With You Every Step of the Way
At FNU, you are not alone in your search for clinical site placement. Our Clinical Outreach and Placement Services Team ensures you have access to resources that will assist in identifying and selecting a qualified preceptor in your program area who best fits your needs and interests. At your Frontier Bound orientation, you will meet your Clinical Advisor who will be there to guide you right from the beginning in preparing for your clinical experiences. While we encourage you to take the lead in identifying your own preceptor as there are many benefits to doing so, we are here to help you every step of the way.
As an FNU student, you are encouraged to customize a clinical experience that is unique to your needs and interests. With our clinical support teams and a continually growing network of nearly 13,000 clinical sites and 16,000 preceptors throughout all 50 states, our goal is to help you find the preceptor(s) and clinical site that is the best fit for you. Most students complete their clinical experience near their home, but some desire a unique experience such as a birthing center or a rural health clinic and are able to relocate if necessary to make that dream a reality. We commit to matching you with a preceptor; in some cases travel or temporary location will be necessary. We are confident that we can help you find a suitable preceptor site.
We encourage students to start networking early as strong professional connections can support the preceptor search. You will be assigned a faculty member whose title is Regional Clinical Faculty. This person will assess your clinical site and provide guidance and mentorship throughout your clinical experience. Once you locate a preceptor, our team will assist you in the next steps to solidify that plan. Our Clinical Credentialing Team includes ten staff whose primary responsibility is to assure that your site agreement and credentialing of preceptors is complete and ready when you are. They are here for you!
What is FNU's clinical experience like? Find out more here.
“I found the Clinical Outreach and Placement Office very helpful in helping me navigate what steps I should be taking next and as a sounding board for my ideas and concerns.”
- Crystal Miller FNU Student
Get to Know FNU's Clinical Support Teams
Dedicated Clinical Advisors assist students with placement for clinical rotations and a Clinical Services Coordinator provides attentive customer service to our preceptors. This team partners with you to:
- provide assistance and resources in locating clinical sites and preceptors
- troubleshoot challenging situations
- work one-on-one with students to navigate the overall clinical search process
- bring support and customer service to FNU’s vast preceptor network
Regional Clinical Faculty are talented and experienced practitioners in your region who are available to help you throughout your time at Frontier. There are over 50 RCFs spread across the United States to help ensure students’ clinical success. Your RCF will:
- ensure your identified clinical site(s) and preceptor(s) are appropriate for your program requirements
- serve as your mentors throughout the clinical practicum
This team assists you in the clinical credentialing process which is vital to your success as a student. Dedicated Clinical Credentialing Coordinators work to:
- establish an affiliation agreement (contract) with your clinical site
- exchange certificates of insurance
- credential preceptors
- facilitate your student onboarding at the site
- meet state board of nursing requirements for clinical placement
“We just want to make sure that our students know that we are here to help them any way we can. We have tools and resources to help them conduct their search and are always happy to hear their success stories.”
- Katie Graves Clinical Advisor
Explore FNU's Clinical Support Resources
As an FNU student you will have exclusive access to our Community Map which houses a network of nearly 13,000 clinical sites and 16,000 preceptors throughout all 50 states with new preceptors and sites continually added. This map allows you to explore an extensive pool of potential clinical sites and resources located around the country. Filtering techniques enable searches by location, site type, and preceptor specialty to help personalize your clinical experience.
FNU provides general and professional liability insurance for all clinical students.
Case Days are held in-person or virtually across the U.S., where students who are in their clinical practicum present cases to facilitate group discussion of management options. These seminars are available for you to attend and provide opportunities for group learning and networking with students, faculty, alumni, and local practitioners within the region.
Apply today to join our Culture of Caring at Frontier Nursing University where we can help you achieve your professional dreams.
Dr. Tia Brown McNair is the Vice President in the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success and Executive Director for the Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers at the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) in Washington, DC. She oversees both funded projects and AAC&U’s continuing programs on equity, inclusive excellence, high-impact practices, and student success. McNair directs AAC&U’s Summer Institutes on High-Impact Practices and Student Success, and TRHT Campus Centers and serves as the project director for several AAC&U initiatives, including the development of a TRHT-focused campus climate toolkit. She is the lead author of From Equity Talk to Equity Walk: Expanding Practitioner Knowledge for Racial Justice in Higher Education (January 2020) and Becoming a Student-Ready College: A New Culture of Leadership for Student Success (July 2016 and August 2022 Second edition).