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Help Prepare Your Future Co-workers

Preceptors play a vital role in nursing education by enabling students to gain experience in real-world clinical settings.


What Does a Preceptor Do?

As coach, mentor, and supervisor, a preceptor provides support as the student learns to put what they learned in the classroom into practice. Our preceptors work with faculty at Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston to help teach and evaluate skills during our students’ clinical rotations. We maintain contracts with hundreds of clinical sites throughout the Houston area and Texas to give our students diverse and rigorous preparation to work in their respective health care settings.

Preceptors supervise students as agreed upon between the student, site, and school by semester. Preceptors model humanistic, holistic practice; critical thinking and professional behaviors; and use of evidence-based practice while assisting student advancement in patient care, time management, and transition to practice.

Undergraduate preceptors supervise one student at a time per clinical rotation, and no more than two students per semester. Review Cizik School of Nursing’s BSN preceptor guidelines for full details.

Graduate preceptors supervise students as agreed upon between the student, site, and school by semester. Review Cizik School of Nursing’s Graduate preceptor guidelines for full details.


Who Can be a Preceptor?

Nursing preceptors must have a current Texas RN licensure, and all preceptors must have an unencumbered license respective of their profession.

Undergraduate preceptors must have at least one year of experience as a registered nurse and Basic Life Saving certification. Cizik School of Nursing also requires a supervisor’s recommendation.

Graduate preceptor requirements vary by academic track:

  • For nurse practitioner students, preceptors must have at least one year of experience as an APRN, MD, DO, PA, or CNM.
  • For nursing leadership students, preceptors must have a master’s degree (such as MS/MSN, MBA, MHA, etc.) and serve in a leadership position within an organization.
  • For nursing informatic students, preceptors must have a master’s degree (such as MS/MSN, MBA, MHA, etc.) and a minimum of five years of experience in an informatics role and serve in an informatics leadership position within an organization.

How does Cizik School of Nursing Support Preceptors?

Our clinical faculty visit our students at least one time each semester and are available by phone or email at all times during clinical rotations for consultations as requested by the preceptor or student. We work closely with the preceptor and clinical site to match student learning needs with appropriate assignments.

Preceptor and student in hospital. Courtesy Getty Images.


Undergraduate Contacts

Kennessa Landry, MSN, RN-BC
Coordinator, Junior Level Cohort
[email protected]
713-500-2099, SON-790 

Hildreth Eloi, DNP, MSN-Ed, RNC-MNN
Coordinator, Senior Level Cohort
[email protected]
713-500-2110, SON-787 

Sara Lewandowski, DNP, RN
Coordinator, RN to BSN
Department of Undergraduate Studies
[email protected]


Graduate

Joe Perez, MPAS, PA-C
Graduate Clinical Coordinator
Department of Graduate Studies
[email protected]
713-500-2168, SON-674

Kelly Kearney DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC
Co-director, DNP Program
[email protected]
713-500-2041, SON-696

Linda Cole, DNP, RN, CCNS, CNE, FCNS
Co-director, DNP Program
[email protected]
713-500-2194, SON-731

Kala Christopherson, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
FNP Track Co-Coordinator
[email protected]
713-500-2032, SON-613

Sydnee Lucas, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
FNP Track Co-Coordinator
[email protected]
713-500-2157, SON-694

LaDawna Goering, DNP, RN, ANP-BC, ADM
Adult/Gerontology Primary Care Track Coordinator
[email protected]
713-500-2092, SON-661

Kelly Kearney DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC
PMHNP Track Coordinator
[email protected]
713-500-2041, SON-696

Shannon Warren, DNP, RN, ACNP-BC
Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Track Coordinator
[email protected]
713-500-2120, SON-680

Debbie Cline, DNP, RN, CNL, OCN, NEA-BC
Nursing Leadership Program Track Coordinator
[email protected]
713-500-2044, SON-694