{"title":"Guiding Clinical Experiences in School Nursing: A Competency-Based Approach for Preceptors and Students.","authors":"Karen J Madura, Stacy Arriola","doi":"10.1177/1942602X251382256","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>The school health office is often used as a clinical site for prelicensure nursing students in their community/public health or pediatrics clinicals. School nurses who serve as preceptors often find themselves unprepared</i>, <i>in part due to curricular changes focusing on competency-based education, which were updated in 2021</i>. <i>This article provides guidance for the practicing school nurse to provide a clinical experience for nursing students that meets the competency-based education requirements of the undergraduate nursing program and aligns with the NASN</i> School Nursing Practice Framework. <i>A brief explanation of competency-based education is discussed. Utilizing the umbrella of the school nursing standards, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials, along with the</i> School Nursing Framework, <i>a sample model of activities to meet these competencies is provided to support both the student and the precepting school nurse</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":39156,"journal":{"name":"NASN school nurse (Print)","volume":" ","pages":"290-296"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"NASN school nurse (Print)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1942602X251382256","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/10/16 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The school health office is often used as a clinical site for prelicensure nursing students in their community/public health or pediatrics clinicals. School nurses who serve as preceptors often find themselves unprepared, in part due to curricular changes focusing on competency-based education, which were updated in 2021. This article provides guidance for the practicing school nurse to provide a clinical experience for nursing students that meets the competency-based education requirements of the undergraduate nursing program and aligns with the NASN School Nursing Practice Framework. A brief explanation of competency-based education is discussed. Utilizing the umbrella of the school nursing standards, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials, along with the School Nursing Framework, a sample model of activities to meet these competencies is provided to support both the student and the precepting school nurse.