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Recent Examples of preceptor This involves pairing each nursing student with an experienced nurse preceptor from day one — an approach that builds clinical confidence early while honoring the vital role of bedside nurses in education. Shakira Henderson, Sun Sentinel, 18 May 2025 To become a preceptor, nurses must undergo extensive training—often at their own expense. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025 Learning from multiple types of physicians at the same time also gives students the ability to make connections they, or even their preceptors, might have missed otherwise, Lines said. Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, 29 July 2024 Sanders was her preceptor, showing her the ropes, from pumps to caring for critically ill patients and managing medications. Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
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Noun
  • Ronan’s character, Maria, is a beleaguered primary school teacher whose life is tough enough without the relentless onslaught of bad behavior by young Danny (Eddie Waller, in his debut role).
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Deep into an auditorium of hundreds, perhaps more, a then-60 year old high school social studies teacher, sitting alone, could feel eyes throughout the room suddenly glaring in his direction.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Families will paint Autumn Gnomes together, with instructors guiding the process step-by-step so even beginners can walk away proud of their canvas.
    Tiffani Jackson Skinner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
  • His latest is the story of a teenager who steals his driving instructor’s car in order to visit his girlfriend in college.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • What’s Helsinki’s strategy for attracting high quality educators?
    Kristen Edgreen Kaufman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Murphy’s family background — his parents were teachers, his grandfather a headmaster, most of his aunts and uncles educators — gave him a natural connection to the role.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Preceptor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preceptor. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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