you must complete it by the expiration date.
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