AGACNP preceptor support for University of Tennessee Health Science Center students

• Program: Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
• School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
• Directory location: Memphis, Tennessee
• 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

Current official pages support the program and pathway labels below. They do not establish the student's exact curriculum or the school's clinical approval process, so the search should pause until those requirements are confirmed directly with the program.

As of July 21, 2026, the official links below identify MSN, DNP, and post-graduate certificate for the AGACNP specialty at University of Tennessee Health Science Center. 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, DNP: Official page explicitly identifies the AGACNP specialty (Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner | DNP | College of Nursing | UTHSC).
• Official AGACNP source 2, MSN and post-graduate certificate: Official page explicitly identifies the AGACNP specialty (Post-Graduate APRN (MSN) Adult Gerontology/Acute Care Certificate | College of Nursing | UTHSC).
• Official AGACNP source 3, DNP: Official page explicitly identifies the AGACNP specialty (Dual Concentration: Adult-Gerontology Acute Care/Family Nurse Practitioner | DNP | College of Nursing | UTHSC).

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 right match gives the student supervised work with acute, critical, and medically complex adults and older adults. Population focus, acuity, and clinical tasks all matter. A program may define a place for adolescents, but that boundary must come from the student's current requirements rather than a generic assumption.

Depending on the objectives, the search may include ICU or critical care, step-down or progressive care, emergency care, hospitalist or inpatient medicine, trauma and surgical services, or an inpatient specialty such as cardiology, pulmonology, or nephrology. No setting is automatically acceptable. The program must decide whether the patient mix, acuity, clinician role, and available activities fit the course.

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.

A useful clinical request names what the student must actually do under supervision. Define the target population, acuity, care setting, procedures or skills, and expected level of participation. That detail lets a prospective preceptor assess fit without making promises on the program's behalf.

Two national benchmarks are often confused: the NTF recommendation of at least 750 direct patient care hours per NP population track and the 500 faculty-supervised clinical hour floor used in certification eligibility. A student's program can require or distribute hours differently. Ask University of Tennessee Health Science Center to confirm the actual AGACNP total and approved 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.

Look for an acute-care NP or physician whose real clinical practice supports the required patient acuity and activities. Then compare that candidate with the current credential and site rules. A strong clinical match is still a proposal until the program reviews it.

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.

Our AGACNP placement guide for Tennessee explains where acute-care roles tend to cluster across the state. It does not establish a clinical boundary or acceptance rule for this school.

• 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.

We do not represent University of Tennessee Health Science Center and have no authority to approve a clinician, site, schedule, or clinical plan. Our independent role is limited to searching and documenting a possible match. Availability, review time, and the final program decision cannot be guaranteed.