AGACNP preceptor support for Virginia Commonwealth University students

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

The directory uses the official AGACNP pages available on July 21, 2026. They support DNP and post-graduate certificate as the pathway set for this record. Any detail that is not explicit in those pages remains unclaimed and must be confirmed with the program.

• Official AGACNP source 1, DNP: Current official page identifies the AGACNP DNP.
• Official AGACNP source 2, post-graduate certificate: Current official page identifies the AGACNP certificate and a future admission cycle.

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 placement spine is adult-gerontology acute care, not primary care. The experience should expose the student to adults and older adults with complex, acute, critical, or unstable conditions and support the competencies named by the approved course. Adolescents belong in the plan only if the program explicitly places them inside the student's population scope.

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.

The published pathway set is 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.

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.

National figures are context, not a Virginia Commonwealth University requirement. The 2022 NTF standards recommend at least 750 direct patient care hours for an NP population track. ANCC and AACN Certification Corporation eligibility materials use at least 500 faculty-supervised clinical hours as a floor. Programs may set different totals and distributions, so confirm the student's exact AGACNP requirement with the program.

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.

Start from the geography the program approves, not an assumption based on the Richmond 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.

Use the AGACNP placement guide for Virginia for broader ICU, step-down, emergency, and inpatient context. Any actual candidate and site must still pass the student's current program review.

• 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

Document the clinical match in the program's own terms. The file should show candidate qualifications, adult-gerontology acute-care role, site context, objective alignment, dates, and availability. The school can still require separate site review, agreements, compliance items, or other steps that we cannot approve.

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 Virginia Commonwealth University. 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.