FNP751, FNP752 and FNP753: FNU's family NP practicum

The FNP courses as FNU lists them

The MSN and PGC programs of study list the same FNP clinical block with the same course titles. What differs is how many terms of didactic work come before it.

The FNP didactic courses, FNP700 to FNP706, and PC719 come first in both programs; the MSN adds PC701, PC705, PC707 and PC716. Clinical Bound lands in term 6 of the full-time MSN and term 10 of the part-time MSN; in the PGC, term 4 full-time and term 7 part-time.

Hours in the FNP practicum

FNP students whose clinical courses start in 2025 or later owe 750 clinical hours spread over 19 weeks of clinical. FNU does not publish a split of those hours across FNP751, FNP752 and FNP753. The only course-level figure in the catalog is a weekly minimum, and your first site has to be able to offer the FNP751 minimum before your RCF accepts it.

The daily cap shapes which preceptors can carry you alone. By our arithmetic, a preceptor who works two days a week cannot, on those days alone, reach the 28-hour minimum in FNP752. The clinical hours page covers what counts toward the 750.

FNP visit counts across the lifespan

FNU builds the FNP list by age group, which is why a single adult-only site cannot cover it alone.

Pediatric, antepartum and gynecologic visits are worth planning early, since an adult-focused practice may see few of them. A family practice that sees children, or a second site within the four-site limit, is one way to close those gaps.

Who can precept FNP students

FNU's FNP rules let you mix professions, within limits.

• Up to 40% of practicum hours may be with an MD, DO or PA. PAs must be NCCPA-certified.
• Specialty sites may make up no more than 20% of your time, with one specialty rotation allowed, chosen from the catalog's approved list.
• Each FNP preceptor must hold a valid, unencumbered US license and have practiced for at least a year in a relevant advanced practice or medical role. Nurse preceptors also need a master's or higher in a nursing-related field.
• No family member may precept you, and FNU rules out sites that a relative or household member owns or runs, or that you have a stake in.
• Each preceptor fills in a weekly DDAT. FNP students send the end-of-course EDAT but no mid-course MDAT.

For how these rules line up against the other tracks, see preceptor requirements.

Sites, telehealth and state rules

FNP students may use as many as four clinical sites. Telehealth is capped at a tenth of your hours and a tenth of each population-focused visit type, and counts only when you share an office location with your preceptor; the telehealth page works through the numbers.

Sites must sit in the continental US or Hawaii, and you need to be licensed as an RN, or compact-eligible, in each of their states. FNP students may not do clinicals in New York except at federal government facilities there. New York residents in the FNP track therefore complete clinicals in another state or at a federal site.

Where a single site lacks the patient volume, the catalog expects a second, even if that means relocating, possibly out of state. The four-site limit leaves room for that, but each new site needs its own CSAF and credentialing.

Approvals to have in hand before FNP751

Nothing in FNP751 can start until FNU has cleared both you and the site. Use this as a checklist with your RCF.

• An accepted CSAF for each site, submitted through the Community Map after you speak with your RCF and recorded in My Clinical Plan.
• A complete clinical plan covering all visit types and hours. Without one you may not be registered for FNP750 and may need an Academic Hiatus.
• Your CastleBranch items: RN license verification through Nursys Quick Confirm, BLS (ACLS does not count), the clinical background check, the health verification form, the OSHA/HIPAA module, health insurance and the records release.
• Clinical Credentialing's sign-off: the affiliation agreement, the site's liability insurance, a fully credentialed preceptor and any required Pre-Clinical Site Visit.
• Your Pre-Clinical Interview with the RCF, plus a pre-clinical orientation meeting with every preceptor.
• Clinical Bound attended, then the RCF's final release of site and preceptor.

According to FNU staff, RCFs sign off on the clinical plan roughly four to six months before Clinical Bound, and site credentialing can itself run for months. Start from the placement timeline rather than the term calendar.

How we search for the FNP sequence

For FNP students, we look for family practice preceptors whose panels span children, adults and older adults, since that mix covers the most lines of the visit list. When a lead is a physician or PA, we note how it sits against the 40% limit, and we treat a specialty clinic as the single optional rotation it is. We help you assemble the preceptor and site information each CSAF and Clinical Credentialing require.

Your RCF and FNU's credentialing team decide on every site, and each one we suggest is matched to the visit list before you submit. If a preceptor withdraws during FNP752 or FNP753, we search again with you straight away. Request a search and include your projected Clinical Bound term.