AGACNP preceptor support for University of Louisville students

• Program: Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
• School: University of Louisville
• Directory location: Louisville, Kentucky
• 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

The evidence explains why University of Louisville 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, DNP, and post-graduate certificate AGACNP evidence for University of Louisville. 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 (Nursing (MSN) | University of Louisville Academic Catalogs).
• Official AGACNP source 2, DNP: Official page explicitly identifies the AGACNP specialty (Nursing Practice (DNP) | University of Louisville Academic Catalogs).
• Official AGACNP source 3, post-graduate certificate: Official page explicitly identifies the AGACNP specialty (Nurse Practitioner - APRN (Post-Graduate Certificate) | University of Louisville Academic Catalogs).

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.

High-acuity opportunities often sit in ICU, progressive care, emergency, inpatient medicine, and specialty consult services. The best category depends on the gap in the student's approved plan. We do not promise that a named service, facility, or site will satisfy University of Louisville before review.

Official evidence currently supports MSN, DNP, and post-graduate certificate. The degree or certificate name is useful context, yet it cannot stand in for the clinical checklist. We ask the student to provide the current requirements before any potential preceptor is presented.

Use a one-page clinical brief to explain the remaining need: course, dates, adult-gerontology population, acuity, setting, required experiences, and credential criteria. A specific brief respects the preceptor's time and gives the program a clearer proposal to evaluate.

The hour plan must come from the student's program record. Nationally, NTF recommends a 750-hour direct patient care minimum for an NP population track, and the certification bodies publish a 500-hour faculty-supervised eligibility floor. Neither figure is presented here as University of Louisville's rule. Confirm the exact current requirement before sourcing.

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 University of Louisville decides which candidate is eligible. We document the candidate for that review rather than declaring approval.

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 Kentucky. It describes the state's acute-care landscape without assigning a policy to University of Louisville 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.

Once the current checklist is clear, send the course, term dates, approved geography, required setting, patient population, remaining hours, candidate criteria, and forms. Our placement process uses that brief to look for a possible match before the program evaluates it.

AGACNP Preceptor has no affiliation with University of Louisville. 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.