Your FIU preceptor, found before the contract clock starts.
Florida International University asks students in its online Adult-Gerontology and Pediatric Primary Care NP tracks to identify their own clinical site, then its clinical department helps set up the contract. That search is what we do. We find preceptors near you whose patients fit your FIU course and prepare everything the Preceptor Request Form asks for, a semester ahead.
Start your placement plan
Tell us your FIU track, your city and which semester your next practicum starts. Your placement advisor replies with preceptor and site options that fit.
What FIU provides, and what it leaves to you
FIU gives you an Office of Clinical Education that sets up contracts with clinical sites, clinical faculty who approve your preceptor and visit your rotation, and a clinical education seminar before your first practicum. Choosing the site is yours on the online tracks: FIU's Clinical Education page says it is the student's responsibility to identify the clinical site and work with the clinical department.
We take that search off your plate. We line up preceptors whose practices fit each course, from adult and older-adult primary care for NGR 6201L to pediatric primary care for NGR 6301L and an organizational mentor for the DNP residency, and we find out early whether the site already holds an FIU contract.
FIU's Office of Clinical Education and faculty approve every site and preceptor. We make sure what reaches them is complete and fits FIU's rules the first time.
Built around FIU's semester-before timing
FIU sets up rotations the semester before each clinical course. A site without a contract needs one before your first day, and FIU's handbook allows 6-8 weeks for a new one, so a search that starts late costs more than time. After that come clinical clearance, the preceptor folder and Typhon logs within 7 days.
We plan backward from your practicum semester, so the preceptor is confirmed, the site's details are on your Preceptor Request Form and your clearance is current before FIU's contract work begins, whether you train in Hialeah, Fort Lauderdale or beyond South Florida.
From the site search to your first clinical day
In the same order FIU's placement steps run.
Track, the NGR course, your city and the semester your practicum starts.
Preceptors near you whose practices fit the course, nationally certified and a year into the specialty.
Preceptor, facility, license, days and times for the Preceptor Request Form, with the contract checked early.
You start once FIU approves and the contract is in place, and a replacement is ready if a preceptor steps away.
Pick your FIU program
Your practicum courses and hours, who can precept you, where, and when to start looking. From FIU's own handbook, plans of study and catalog.
- Who precepts
- A nurse practitioner or physician in adult and older-adult primary care, with national certification and at least a year in the specialty; never family or a close friend
- Where
- Primary care in your own area, inside or beyond Monroe, Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, at a site FIU can contract with
- Start looking
- The first practicum comes in semester 4 (the second Fall) of the posted plan; rotations are set up the semester before
- Who precepts
- A pediatric nurse practitioner or pediatrician in primary care, nationally certified, with at least a year in the specialty
- Where
- Pediatric primary care practices and clinics near you, inside or beyond FIU's four South Florida counties
- Start looking
- The first practicum comes in semester 4 (the second Fall) of the posted plan; primary care rotations run weekdays, 9 to 5
- Who precepts
- NP preceptors for the three specialty practicums (PNP students take NGR 6301L to 6303L) and an organizational mentor, ideally doctorally prepared, who is not your work supervisor
- Where
- Primary care sites for the practicums; a health system, agency or practice that fits your DNP project for the residency hours
- Start looking
- The health policy practicum comes in semester 2 and the first NP practicum in semester 4 of the Fall-start plan
- Who precepts
- An organizational mentor you identify, ideally doctorally prepared and expert in your field, approved by the DNP Program Director and the Clinical Education Department
- Where
- Your place of practice (beyond your regular duties and hours) or another organization in your community
- Start looking
- The health policy practicum comes in semester 2 and the three DNP project courses in semesters 4 to 6 of the Fall cohort plan
- Who precepts
- A BSN-prepared nurse at a site with a current FIU contract, approved by faculty; not on your own unit, and not an NP or CNS working only as a primary care provider
- Where
- Ideally within your own facility, in a different department from your job
- Start looking
- In the final semester; FIU's information package set clinical placement deadlines of April 1, August 1 and December 1
The FIU pieces you will work with
Named the way FIU names them, from its graduate handbook, preceptor manual and Clinical Education pages.
Your track, your practicums
The FIU tracks where you identify the clinical site, and what each one needs.
The primary care practicum sequence
Three practicums per track in FIU's current plan of study, each with its own preceptor to line up.
When a practicum semester is at risk
Fast help for the weeks that matter most.
Before you start
Does FIU find preceptors for NP students?
It depends on the track. FIU's Clinical Education page tells students in the online Adult-Gerontology and Pediatric Primary Care tracks that identifying the clinical site is their responsibility, with the clinical department helping on the contract. For the hybrid FNP, PMHNP and acute care tracks, FIU says its designated clinical department assists with one-on-one placements.
How early should I start looking for an FIU preceptor?
The semester before your clinical course, since that is when FIU sets up rotations. A site without an FIU contract needs one before you start, and the graduate handbook allows 6-8 weeks for a new contract, so the search should be finished well before that.
How many clinical hours does FIU's online NP program need?
FIU's MSN pages list 770 clinical hours for the Adult-Gerontology and Pediatric Primary Care tracks, while the current graduate handbook sets a minimum of 630. Check the figure for your cohort with your clinical faculty.
Can I do FIU clinicals outside South Florida?
On the online tracks, yes: FIU says students may do clinicals outside Monroe, Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, with a contract in place first. FIU does not say whether that includes other states, so ask the Office of Clinical Education before you search outside Florida.
Where do you find FIU preceptors?
In your own community, wherever FIU approves your site. We search practices whose patients fit the course, confirm the preceptor's license, national certification and year of experience, and hand you the details the Preceptor Request Form asks for.
FIU asks you to identify your clinical site. We make that the easy part.
Tell us your FIU track, where you live and which semester your next practicum starts. We find preceptors whose patients fit the course, check early whether the site already holds an FIU contract, and prepare everything the Preceptor Request Form asks for.
- Preceptors matched to the course: adult and older-adult primary care for
NGR 6201L, pediatric primary care forNGR 6301L, an organizational mentor forNGR 7940C - Preceptor, facility, license and schedule details ready for the Preceptor Request Form, weeks ahead of the contract clock
- Across Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Monroe, or beyond them where FIU approves your site
Start your placement plan
Track, city and semester is all we need to begin.