Our Nurse Practitioner Students
- Enter the program with prior direct clinical exposure experience
- Complete one year of interdisciplinary training that includes 12 months of intensive didactic coursework prior to entering into the clinical setting
- Graduates receive a Doctoral degree and are employed in a variety of clinical settings.
The goals of the clinical experience include:
- Apply didactic knowledge to supervised clinical practice
- Develop and sharpen clinical problem-solving skills
- Expand and develop the medical breadth of knowledge
- Perfect the art of history taking and physical examination skills
- Sharpen and refine oral presentation and written documentation skills
- Develop an understanding of the Nurse Practitioner (NP) NP role in healthcare delivery
- Refine interpersonal skills and professionalism necessary to function as part of a healthcare team
Nurse Practitioner and Doctor of Nursing Practice Competencies and Essentials
National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties – NP Competencies & DNP Resources
- The effective and appropriate application of medical knowledge
- Interpersonal and communication skills
- Patient care
- Professionalism, including respect, integrity, accountability, and cultural competency
- Practice-based learning and improvement
- Systems-based practice
- Commitment to continual learning and growth for the benefit of patients and the larger community being served
Benefits of Preceptorship
- Support and strengthen your profession
- Impact the development of a future generation
- Recruit and hire talented individuals within months of their program completion