Preceptor vs home care nurse

The differences between preceptors and home care nurses can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a preceptor and a home care nurse. Additionally, a preceptor has an average salary of $96,558, which is higher than the $53,762 average annual salary of a home care nurse.

The top three skills for a preceptor include patients, direct patient care and CPR. The most important skills for a home care nurse are patients, home health, and CPR.

Preceptor vs home care nurse overview

	Preceptor	Home Care Nurse
Yearly salary	$96,558	$53,762
Hourly rate	$46.42	$25.85
Growth rate	6%	6%
Number of jobs	318,595	692,730
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 56%	Bachelor's Degree, 35%
Average age	44	44
Years of experience	2	2

Preceptor vs home care nurse salary

Preceptors and home care nurses have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Preceptor	Home Care Nurse
Average salary	$96,558	$53,762
Salary range	Between $52,000 And $176,000	Between $34,000 And $84,000
Highest paying City	New York, NY	Eugene, OR
Highest paying state	Alaska	Oregon
Best paying company	Carilion Clinic	Overlake Medical Center & Clinics
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between preceptor and home care nurse education

There are a few differences between a preceptor and a home care nurse in terms of educational background:

	Preceptor	Home Care Nurse
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 56%	Bachelor's Degree, 35%
Most common major	Nursing	Nursing
Most common college	Duke University	Duke University

Preceptor vs home care nurse demographics

Here are the differences between preceptors' and home care nurses' demographics:

	Preceptor	Home Care Nurse
Average age	44	44
Gender ratio	Male, 23.7% Female, 76.3%	Male, 13.5% Female, 86.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.1% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 9.2% Asian, 12.4% White, 63.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 9.4% Asian, 8.9% White, 65.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between preceptor and home care nurse duties and responsibilities

Preceptor example responsibilities.

Provide continuous telemetry monitoring and managing multiple patients with multiple high-risk medical conditions, utilizing interdisciplinary collaboration.
Perform blood draws and specimen collection on patients for phlebotomy Preceptorship course.
Monitor patients on EKG, are able to detect abnormal rhythms.
Provide emotional support with patients before pending surgery, and provide advocacy by calling doctor to answer the pt's questions.
Observe students during surgery, gather supplies need for surgical procedures and set up.
Assist with ADL's, medications, blood transfusions, chemotherapy infusions, education, admissions, discharges, and charting.

Home care nurse example responsibilities.

Manage patient care monitoring vital signs, performing physical assessment, checking patients medications for effectiveness.
Enter the nursing profession working in an ICU step down unit, with medical and surgical patients.
Care for many patients with complex issues with compassion and care and enhances the standard of care within the clinical area.
Provide care for pediatric patients with chronic illnesses and pediatric ventilator and tracheostomy patients.
Provide home dialysis services to patients receiving rehabilitation in a nursing home setting utilizing NxStage machines.
Monitor cardiac rhythms and treat per ACLS protocols

Preceptor vs home care nurse skills

Common preceptor skills

Patients, 34%
Direct Patient Care, 7%
CPR, 6%
Preceptorship, 4%
IV, 4%
Surgery, 4%

Common home care nurse skills

Patients, 25%
Home Health, 18%
CPR, 8%
Companionship, 8%
Social Work, 3%
Primary Care, 3%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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