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May 2024
1h 18m

Beyond the Basics: Advanced Preceptor St...

Kati Kleber, MSN RN
About this episode

This interview comes from the archives! Kati interviewed Beth Hawks, MSN RN-BC, a highly experienced and amazing nursing professional development specialist and preceptor, on tips for new nurse preceptors. Expect to learn:

  • How to give feedback in a constructive manner

  • Tips for nurses going into the precepting role who are not yet confident in their own skills

  • How to support nurses through reality shock

  • Coping with preceptees who take correction personally

  • How to handle preceptees who question absolutely everything

  • And so much more!

As a bonus, this interview is a sneak peek into the valuable content you can expect from Kati's comprehensive course, Preceptor Pro. If you're looking to enhance your precepting skills and advance your professional development, this course is for you. 

To enroll in Preceptor Pro: https://courses.freshrn.com/p/preceptor-pro 

A comprehensive blog post on precepting: https://www.freshrn.com/becoming-an-awesome-nursing-preceptor/ 

For ALL of our professional development content: https://www.freshrn.com/professional-development/ 

Learn more about the FreshRN All-Access Pass here - https://courses.freshrn.com/p/membership

To see our latest course catalog (med-surg, ICU, precepting, charge nurse, ortho, cardiac, neuro courses, and more), click here: https://courses.freshrn.com/

Get weekly tips, encouragement, stories from the bedside, and more - just for nursing students and new nurses at: https://www.freshrn.com/email-sign-up/ 

Here is an affiliate link to Beth's latest book, First-Year Nurse: Advice on Working with Doctors, Prioritizing Care, and Time Management: https://amzn.to/3JfDeAt 

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Music credit: Keep My Cool by Benj Heard

 

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