The Preceptor Program Builder: Tools for a Successful Preceptor Program - Softcover

The Preceptor Program Builder provides professional development staff the keys to creating a successful preceptor program in the healthcare environment. In this essential package, you will find the core tools, best practices, processes, adaptable forms, and training materials for developing and evaluating preceptors, information for preparing preceptors for certification through portfolio-building, and a tested framework for preceptor programs. Use this resource to develop a preceptor program for any population, such as nurses or pharmacists. The book provides a core design for developing preceptors that can be applied to any program and discipline where preceptors orient or transition new employees, students, or persons transitioning into a new role or position. This work moves beyond previous editions' focus on single disciplines and invites all groups, disciplines, and professions to create a framework built on practical tools, definitions, principles, and concepts for training preceptors and building formal preceptorships.

Diana Swihart, PhD, DMin, MSN, APN CS, RN-BC is an internationally-known speaker, author, educator, and consultant on topics related to preceptors, shared governance, competency assessment, professional development, servant and transformational leadership, professional research and evidence-based practice. In 2008, her publication "Nurse Preceptor Program Builder: Tools for a Successful Preceptor Program" (2nd ed.) was selected as a core resource for the national VHA RN Residency Program. Dr. Swihart is the CEO for the American Academy for Preceptor Advancement.

Solimar Figueroa, MSN MHA BSN RN is a clinical nurse educator and preceptor liaison at Baptist Health South Florida with 33 years in professional nursing practice. Ms. Figueroa, developed the "Married Sate Preceptorship Model," a one-on-one preceptoring model for new nurses which she published in the Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing. She is a frequent presenter on preceptorship and shared governance, and has co-authored and contributed to books on those subjects. Ms. Figueroa is currently pursuing her PhD in Nursing.