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The quality of our precepors is critical to the quality of our nurse practitioner student education. Nurse practitioner programs have consistently relied on clinicians to teach students and give them the practical education necessary to develop their clinical judgement and role identity. Preceptors are crucial to the education of graduate nurse practitioner students and we appreciate your commitment to the next generation of nurse practitioners.
Clinicians often have increasing productivity demands, which affects the time and energy available for clinical teaching. Therefore, the faculties of the nurse practitioner programs at the University of Wisconsin - Madison have created this site of resources for all of you who work with our students and faculty.
We have included articles dealing with the art and logistics of precepting, from planning the first day to creating stimulating assignments. There are suggestions for teaching students at different levels of their preparation. We have included research articles which discuss behaviors, expectations, and evaluation of clinical experiences. Evaluation forms and other documents are available from the "Forms" icon on the left. Syllabi for each course are available from the School of Nursing Home Page/Currently Enrolled Students/Courses. Go to "Courses offered..." and the specific semester. Your student will be enrolled in either 613, 614, or 615.
The Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of Wisconsin - Madison has been in existence for over twenty years. The PNP sequence of courses is part of the larger graduate program at the School of Nursing. Upon completion of the program, students receive a Master of Science degree and meet all the criteria to take a national certification exam and to apply for prescriptive privileges.
During the initial portion of the Master's program, students complete courses in advanced nursing theory, research theory, and courses specific to their specialty area such as Growth and Development and Family Systems theory. In the latter half of the program, students move into the clinical portion of the program and courses are focused on pediatric assessment, pediatric preventive health care issues, and common pediatric health care issues and problems and their management. Students are required to complete nine credits of clinical practicum during the clinical portion of the program.
By the time a student enters the clinical portion of the program, he or she will have completed the majority of the required courses for the program, and will be entering the clinical practicum portion of the program with a solid basis in pediatric health promotion theory. It is within the context of the clinical experience and practicum that the student learns to apply an expanded knowledge base, thus the University of Wisconsin-Madison depends on community preceptors to provide nurse practitioner students with a clinical experience/practicum.
University of Wisconsin - Madison
School of Nursing
600 Highland Avenue
Madison, Wisconsin 53792-2455
www.son.wisc.edu/