Who can precept a Gonzaga nurse practitioner student

Gonzaga's baseline criteria, in its own words

Gonzaga's Preceptor Portal lists four requirements for anyone precepting a Gonzaga nursing student. A preceptor must:

• "Currently practice as an ARNP, MD, DO or PA, in certain states; additionally practicing interdisciplinary healthcare providers may also be accepted"
• "Have a minimum of 1 year of experience in the clinical area you will be precepting"
• "Hold an unencumbered, active license for the state in which the student will be precepted"
• "Provide documentation of licensure and national board certification"

Faculty apply these criteria when your Practicum Site Placement Request comes up for review, and the final say belongs to course or program faculty. Note that the experience is measured in the clinical area being precepted, not in total years of practice, so a clinician new to primary care may not yet qualify for an FNP rotation there.

FNP preceptors

For the FNP practicums, the catalog's list is NP, physician or PA, with an exception for states that limit preceptors to MDs and NPs. Two further rules shape the mix. Nurse practitioners must supervise no less than half of the FNP hours you log, and no more than two approved preceptors may supervise you in a semester. Physicians may be MDs or DOs, since the Preceptor Portal lists both, and each preceptor must be approved before you log a single hour with them.

For NURS 601, the health assessment practicum, the catalog lists a nurse practitioner or physician while Gonzaga's program page adds PAs, so check the current syllabus if you plan a PA for that course. All FNP practicums are in primary care. The FNP nurse practitioner rule shows how to plan the split, and the two-preceptor limit explains the cap.

DNP agency liaisons and BSN capstone preceptors

Post-Master's DNP students do not need a direct-care preceptor, because their hours are indirect and tied to the DNP project. They work with an agency liaison, who completes Gonzaga's online DNP Agency Liaison Checklist. The liaison attests to having no family tie, friendship or reporting line with the student, agrees to at least three contacts from Gonzaga during the semester, and fills out an evaluation when the course ends. The agency liaison guide covers the role.

In the BSN, the capstone practicum pairs each student with an experienced registered nurse preceptor in a setting the student requests, with faculty review deciding the final placement. That capstone is NURS 495 in the current plan of study and NURS 468 for students still on the legacy curriculum.

Why Gonzaga students choose us to find qualified preceptors

Qualifying a preceptor takes more than a willing clinician. Our placement desk checks each candidate against Gonzaga's criteria before you ever hear the name: the license in your state, national board certification, at least a year's experience in the specialty, the right credential for your track and course, and no supervisory or family ties to you.

For FNP students we build around nurse practitioners so the half-NP rule is covered from the start; for PMHNP students we match the preceptor type to the course and the psychotherapy or prescribing experience it needs. Gonzaga's faculty give the final approval, and what we send toward them is complete and checked. Gonzaga's own offer to preceptors, from adjunct faculty opportunities to recognition, is in the Preceptor Portal guide. Start with the form below.