Preceptor Benefits

Buckeye Nurse Preceptors

Eligibility criteria: Any provider/preceptor that has worked with an Ohio State nursing student for clinical hours over the last two years; also available to prospective preceptors and clinical site contacts

Benefits*

• Free CEs
  • Advanced Practice Provider Updates
    • Up to 20 Nursing Contact Hours
    • Up to 10 Pharmacology Hours
       
  • APP Advocacy and Law Updates
    • 1.21 Category A CEs
       
  • Tips and Tools for Preceptors
    • 1.34 Nursing Contact Hours
       
  • Other CEs:
    • Bridging the Gap: Enhancing LGBTQ+ Awareness and Competency
      • 1.2 Nursing Contact Hours
         
    • SPEACS-2: Community Skills Training
      • 1.0 Nursing Contact Hours
         
    • Providing Virtual Care through Telehealth
      • 1.48 Nursing Contact Hours
         
    • Preparing the RN in Primary Care to Engage in Policy and Advocacy
      • 2.0 Legal Nursing Contact Hours
         
    • Innovative Practices in Transitional Care Management
      • 2.16 Nursing Contact Hours
         
    • and more!
       
• Participation in raffles for Ohio State football and basketball tickets and other Ohio State events and conferences
   
• Documentation of your precepted hours for professional development, such as APRN specialty re-certification, clinical ladder or annual review.

Buckeye Nurse Adjunct Faculty Preceptors

Eligibility criteria: Preceptors are eligible for a Non-Salaried Adjunct Faculty Appointment after their first successful semester precepting an Ohio State nurse practitioner student. Preceptors must complete the adjunct faculty appointment process and commit to precepting an Ohio State advance practice nursing student for one full semester at least once annually. Adjunct appointments are active for three (3) years and may be renewed for additional three (3) year terms thereafter provided that precepting requirement is met.

Benefits*

• Adjunct faculty title with Ohio State College of Nursing (inclusion in directory)
  • Adjunct Instructor of Clinical Practice (for preceptors that are MS prepared)
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor of Clinical Practice (for preceptors that are doctorally prepared)
     
• Access to Ohio State's Health Sciences Library and online resources including UpToDate, VisualDX, PubMed and more
   
• Ohio State football and basketball tickets**
  • Our goal is to send each adjunct faculty preceptor that is interested in Ohio State Athletics to a game at least once during the term of their three-year appointment.
     
• Ohio State Employee Discount Program - Buckeye Nation Rewards!
  • Discounted products, attractions and services are offered by a wide variety of companies
  • Download the app and use your Ohio State email (name.#@osu.edu) to sign up
     
• LinkedIn Learning - Free Professional Development Courses
  • Use your Ohio State email (name.#@osu.edu) to access over 18,000 courses covering a range of technical, business, software and creative topics.
     
• Opportunities to attend Ohio State Educational Events
  • including OSUWMC APP Conference, National Summit on Promoting Well-being and Resilience in Healthcare Professionals, and more
     
• Complimentary registration for KySS Mental Health Fellowship: Child and Adolescent
  • 40.39 nursing and 5.65 pharmacology contact hours
  • $945 value
     
• Gift cards and recognition for service and life events (weddings, births, retirement)
   
• Inclusion in Ohio State College of Nursing communications through adjunct faculty listserv

*DISCLAIMER: The Ohio State University College of Nursing is not privy to internal HR policies of our clinical site partners. Please check with your employer to ensure there is no conflict of interest or HR policy that would preclude you from participating in our preceptor benefits program.

**Ohio State adjunct faculty preceptors are not eligible to purchase Ohio State football or basketball tickets at the Ohio State employee discounted rate. Ohio State athletics tickets are limited and we cannot help preceptors with season tickets or additional tickets beyond the tickets we have allocated for our preceptor benefits program each year. Our goal is to send each adjunct faculty preceptor that is interested in Ohio State Athletics to a game at least once during the term of their three-year appointment.

For more information about any preceptor benefit, please contact Preceptor Benefits Coordinator Nickie Oliver at oliver.579@osu.edu

Become a Preceptor

Preceptor Resources

American Association of Colleges of Nursing

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing provides an APRN Clinical Preceptor Resources Guide. The information on their website includes explanation of roles and responsibilities of program faculty, clinical preceptors, and APRN students.

American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM)

The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) website contains helpful information for program faculty, clinical preceptors, and APRN students in nurse-midwifery programs. Including useful tools for qualities of effective preceptors, clinical placement responsibilities, developing resource skills, and preceptor resources.

National Association of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF)

The National Association of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) website contains helpful information for use by clinical preceptor nurse practitioner faculties working with acute and primary care nurse practitioner students. Sample resources include working with the overly confident and overly sensitive nurse practitioner students. Free videos are available for use by APRN clinical preceptor that highlights tips on reasonable expectations for the student role.

Certification Bodies

AGPC	American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
AGAC	American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
PMH	American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
FNP	American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
AGCNS	American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
CNL	Clinical Nurse Leader Certification Examination (CNC)
PCPeds	Pediatric Nursing Certification Board (PNCB)
ACPeds	Pediatric Nursing Certification Board (PNCB)
NNP	National Certification Center (NCC)
WH	National Certification Center (NCC)
NMW	American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB)