How To Help Our Healthcare Heroes

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Contrary to what most would believe, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has not deterred students from applying to nursing schools. In fact, the number of applications for Undergraduate and Master’s level nursing programs has increased at institutions nationwide. However, this influx of nursing students remains unsupplemented by willing clinicians with time and energy to precept them.

In the state of New York, along with most other states in the country, clinical preceptors are not monetarily incentivized or compensated for their mentorship to nursing students: preceptors typically volunteer their time and effort. But, with the ongoing pandemic applying unforeseen pressures upon healthcare systems, clinicians are shying away from precepting students.

On this Healthcetera podcast, Diana Mason, PhD, RN, hosts Andrea Sonenberg, PhD, WHNP, CNM-BC, a nurse practitioner and Professor of Graduate Nursing at Pace University, for a conversation about how the state of New York can help the next generation of nurses. With legislative efforts such as The Clinical Preceptor Tax Credit Act to compensate preceptors, New York can encourage clinicians to mentor nursing students.

To contact Dr. Andrea Sonenberg about New York’s Clinical Preceptor Tax Credit Act, send her an email: asonenberg@pace.edu.

This podcast first aired on Healthcetera in the Catskills on WIOX Radio on May 31st, 2022.

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