Provide clinical sites and preceptors

AnnieNP, MSN, NP · Sep 10, 2018

I'm an NP Preceptor, and Georgetown is the only school I am involved with that sets up the clinical site for the student.

pro-student · Sep 10, 2018

It would make more sense if you narrow down other factors like what NP specialty, geographic location, MSN vs DNP you're interested in. Most brick and mortar schools still arrange clinical experiences for students however an increasing number are relinquishing this critical role. Online or distance-based programs are the least likely to coordinate clinical experience, in part, because it would impracticality and virtually impossible for them to arrange sites/precptors in the myriad locations students may be located.

Also, it's spelled "sites." A sight is something that can be seen, a site is a location. Kind of an important distinction.

NICUmiiki, DNP, NP · Sep 10, 2018

Any geographic restrictions? I know 2 schools in my state that provide preceptors. One just has FNP, the other has a wide variety of programs.

bassgirl · Sep 10, 2018

Yes KS or MO location. Family Nurse Practitioner

bassgirl · Sep 10, 2018

Thanks for taking the time to address my question. Thanks for pointing out my typo. Could

Trauma Columnist · Sep 10, 2018

Title edited (typo) and moved to student NP forum

NICUmiiki, DNP, NP · Sep 10, 2018

Oh. That's not where I am so I'm not any help.

Rocknurse, MSN, APRN, NP · Sep 11, 2018

Does anyone know of any NP schools that provide clinical sight placement for their students? Not just "help with paperwork" but actually have relationships with providers or hospitals that pretty much guarantee you will have a quality preceptor.

The University of Connecticut does. I've never had to worry about clinical sites or preceptors as they have quality sites with vetted preceptors and they place you where you request. They hold contracts with the top 5 hospitals in the state.

Dodongo, APRN, NP · Sep 11, 2018

After January 1, 2019 the CCNE is requiring all NP programs to find clinical preceptors and sites for all of their matriculants. If the school does not do this, the CCNE and NCSBN are urging students to report the school to the CCNE.

RN-dancer · Sep 22, 2018

I emailed the CCNE 2 weeks ago ago to see how true this is and the real details about the Sawyer Initiative in relation to current NP programs and haven't heard anything back yet. The Sawyer Initiative is real and thank God SOMEONE stood up for NP students. I feel like current nursing amd NP education has the most lax standards since there is no uniformity whatsoever. Unfortunately my faith is the CCNE is nil as it is just another nursing bureaucracy (my opinion) and the initiative will take time to become an official statute. I hope that it does follow through but I doubt schools will apply this new ruling immediately. I'm sure they have some excuse or if a student complains it will take forever and a day and they would been graduated from another NP school by the time a grievance processed. This should have been the standard from the beginning. SMH....

Please continue to support the initiative and demand more of the CCNE.

Sawyer Initiative - A better nursing education

Happy Nursing

bryanleo9 · Sep 23, 2018

I really hope this works out. One of my main deterants to getting my NP is having to call clinics and beg them to precept me for free. Or having to pay a preceptor matching site thousands of dollars to try to place me.....no guarantee of course.

I recently talked to a guy completing his np at a school that doesn't place students with preceptors. He said the class brought up this initiative and the schools solution to this is to have the students submit a list of the clincs they were able to beg their way into, and the school will give that list to future 2019 students. This is a joke and I hope students start reporting programs that give you a list of clinics that others have begged there way into as "clinical placement."