AGACNP preceptor support for UT Health San Antonio students

• Program: Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
• School: UT Health San Antonio
• Directory location: San Antonio, Texas
• 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

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.

The source set was checked on July 21, 2026. It identifies DNP and post-graduate certificate AGACNP evidence for UT Health San Antonio. 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, post-graduate certificate: Official page explicitly identifies the AGACNP specialty (Post-Graduate Certificate | School of Nursing).
• Official AGACNP source 2, DNP: Official page explicitly identifies the AGACNP specialty (Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner | School of Nursing).
• Official AGACNP source 3, post-graduate certificate: Official page explicitly identifies the AGACNP specialty (Post-Graduate Certificate | The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Preceptor screening asks two separate questions: is the clinician qualified for acute adult and older-adult care, and does the program permit that person for this course? We can gather licensure, certification, specialty, setting, and role details. Only UT Health San Antonio can make the approval decision.

Start from the geography the program approves, not an assumption based on the San Antonio campus listing. Acute capacity may be concentrated in larger referral centers, while a student's allowed area may be broader or narrower. Every proposed site still needs program review.

The AGACNP placement guide for Texas 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 UT Health San Antonio. 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.