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Nurse Preceptor Certificate Program

Western University of Health Sciences along with the Benner Institute at HealthImpact, and San Antonio Regional Hospital have received a HRSA grant to invite clinical faculty, clinical educators, and a select number of preceptors to participate in the Benner Institute Nurse Preceptor Certificate Program for FREE across Public Health Region 9.

First-year MSN-E students participate in a midterm competencies and skills evealuation for Fall 2022. Jeremy Magana, RN, MSN, keeps a watchful eye on students Kaitlyn Parrish and Vy Nguyen.

Who is eligible to attend?

Each pre-licensure RN program in California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii, and the Pacific Islands will be able to send four (4) attendees: two (2) clinical faculty and two (2) clinical educators from clinical provider organizations/agencies. We call this unique alignment between your university-based educators and your clinical educators from your partnering organizations a QUAD. The QUAD moves through all 6 modules together to maximize engagement and learning.

The Nurse Preceptor Certificate Program contains four modules:

  • MODULE 1: Intentional Nurse Preceptor
  • MODULE 2: Developing a Practice: Understanding the Foundations of Clinical Reasoning & Learning Sciences
  • MODULE 3: Situated Coaching, Clinical Imagination & Forethought
  • MODULE 4: Forming Clinical & Moral Leadership

Participants in the program will receive 20 CEU’s.

Curriculum Schedule

Each offering is a cohort of 20 individuals representing nursing programs within Region 9.

Cohort Dates through December 2025:

VIRTUAL

Cohort Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4 Day of Week Time (PST)
18 8/18/25 8/25/25 9/8/25 9/22/25 Monday 2pm – 6pm
20 10/6/25 10/20/25 10/27/25 11/3/25 Monday 3pm – 7pm
22 11/10/25 11/17/25 12/1/25 12/15/25 Monday 3pm – 7pm

IN-PERSON INTENSIVE

Cohort Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4 Day of Week Time (PST) Location
19 9/5/25 9/5/25 9/6/25 9/6/25 Fri – Sat 8am – 5pm WesternU
(Pomona, CA)
21 10/24/25 10/24/25 10/25/25 10/25/25 Fri – Sat 8am – 5pm Providence St. Joseph
(Eureka, CA)