AGACNP preceptor support for University of Wisconsin-Madison students

• Program: Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
• School: University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Directory location: Madison, Wisconsin
• Verified pathways: 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

This snapshot reports only what the linked official program evidence supports. It does not assign a delivery format, clinical sequence, hour total, placement responsibility, preceptor rule, or approval timeline to University of Wisconsin-Madison. Confirm each of those details with the current program.

As of July 21, 2026, the official links below identify DNP and post-graduate certificate for the AGACNP specialty at University of Wisconsin-Madison. 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 DNP - School of Nursing - UW-Madison).
• Official AGACNP source 2, post-graduate certificate: Official page explicitly identifies the AGACNP specialty (Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Nursing Capstone | PDC).
• Official AGACNP source 3, post-graduate certificate: Official page explicitly identifies the AGACNP specialty (Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Nursing, Capstone Certificate at University of Wisconsin-Madison).

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.

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 Wisconsin-Madison before review.

For this record, the official evidence names DNP and post-graduate certificate. We use that verified label only to orient the request. The student's own course documents must supply the setting, population, competencies, dates, geography, and preceptor criteria.

Translate each objective into observable acute-care work before outreach. One course may emphasize stabilization and diagnostic reasoning, another may emphasize critical-care management, procedures, specialty consultation, or transitions across levels of care. This objective map helps avoid a willing candidate whose daily role cannot support the required experience.

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 Wisconsin-Madison'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.

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.

Use Madison 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.

Pair this record with the AGACNP placement guide for Wisconsin 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

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.

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 Wisconsin-Madison 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.