Online FPN programs that help or provide Clinical Placements

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Hey everyone! I was just wondering if anyone has any info or know of online FNP programs that provide clinic placements or at least help with them? I am interested in applying to FNP programs but not finding a preceptor or clinical placement is my greatest concern. I would like to complete at least the class portion online so I can keep working FT or at least PT. Thank you for your help!

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

Moved to student NP forum

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Specializes in Adult Internal Medicine.

Nursing@Simmons and Nursing@Georgetown both help with preceptors last I checked.

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Specializes in Hospitalist Medicine.

Michigan State University does all clinical placements, but you have to come to campus twice a semester during the program.

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Specializes in ER.

Eh, I am paying for my preceptors and I am okay with this to a certain degree. My school will attempt to help with placements if you live locally and will provide you with previous lists of preceptors but if you're out of state, there is little you can do. There is some benefit this way since the state university's on campus program kind of fudged hours inn my opinion like one student was placed in an urgent care for her "peds" hours. She admitted that most of the patients were college-age or older whereas we have to have a pediatrician office for our peds rotation.

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Specializes in Hospitalist Medicine.
Eh, I am paying for my preceptors and I am okay with this to a certain degree. My school will attempt to help with placements if you live locally and will provide you with previous lists of preceptors but if you're out of state, there is little you can do. There is some benefit this way since the state university's on campus program kind of fudged hours inn my opinion like one student was placed in an urgent care for her "peds" hours. She admitted that most of the patients were college-age or older whereas we have to have a pediatrician office for our peds rotation.

Are you using a service, like Clincal Place Me?

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Specializes in ER.

Advance Practice Link I think is what it is called. I enjoyed their classes to learn how to suture (the company split from the classroom instruction part). They found a preceptor near me within two weeks.

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Specializes in Hospitalist Medicine.

Can you PM me and let me know how much it cost? The program I've applied to has a contract in place at my hospital for ACNP, but the FNP portion, I'd need to find Peds, OB/Gyn on my own. I'm doing dual certification.

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So there are services you can hire to help find placements? Do you know if they help in any state or is it specific to one state? I live in Arizona and we don't have many NP programs

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Specializes in Home Health, Podiatry, Neurology, Case Mgmt.

I graduated from Simmons and they found all my clinical sites for me!

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