Using Critical Thinking Skills

Analyze the picture below!

Activity. Now develop your own diagram defining your philosophy of preceptorship. This is a broad-spectrum activity. You may includes roles of the preceptor, your objectives for the preceptees, etc. Be Creative. Once you have completed your diagram, save as ".jpg" and post to the blog to share your ideas. If you need help, please contact me or one of your peers!

Taking the Next Step....

Preparing for Day One!

Now that you have a general idea of the preceptor's role and responsibilites, let's prepare for the first day that you will successfully "precept" your "preceptee"!



Follow this link and read the following article


Preparing for the Day!




The purpose of this article is to develop an understanding of how to meet the everyday challenges of being busy and continuing to meet the needs of your preceptee and your patients. Post any thoughts or concerns that you may have.

Are You Ready to be a Preceptor?

Welcome Fellow Co-Workers,

Do you have what it takes to become a successful preceptor?

The intent of this lesson is to develop your awareness and understanding of what it takes to become a valuable and successful preceptor! With the looming nursing shortage near, it is imperative that we develop an exceptional preceptor program in order to retain new nurses. So where do we start? At the beginning of course! The main focus of this lesson is to develop an understanding of the preceptor's role, the staff nurse, and yourself!

Activity One: Please visit the following website Bloginality
Read the introduction of "What's Your Personality", then click on "TEST". Complete the test, submit, and analyze your results. Feel free to share your results.

Then continue to this website to learn more about how you learn! This will help you understand the different learning styles presented by others. Patience and knowing how to reach others is key when precepting. Learning Style

Activity Two: Follow this link to a great article.
The Nurse Preceptor
After reading, post thoughts that you may have.

Activity Three: As we all know, the clinical setting can be quite busy. Visit this link to print off user-friendly techniques that will assist you while preparing for the day!
One Minute Preceptor

Again, if you have any questions or concerns, please contact me!

Michelle

WELCOME!

Greetings Fellow Co-workers,

I would like to welcome you to the EDUBLOG for Med/Surg/Onc at NWTHS.

What is an EDUBLOG you may ask? The answer is quite simple: An Electronic Bulletin Board.

As you all know, we have bulletin boards with lots of information posted in each department's conference room. However, unless you track down someone on the management team, your questions or concerns may remain unanswered.

Now, you will have a way to ask questions, provide feedback, discover valuable resources, and much more at your convenience. The purpose of this EDUBLOG is to support and provide you with resources you need to provide service excellence to our patients.

If at anytime you experience difficulty using this EDUBLOG or have suggestions to improve resources, please contact me. I would be happy to help! Thanks for visiting the latest technology advancement to NWTHS Med/Surg/Onc Departments.

Happy Blogging!

Michelle