For Adult-Gerontology Acute Care NP Students

Find an AGACNP Preceptor
in ICU, ED, or Hospitalist.

Hospital-based clinical hours are hard to schedule, harder to credential into. Preceptor.Network surfaces AGACNPs, intensivists, and hospitalists who currently accept students — filtered by setting, schedule, and your school's rules.

"It's not finding any preceptor — it's finding one in the acute-care setting I actually need. ICU rotations are gold, and every AGACNP student in three states is fighting for them."

— AGACNP student, post-MSN

Acute-care rotations have a credentialing problem.

AGACNP rotations require hospital access — and hospitals require paperwork. Even when a preceptor says yes, the credentialing, malpractice coverage, and student-preceptor agreement can take 6 to 12 weeks. Students who don't lock in a placement early often miss the rotation window. Preceptor.Network shows you which preceptors are actively accepting students and can start within your timeline, so the paperwork race begins before the rotation window closes.

How AGACNP matching works

01

School email in

Your .edu identifies your school. Your AGACNP program rules become the filter — credential acceptance, setting requirements, hours.

02

Filter by setting

ICU, step-down, ED, hospitalist, surgical, cardiology, pulmonology, palliative care. Only preceptors who actively work the setting you need.

03

Lock in early

Send a $10 match request, get confirmation, and start credentialing paperwork with your clinical coordinator. The earlier the better for hospital onboarding.

AGACNP settings we match for

ICU / critical care

Medical, surgical, cardiac, neuro, trauma, mixed adult ICUs.

Step-down / progressive care

Telemetry, intermediate care, post-cardiac and post-surgical step-down units.

Hospitalist

Internal-medicine hospitalist services, often the highest-volume AGACNP rotation.

Emergency department

ED rotations with AGACNP, ENP, or emergency-medicine physician preceptors.

Specialty acute care

Cardiology, pulmonology, nephrology, hepatology, oncology — inpatient or hybrid.

Palliative care / hospice

Inpatient palliative consults, hospice, and end-of-life care rotations.

430K+
Preceptors
50
States
$10
Flat match fee
Setting
Filtered by acute-care unit

AGACNP preceptor FAQ

Who can precept an AGACNP student?
Typically an AGACNP, an ACNP, a hospitalist (MD or DO), an intensivist, or another acute-care credential your program accepts. Some programs allow PA preceptors in hospital settings. The matcher uses your school's acute-care credential rules as the filter.
What hospital-credentialing or onboarding paperwork will I need?
Most hospitals require a student-preceptor agreement with your school, current immunizations and TB screening, BLS/ACLS, a background check, and sometimes the hospital's own onboarding (Epic training, ID badge, etc.). Each facility differs. The preceptor and your school's clinical coordinator typically handle the paperwork — Preceptor.Network surfaces the match; the legal agreements happen between the institutions.
Can I do an AGACNP rotation in an outpatient acute-care setting?
Some programs allow outpatient specialty acute care (cardiology, pulmonology, nephrology, palliative care) to count toward AGACNP hours. The matcher filters by setting, so you can search hospital-only or include outpatient specialty acute care if your program accepts it.
I need an ICU rotation specifically. Can I filter for that?
Yes. Setting is a first-class filter — ICU, step-down, ED, hospitalist, surgical, cardiac, pulmonary, neuro, palliative care. You only see preceptors who actively work in the setting your rotation requires.
What does it cost?
$10 flat per confirmed match request. Preceptors are never charged. No subscription, no five-figure placement fee. If a match falls through before you start, you can request a refund.

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