MCIRN Innovation Summit: Experts Advancing Preceptor Proficiency – Enduring Program

Course ID: 24CE00135

Course Information

Release Date: December 1, 2024
Expiration Date: November 30, 2025
Estimated Time to Complete: 390 minutes
Cost: Free
Accreditation: ANCC

Target Audience

This accredited continuing education activity is designed for nurses, nurse practitioners, administrators, and other interested members of the healthcare team who provide or support preceptorship or clinical instruction to new employees or students.

Educational Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the participants should be better able to:

Explain the significance of professional identity in nursing and its impact on enhancing patient outcomes and professional practice across all levels of nursing.
Identify strategies and methodologies to assess, support, and enhance the ongoing professional development of nurses and preceptors, mitigating burnout and ensuring sustainable practice environments.
Discuss innovative transition to practice models tailored to meet the unique needs of nurses transitioning their practice roles, ultimately improving retention and satisfaction within the nursing workforce.
Identify precepting competencies and roles that are essential for skilled functioning of the preceptor to promote learning.

Accredited Continuing Education

In support of improving patient care, University of Nebraska Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Nurses

The University of Nebraska Medical Center designates this activity for 6.50 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should only claim credit for the actual time spent participating in the activity.

Requirements for Successful Completion

In order to receive continuing education credit, you must:

Read this front matter information
Register for the program
Enter User ID and Password (issued after registration) and click “Login”
Watch the entire learning activity videos
Pass the post-test with a passing score listed on the page
Complete the online evaluation, upon successful completion of the post-test and evaluation, your certificate of completion will be available to print or save.

Modules Included

A Strong Professional Identity: What is it? Why does it Matter? by Nelda Godfrey, PhD, ACNS-BC, RN, FAAN, ANEF
The ANPD Preceptor Competency Consensus Study by Mary Harper, PhD, RN, NPDA-BC, FAAN
The Evolution of Mastering Precepting by Beth Ulrich, EdD, RN, FACHE, FAONL, FAAN
Supporting and Developing Preceptors by Greg Durkin, M.Ed, BSN, RN, NPDA-BC
APRN Transition to Practice: A New Frontier by Christopher Reeves, MSN, AGACNP-BC, NPD-BC
Regional Panel: Perspectives from Preceptor Professionals by Nikki Carritt, MPH; Nelda Godfrey, PhD, ACNS-BC, RN, FAAN, ANEF; Kris L’ecluyer, PhD, RN, CNL, CNE; & Nicole Weathers, MSN, RN, NPD-BC
Wrapping it up with the Experts by Nelda Godfrey, PhD, ACNS-BC, RN, FAAN, ANEF; Mary Harper, PhD, RN, NPDA-BC, FAAN; & Beth Ulrich, EdD, RN, FACHE, FAONL, FAAN

Disclosure Declaration

As a jointly accredited provider, the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) ensures accuracy, balance, objectivity, independence, and scientific rigor in its educational activities and is committed to protecting learners from promotion, marketing, and commercial bias. Faculty (authors, presenters, speakers) are encouraged to provide a balanced view of therapeutic options by utilizing either generic names or other options available when utilizing trade names to ensure impartiality.

All faculty, planners, and others in a position to control continuing education content participating in a UNMC accredited activity are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies. As defined by the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, ineligible companies are organizations whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. The accredited provider is responsible for mitigating relevant financial relationships in accredited continuing education.

Disclosures

The accredited provider has mitigated and is disclosing identified relevant financial relationships for the following faculty, planners, and others in control of content prior to assuming their roles:

Faculty:
The following faculty have nothing to disclose:
Nicole Carritt, MPH
Gregory Durkin, M.Ed, BSN, RN, NPDA-BC(R)
Amy Garcia, DNP, MSN, RN, FAAN
Nelda Godfrey, PhD, ACNS-BC, RN, FAAN, ANEF
Mary Harper, PhD, RN, NPDA-BC, FAAN
Kristine L’Ecuyer, PhD, RN, CNL, CNE
Christopher Reeves, MSN, AGACNP-BC, NPD-BC
Beth Ulrich, EdD, RN, FACHE, FAONL, FAAN
Nicole Weathers, MSN, RN, NPD-BC

Planning commitee:
The below planning committee members have nothing to disclose:
Sally Heusinkvelt, DNP, APRN, ACNP-NP, ANP-BC
Heidi Keeler, PhD, MSN/MBA, RN
Lauren Loyd, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CNE
Renee Paulin, MSN, RN, CWOCN
Courtney Smith, MBA

Financial Support

This program is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under 5T1QHP47311-02-00, Nurse Education Practice Quality and Retention: Clinical Faculty and Preceptor Academy, award totaling $3,995,519 with 0 percentage financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.