AGACNP preceptor support for Duke University students

• Program: Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
• School: Duke University
• Directory location: Durham, North Carolina
• Verified pathways: MSN
• 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

Treat the pathway list as an evidence boundary, not a summary of school policy. The official pages establish the AGACNP credential routes shown here, while the current handbook and program contact remain the authorities for hours, sites, preceptors, forms, and deadlines.

As of July 21, 2026, the official links below identify MSN for the AGACNP specialty at Duke University. That supports directory inclusion and pathway labeling only. It does not authorize us to infer a practicum rule from a degree name.

• Official AGACNP source 1, MSN: Official page explicitly identifies the AGACNP specialty (Adult-Gerontology Acute Care - Duke 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.

Begin with the patient acuity and course outcomes. AGACNP preparation concerns episodic, complex, and critical illness across adulthood and older adulthood, including frail older adults. It is not an FNP or adult-gerontology primary-care rotation, and an ambulatory setting does not become acute care simply because an NP works there.

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 record identifies MSN. Those credential labels help route the inquiry, but they do not reveal the student's entry point, course sequence, remaining hours, or clinical dates. Bring the exact course and current plan of study into the search so a pathway label is never treated as a policy.

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.

Hour language needs careful attribution. NTF recommends at least 750 direct patient care hours for an NP track, while ANCC and AACN Certification Corporation eligibility sources set a minimum of 500 faculty-supervised clinical hours. Only the program can translate those standards into this student's current course and remaining need.

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.

Role alignment comes before convenience. A board-certified AGACNP or acute-care NP may fit, and a physician in critical care, hospital medicine, emergency medicine, or a relevant inpatient specialty may fit when the program allows it. The current program criteria determine the answer for each candidate.

Start from the geography the program approves, not an assumption based on the Durham campus listing. Acute capacity may be concentrated in larger referral centers, while a student's allowed area may be broader or narrower. Every proposed site still needs program review.

Pair this record with the AGACNP placement guide for North Carolina when thinking about travel and setting supply. The guide is not a list of guaranteed sites, and the program remains the approval authority.

• 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

Before submission, assemble the candidate's license and certification details, current acute role, site and service, population and acuity, schedule, and fit with each objective. The program may request additional documents or decline the proposal. We never treat a complete file as a guarantee.

The first useful step is a complete clinical brief rather than a broad request for any preceptor. Share the student's approved requirements through the matching form. We can then search for acute-care fit without claiming authority we do not have.

This is independent placement support, not a school service or endorsement. We can source and organize a candidate file for Duke University to review, but we cannot promise placement, acceptance, contracts, credentialing, or a timeline.