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Board flags University of Bridgeport/Bridgeport Hospital pilot for using 1 preceptor to 4 students; hospital says it will comply with 1:2 rule
Summary
The Department of Public Health and university/hospital representatives described a pilot placing multiple University of Bridgeport students at Bridgeport Hospital under an ACE-style instructor model. Board members said the observed 1:4 preceptor-to-student ratio violates the 1:2 regulation and requested DPH follow-up; hospital and university apologized and said spring placements will comply or seek waivers.
State Department of Public Health staff and University of Bridgeport and Bridgeport Hospital representatives briefed the Board of Examiners for Nursing on Dec. 18 about a clinical pilot that used an alternative instructor model.
Suzanne Cammarata, a nurse consultant with DPH, told the board that senior nursing students had been precepted at Bridgeport Hospital in fall 2024 at an observed ratio of 1 preceptor to 4 students — higher than the board’s cited regulation requiring one preceptor for every two students. The regulation number was referenced in the meeting…
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