NP Preceptorship Program at River Stone… · Edmonton

NURSE PRACTITIONER CLINIC

River Stone Nurse Practitioner Preceptorship Program

Vision: The River Stone (RS) Nurse Practitioner Clinic’s (NP Clinic) vision is to create a client-centered primary care clinic which includes an interdisciplinary team of Nurse Practitioners (NPs), and other healthcare and administrative professionals – offering care to clients of all ages.

The RS NP Clinic supports NPs, other healthcare, and administrative professionals in delivering high quality, coordinated care with the aim of enhancing the client care experience within a community care setting. As well, the RS NP Clinic ensures enhanced capacity for their care team to work in a positive, hopeful environment which provides their clients and themselves with the opportunity to optimize health, quality of life, and well-being.

The RS NP Clinic supports the following professional objectives: increase the proportion of clients with ready access to primary care in a community setting; provide coordinated and increased access to appropriate primary care services; increase the emphasis on health promotion, disease and injury prevention, and care of the medically complex client who is considering or requiring enhanced support; improve coordination and integration with other health and community care services to enhance and better support the primary care client throughout their care trajectory; and facilitate the greater use of interdisciplinary teams to provide comprehensive care.

The RS NP Clinic is a private clinic which aims to roster a panel of diverse clients with varied concerns. We, along with our clients, have a commitment to prevention, optimizing health and achieving wellness.

The RS NP Clinic aims to be a leader in the provision of primary care through collaboration, innovation, and teamwork, creating healthy clients and satisfied health care providers.

Preceptorship Program:

Welcome to the Nurse Practitioner (NP) Program with The River Stone Nurse Practitioner's (NP) Clinic. We are pleased to support NP students’ growth, development, and learning. We are excited to forge a commitment to students in their professional development. Preceptors are critical to the future of NPs in primary care. We recognize that NPs make significant contributions to healthcare delivery based on primary healthcare principles.

Preceptorship allows the NP student to experience the day-to-day relationships with clients, other professionals, and the realities of a productivity-driven NP practice in a safe, supportive, and realistic learning environment. The goals of these experiences are to provide an opportunity to observe, learn and practice in real-world situations, applying theory to practice. NP students are exposed to the general systems of operations and the philosophies unique to the specific primary care practice; they will become aware of the organizational culture and learn to manage their time. They will continue to develop their oral, written and technical communication skills and develop an understanding of leadership and ethical qualities related to professional growth, trying out a professional style, clarifying goals and interests in choosing their future practice opportunities.

Our Preceptorship program offers a formal one-to-one relationship between an experienced nurse [practitioner] and a nurse practitioner (NP) student designed to support the development of knowledge, skills, and abilities of a nurse practitioner as well as being socialized into this new domain of practice of a fully autonomous NP lead clinic. This relationship is designed to assist the preceptee in applying theory to practice in transitioning to their role as an NP. The preceptor acts as a clinical teacher, role model, and colleague. In this role, they orient the preceptee to the clinical environment, discuss learning needs, learning styles, strengths, and growth opportunities, and set learning goals for the overall experience.

The various aspects of the preceptee-preceptor relationship that will include roles and responsibilities, giving feedback, prioritizing care, learning opportunities, time management, communication, teamwork, patient-centered care, ensuring a culture of safety, evidence-based practice, critical thinking and clinical judgment, and clinical resources.

River Stone Nurse Practitioner Clinic is seeking and encouraging student applicants who reflect the diversity of Canadians to apply.