NurseTalk is a podcast of The Maine Nurse Preceptor Education Program hosted by Taffy Davis,  MSN, RN-BC.  This series supports nurse preceptors with new, or a review, of the important knowledge, skills, and attitude skill sets needed by Nurse Preceptors.  We believe fostering professional development for nurse preceptors can help to advance and support the recruitment, integration, satisfaction and retention of nurses across the continuum of care.

Using Design Thinking to Enhance Preceptor Best Practices

Giving feedback, especially difficult feedback is one of the most requested skills by nurse preceptors.  Perhaps your preceptee has said something in front of a patient or family member.  Told you they are competent to do a complex dressing change that you find out by observing that they aren't competent or worse you've picked up on an attitude issue and now you, the preceptor, get to address the issue.  Is your heart rate up? Palms getting a bit sweaty? Clenching your jaw? You...