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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 June 2025:

Cohort Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4 Day of Week (Virtual) Time (PST)
14 4/28/2025 5/5/2025 5/12/2025 5/19/2025 Monday 2pm – 6pm
15 6/9/2025 6/16/2025 6/23/2025 6/30/2025 Monday 2pm – 6pm