AGACNP preceptor support for University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students

• Program: Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
• School: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• Directory location: Milwaukee, 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-Milwaukee. Confirm each of those details with the current program.

The source set was checked on July 21, 2026. It identifies DNP and post-graduate certificate AGACNP evidence for University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. 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, DNP: Official page explicitly identifies the AGACNP specialty (DNP in Nursing - School of Nursing).
• Official AGACNP source 2, post-graduate certificate: Official page explicitly identifies the AGACNP specialty (Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner - School of Nursing).
• Official AGACNP source 3, DNP: Official page explicitly identifies the AGACNP specialty (Nursing Practice, DNP: Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner | UW-Milwaukee Academic Catalog).

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.

An acute practicum can be distributed across critical care, step-down, emergency, hospitalist, trauma, surgical, or focused inpatient teams when the course permits it. The name on the unit door is not enough. The student needs an appropriate adult and older-adult population plus supervised opportunities that map to the required competencies.

Official evidence currently supports 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.

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.

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 Wisconsin-Milwaukee decides which candidate is eligible. We document the candidate for that review rather than declaring approval.

Use Milwaukee 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.

The AGACNP placement guide for Wisconsin adds state-level context about acute and inpatient settings. Use it to frame the search, then apply the exact location and approval rules confirmed by the program.

• 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.

A search request works best when it includes the active course, dates, location limits, acute setting, adult-gerontology population, competencies, hour need, preceptor rules, and approval documents. See how the process works, then bring the current program materials into the first conversation.

AGACNP Preceptor is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. 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.