AGACNP preceptor support for Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College students

• Program: Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
• School: Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College
• Directory location: St. Louis, Missouri
• Verified pathways: MSN, DNP, and post-graduate certificate
• 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.

We verified the listed MSN, DNP, and post-graduate certificate evidence on July 21, 2026. Each link belongs to the institution or its official catalog and names the AGACNP specialty. The student's present course materials still control the clinical request.

• Official AGACNP source 1, MSN: Official page explicitly identifies the AGACNP specialty (Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing - Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Concentration).
• Official AGACNP source 2, MSN and post-graduate certificate: Official page explicitly identifies the AGACNP specialty (Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing - Post-Master's Certificate Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner).
• Official AGACNP source 3, DNP: Official page explicitly identifies the AGACNP specialty (Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing - Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Concentration).

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.

A suitable AGACNP experience is defined by acute clinical work, not by a convenient job title. Adults and older adults should present with unstable or complex conditions that require acute assessment, diagnosis, management, transitions, or critical-care reasoning. The course objectives determine whether a particular service fits.

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, DNP, and post-graduate certificate. 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.

Course objectives are the bridge between a pathway label and a workable placement. Pair each objective with the patient population, acuity, setting, and supervised activity it requires, then ask the program whether the proposed combination is eligible before treating it as final.

Do not calculate this student's need from a national number. NTF recommends at least 750 direct patient care hours for an NP track, while AGACNP certification eligibility materials refer to a minimum of 500 faculty-supervised clinical hours. The current program determines the applicable total, course allocation, simulation treatment, and remaining balance.

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.

A prospective preceptor is generally a board-certified acute-care nurse practitioner or an appropriately licensed physician whose current inpatient or acute role matches the objectives. Certification, licensure, experience, specialty, site, and relationship to the student may all matter, but Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College decides which candidate is eligible. We document the candidate for that review rather than declaring approval.

Use St. Louis as a directory reference only. The student's residence, state authorization, licensure context, commuting limits, and program instructions can produce a different search area. No city or state mention on this page promises site availability.

Use the AGACNP placement guide for Missouri for broader ICU, step-down, emergency, and inpatient context. Any actual candidate and site must still pass the student's current program review.

• 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

Give the program a proposal it can evaluate without guessing: who the clinician is, where the person practices, which adults and older adults are served, what the student would do, when supervision is available, and which current forms apply. Formal review remains entirely with the program.

Bring the current syllabus or checklist, the student's schedule and geography, the adult-gerontology acute-care objectives, the remaining approved hours, and the candidate forms. That evidence keeps the search aligned and gives the program a clear proposal to consider.

AGACNP Preceptor is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College. We cannot guarantee that a preceptor or site will be available, that paperwork will finish by a particular date, or that the program will approve a proposal. A request starts sourcing only.