No luck finding preceptors!

[ray216]

I am a student in the Ann Arbor, MI area and my clinical(s) start in the fall 8/2017. I have been trying to find preceptors for months now, and I have found no one with availability. I have no connections in primary care. I have been researching practices in my area and emailing practitioners, making calls to local clinics and calling clinics where friends and coworkers have suggested. I am getting no response or a response indicating that they already have students.

I joined the council of NPs for my state and have reached out to those members within an hour (a few just over) drive time that have stated interest in precepting on their profiles.

I'm afraid I will have to drop out of my program. I am doing well in my classes, but I don't see any point in continuing if I can't start practicum.

My School of Nursing tells me that getting the paperwork worked out with the facility can take a few months, and without even having any leads I don't see how that is going to happen by fall if I don't find a primary care nurse practitioner or physician with a facility willing to take students in the next few weeks.

I don't know what else to do. I have exhausted my contacts, and the members list of the council in my state.