AGACNP preceptor support for Cedarville University students

• Program: Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
• School: Cedarville University
• Directory location: Cedarville, Ohio
• Verified pathways: MSN and DNP
• Official evidence checked: July 21, 2026
• Clinical population: adults and older adults with complex, acute, critical, or unstable conditions
• Approval authority: the student's current program

The evidence explains why Cedarville University appears in this directory. It cannot be stretched into a claim about how the school arranges placements, which clinicians it accepts, how long review takes, or how many hours a particular student needs.

The source set was checked on July 21, 2026. It identifies MSN and DNP AGACNP evidence for Cedarville University. Source language can change, so save the current program instructions that govern the student's term and ask the program to resolve anything the public page leaves open.

• Official AGACNP source 1, MSN: Official page explicitly identifies the AGACNP specialty (MSN - Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner | Cedarville University).
• Official AGACNP source 2, DNP: Official page explicitly identifies the AGACNP specialty (DNP - Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner | Cedarville University).

These citations are included for verification, not as an endorsement of our service. Read the current official page and ask the program to confirm any requirement that affects the proposed preceptor or site.

The placement spine is adult-gerontology acute care, not primary care. The experience should expose the student to adults and older adults with complex, acute, critical, or unstable conditions and support the competencies named by the approved course. Adolescents belong in the plan only if the program explicitly places them inside the student's population scope.

Potential settings include medical, surgical, cardiac, or neurologic intensive care; progressive care; emergency departments; hospitalist teams; and inpatient specialty services. A long-term acute care setting may also fit particular objectives. We screen the clinical substance first and leave formal eligibility to the program.

The published pathway set is MSN and DNP. Before sourcing, separate that public fact from the student's individual clinical need. Confirm the active course, required outcomes, remaining approved hours, site boundaries, and candidate credentials with the program.

Break the practicum into the competencies that remain unmet. The search can then prioritize the right service and clinician instead of asking broadly for any AGACNP preceptor. The program still reviews the combined picture and can request a different arrangement.

National figures are context, not a Cedarville University requirement. The 2022 NTF standards recommend at least 750 direct patient care hours for an NP population track. ANCC and AACN Certification Corporation eligibility materials use at least 500 faculty-supervised clinical hours as a floor. Programs may set different totals and distributions, so confirm the student's exact AGACNP requirement with the program.

Use the AGACNP clinical hours guide for national context and the preceptor requirements guide for screening questions. Neither guide replaces the program's current instructions.

The clinician should actively practice in the acute or inpatient work the student needs. A matching board-certified acute-care NP or licensed physician is a reasonable search target, but credentials alone do not establish eligibility. The program reviews the person's role, background, site, and proposed supervision.

Geography matters because high-acuity services cluster unevenly, but the school address does not settle where a practicum can occur. Confirm approved states and travel limits, then compare the remaining objectives with the available ICU, step-down, emergency, hospitalist, and specialty landscape.

For wider geographic context, read the AGACNP placement guide for Ohio. It describes the state's acute-care landscape without assigning a policy to Cedarville University or claiming that a named hospital accepts students.

• The exact course, clinical objectives, term dates, and remaining approved hours
• The approved geography, adult-gerontology population, patient acuity, and setting
• The proposed clinician's license, certification, specialty, acute role, and availability
• The site's service line, patient mix, and opportunities tied to the objectives
• Every current preceptor, site, compliance, and submission form supplied by the program

A strong packet connects evidence to the course. Include the proposed preceptor's credentials and acute role, the site's service and patient mix, the expected experiences, dates, schedule, and every program form the student has received. Missing rules should be confirmed, not inferred from another school.

Do the confirmation work before outreach: course and dates, approved location, clinical objectives, setting and acuity, remaining hours, candidate credentials, and required forms. We use those facts to source carefully and submit any potential match for program review.

AGACNP Preceptor has no affiliation with Cedarville University. We help students search for potential acute-care preceptors and sites, subject to the program's current rules and final approval. No page, conversation, or submitted form creates a guarantee.