About the PreceptorLink®️ Team

Nationwide Preceptor Matching Service!​
Our PreceptorLink®️ team is the best in the business! 
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Whether you need a preceptor last minute or you want to precept, we are dedicated to helping YOU!  Our team is committed to serving you and providing even more preceptor resources.  What we do is HARD, but no one knows this business like we do!  And no one cares about you as much as we do because we are a nurse practitioner-owned and run business. No preceptor-matching business is more dedicated to helping our wonderful profession!  We are working on many solutions to help with the preceptor problem and providing the best resources available for students, preceptors, and schools.

Let's work together to help our great profession
​and help train the next generation of NPs! 

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​Lynn McComas, DNP, ANP-C President and Owner of PreceptorLink®️ (formerly Advanced Practice Link) has over 20 years experience as a nurse practitioner. She is an active leader in the NP community and has held many leadership positions as an NP and nurse. She has a heart for medicine and a love of business! Previously a Principal at Advanced Practice Prep, Lynn helped connect hundreds of practitioners nationwide.  She now brings her leadership, experience and dedication to PreceptorLink®️.  Lynn has spoken nationwide on preceptor-related issues, and she also contributes to the topic on LinkedIn, YouTube and her blog.  She is the two-time past President of the California Association of Nurse Practitioners (CANP) San Diego North Chapter and has held many other Board positions as well. Lynn has worked in primary care and has been a coach, advisor, mentor and preceptor for countless NPs, nurses, medical assistants and medical professionals over the years.  She obtained her Doctorate at Duke University and did her DNP project on solutions to the Preceptor Problem!

Lynn is passionate about helping solve the "​preceptor problem" for nurse practitioners. She recognizes the rapidly growing NP and PA professions, the increased number of NP and PA schools and the unmet need for preceptor sites.  Whether change comes through a paradigm shift in NP schools, a reduction in barriers to precepting, incentives to precept, or other methods, she is involved in the conversation and trying to be a positive change agent.  Lynn wants to help her beloved profession grow stronger and loves to support her fellow practitioners- whether in the clinical setting or in the business world.  Follow her at Twitter for her medical and NP-related Tweets: https://twitter.com/LynnMcComas  or on LinkedIn. 

​Lynn is currently practicing one day/week in an Internal Medicine office but dedicates herself 365 days/year to PreceptorLink®️! 

Our Administrative Team

We have the best team of employees and consultants
who will help find you
a preceptor to  complete your clinical placements!
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Helen Ransom, MS- Clinical Operations Manager:     Helen assists our team with clinical placement for students.   Helen is married to a nurse practitioner, so she understands who you are and what you need!  She brings a wide array of skills gained from 13 years of experience in clinical research.  She has been a study coordinator, clinical research associate and project manager for clinical trials.  As a project manager, Helen was responsible for multiple studies from study start-up to completion and for overseeing training of her study team and management of study vendors.   Her ability to communicate and complete multiple tasks on hand while maintaining flexibility and attention to detail makes her an asset.  Helen received her BS in Biology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and an MS in Health Sciences from George Washington University.
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​Ashley Hamiter- Clinical Coordinator:  Ashley assists the PreceptorLink Team with connecting students with preceptors. Her background in marketing and management prove to be very beneficial in helping her secure student placements.  Previously she was the Marketing Manager and Office Coordinator at Windermere Homes & Estates, where she trained and oversaw the day-to-day operations of the personnel. Previous to that she was the Director of several health spas in Minnesota where her role included overseeing many aspects of the business. Ashley's upbeat attitude, incredible organizational skills, incredible work ethic, and tireless dedication to students make her a true asset to the PreceptorLink Team. 
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Debbie Davidson- Clinical Coordinator: Debbie also assists the team at PreceptorLink in securing clinical placement of students with preceptors.  She works tirelessly searching nationwide for placements and is dedicated to helping students get one step closer to graduation.  Her BA in Business Economics and her many years experience in sales, recruitment, marketing, and administration are valuable skills for the job! Combine this with her organizational skills, her warm and caring demeanor, and ability to connect with preceptors and sites, and you have a winning skill-set. She is the wonderful addition to the PreceptorLink team!
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Linda Lesmeister- Clinical Coordinator:  Linda also assists the PreceptorLink Team with connecting students with preceptors. As a seasoned marketing consultant and certified relationship coach, she understands the wants/needs of students and preceptors and works hard to make a good match. Linda also brings a broad and diverse range of solid business experience to the team as she has worked in marketing, market research, business analysis, forecasting and finance at large companies such as General Electric, Kellogg USA, and Clorox. Linda has earned her BS in Finance, MBA in Marketing, life and business coach certification and real estate license. She also has experience in franchising, entrepreneurism, recruiting, consulting and sales. Her warm, humble, caring natural personality coupled with her great work ethics, integrity, follow-up dedication and organizational skills make her a true asset to PreceptorLink.