Preceptors play a key role in the successful training of nursing professionals. They provide learning experiences, evaluate progress, and prepare the orientee to effectively and efficiently care for acutely ill patients in the clinical environment. This course is replicated from the course we provide to hospitals and healthcare institutions for training of their preceptors. With experienced nurses in mind, we have designed this course to assist in developing and enhancing your preceptor skills—not everyone has the ability to guide nurses with varying levels of experience and knowledge through a process of learning in the clinical environment. Do you?

ACCREDITATION STATEMENT

AdventHealth University Division – echelon® is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

echelon® is an approved CE provider by the Florida Board of Nursing.

AdventHealth University Division echelon is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing. Provider Number CPE16352.

Upon successful completion of this course, the participant will be able to:

1. Describe the qualifications and attributes of the effective preceptor.
2. Identify the preceptor's role and responsibilities including orienting, facilitating, team-building, teaching, and supervision.
3. Identify the pillars of team-building and recognize the impact of effective communication on all aspects of the precepting process.
4. Explain the APIE process, as well as its application to the preceptor/orientee experience.
5. Relate principles of adult learning.
6. Explain the importance of initial and continuous assessment including competency verification, Benner's Novice to Expert Model, and the principles of effective feedback.
7. Establish and review learning objectives with the orientee that clearly describe the required outcomes and that are congruent with both the taught knowledge and skill as well as the evaluation modality.
8. Utilize effective questioning techniques to coach the orientee toward applying knowledge to the clinical setting and building critical thinking and problem solving skills.
9. Document the orientee's growth using evaluation tools and case studies.
10. Describe Bloom's Taxonomy and the learning domains and apply it to teaching and evaluating.
11. Recognize the phases of reality shock and explain how to help the orientee through each phase.

Completion Requirements: To receive continuing education credit commensurate with the credit awarded for this on-line activity, the participant must:

• View all modules and cases studies.
• Participate and pass all Self-Checks and Post Test(s).
• Complete and submit the on-line evaluation.

Certificates of Completion: will be available to print immediately upon finishing the completion requirements. You are encouraged to print and save your certificate for your portfolio as required by your licensing body. Interdisciplinary accredited activities, activities having multiple accreditors, will be listed individually on the Certificate of Completion.

Non-Endorsement of Products: echelon®, as an accredited provider, has demonstrated proficient experience and viable resources to provide for valid and reliable evaluation of CE activities. The accuracy of the facts and opinions contained in this activity are the responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of echelon® or its sponsors. Practitioners should consult primary resources, state regulations, and their healthcare facility policies and procedures for specific application of said content to their local situation. echelon® does not imply that there is real or implied endorsement of any product, service, or company neither referred to in this activity nor of any company subsidizing costs related to this activity. All information contained in this activity is for educational purposes only.

Electronic Record Retention: All activity records are kept on file for a minimum of six (6) years.

Relevant Financial Relationships: echelon® also chooses full disclosure with each activity to report any relevant financial relationship affiliation or support in conjunction with the planning or development of any activity.

*There are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies for those involved with the ability to control the content of this activity.