Your Ohio University preceptor, found and ready before the clinical packet is due.
Ohio University puts the choice in your hands: “Students are permitted to identify their preceptors with faculty approval.” We make that choice easy. We find preceptors close to home who fit your NRSE practicum, and we prepare what Ohio University faculty review, well before the clinical packet deadline.
Start your placement plan
Tell us your Ohio University program, your city and your next practicum course. Your placement advisor replies with preceptor and site options that fit.
What Ohio University gives you, and what it leaves to you
Ohio University gives you the courses, faculty who approve your preceptor, an assigned clinical supervisor and a Graduate Clinical Coordinator who can help facilitate placements. The choosing is yours. Large hospital systems add their own application process on top, often with early deadlines, and Ohio University's FAQ notes that fees may apply.
That is the work we take on. We line up preceptors who fit each practicum, from NRSE 6840 in family practice to acute care for NRSE 6843 and mental health for NRSE 6846, and we assemble the preceptor and site details your clinical packet asks for. You start the semester with your site settled.
Ohio University faculty give the final approval of every preceptor and site. We make sure what reaches them is complete and fits the rules the first time.
From “I need a preceptor” to hours in Typhon
The same order Ohio University's own process runs in.
Program, next NRSE practicum, city and the semester it runs.
Preceptors close to home who fit the course: primary care, acute care, mental health, emergency, leadership or teaching.
Credentials, license and site details ready for your clinical packet, ahead of the deadline.
Your 250 hours on track all semester, with a replacement lined up if a preceptor steps away.
Pick your Ohio University program
Your clinical courses and hours, who can precept you, where, and when to start looking. From Ohio University's own catalog and program pages.
- Who precepts
- An approved preceptor in primary care across the lifespan, plus an assigned clinical supervisor
- Where
- Primary-care offices or hospital- and community-based clinics, close to home
- Start looking
- Before NRSE 7230 ends; the clinical packet is due months before each semester
- Who precepts
- An approved psychiatric-mental health preceptor across the lifespan
- Where
- Private or community mental health agencies, correctional, school-based or substance-use settings
- Start looking
- Before NRSE 7230 ends; NRSE 6848 carries an on-campus intensive
- Who precepts
- Acute-care physicians and advanced practice providers approved by faculty
- Where
- Critical care units, hospital-based medicine and emergency units
- Start looking
- Early: acute care sites often run their own hospital application window
- Who precepts
- The same approved preceptors as the matching MSN track
- Where
- FNP primary care, AG-ACNP acute care or PMHNP mental health settings
- Start looking
- Current APRNs often start clinicals in semester one: have preceptors in mind when applying
- Who precepts
- An approved preceptor in a hospital or emergency care facility
- Where
- Emergency departments; two on-campus intensives in Dublin
- Start looking
- Before NRSE 6857 in the fall; emergency departments often need long lead times
- Who precepts
- A preceptor-mentor chosen with faculty for your practice hours and DNP project
- Where
- An organization where your transformational change project can run
- Start looking
- Settle the project site before NRSE 7815, where the strategic plan is built
- Who precepts
- A nurse leader, or a nurse educator in academic and direct care settings
- Where
- Health system leadership units, nursing schools or professional development units
- Start looking
- Before the first practicum course; both run in fall and spring
- Who precepts
- A preceptor you secure, unless the site assigns one
- Where
- A local site of your choosing; the facility may need an affiliation agreement
- Start looking
- The preceptor agreement is due weeks before each 5-week course starts
The Ohio University pieces you will work with
Named the way the School of Nursing names them, from the catalog, program pages and Nursing Knowledge Center.
Your program, your practicum
Every Ohio University nursing program with practicum hours, and who you need for it.
The FNP practicum sequence
What each 250-hour course asks of a preceptor and a site.
When a practicum is at risk
Fast help for the weeks that matter most.
Before you start
Does Ohio University find preceptors for NP students?
Ohio University's MSN FAQ says students are permitted to identify their preceptors with faculty approval, and that the Graduate Clinical Coordinator can help facilitate placements. Finding the right preceptor is the part we take on for you. See finding your own preceptor.
What exactly do you do?
We find preceptors and sites that fit your Ohio University practicum close to home, gather the preceptor and site details your clinical packet needs, watch the hospital systems' application windows and line up a replacement if a preceptor steps away. How it works walks through each step.
Who approves the preceptor you find?
Ohio University faculty approve every preceptor and site, and each student also has an assigned clinical supervisor. We make sure what reaches faculty is complete and fits the rules the first time. The approval guide explains what they look at.
I live outside Ohio. Can you help?
Yes, in any state where Ohio University admits graduate nursing students. You train close to home and need an RN license valid where you train. Your state guide covers the local rules.
How early should I start?
Months early. Ohio University's clinical packet for spring 2027 is due 11/09/2026, and some Ohio hospital systems close their student applications before that. The deadlines guide works back from each semester.
Ohio University lets you choose your preceptor. We find the right one.
Tell us your Ohio University program, your community and your next clinical course. We find preceptors who fit the course and prepare what faculty review before they approve them.
- Preceptors matched to the course: primary care for the FNP
NRSE 6840sequence, acute care for AG-ACNP, psychiatric care for PMHNP - Your clinical packet details ready ahead of Ohio University's packet deadline
- Close to home, in Ohio or in any state where Ohio University admits graduate nurses
Start your placement plan
Program, city and clinical start is all we need to begin.