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Nursing schools we serve beyond Capella.

Capella is our home base, but the preceptor problem is the same at every online nursing program. Here is who we support beyond Capella, what actually changes from school to school, and where to find your school page.

Last updated: June 21, 2026 · Reviewed by the Capella Preceptor placement team

Pick your school

Each school below has its own page covering hours, the preceptor rules that school enforces, the logging system it uses, and how placement works there. Start with your program.

What is the same at every school

Before the differences, the parts that almost never change. If you are in any accredited online nurse practitioner track, you will run into the same four-step workflow no matter whose name is on the diploma:

• You propose a preceptor and a site. A qualified preceptor (usually a board-certified NP, or an MD/DO/PA in the right specialty) and a clinical site have to be named and vetted before hours count.
• A signed affiliation agreement is required. The school and the clinical organization sign a site agreement before you start. No agreement, no hours.
• Hours are logged and signed off in a tracking system. Walden uses Meditrek, Capella uses CORE ELMS, and many others use Typhon or a similar platform. The labels differ, the loop is the same: log hours, preceptor approves them, faculty review.
• Compliance clearance comes first. Background check, drug screen, immunizations, BLS, and sometimes site-specific onboarding must clear before the first shift.

What trips students up is rarely the workflow itself. It is finding a preceptor who will say yes, getting the site agreement executed in time, and keeping the documentation clean. That is the part we handle.

What differs by school

Three things change meaningfully from program to program: the total practicum hours, how much placement help the school gives you, and the logging platform. The table below summarizes the FNP track where the school publishes it, since FNP is the most common path. Always confirm your own program guide, because totals shift by specialty and by state.

A few notes that matter when you compare these. Walden's NP track sets 750 hours and requires every hour to be signed off by the Meditrek-approved preceptor, and it caps hours with secondary practitioners at 25 percent of the total (Walden, Requirements for Success in Practicum Courses). Chamberlain runs five 125-hour FNP practicum courses for 625 hours total, but Nurse Practitioner students who are Kansas residents must complete at least 750 hours per clinical track (Chamberlain, What to Expect in the MSN-FNP Program). WGU spreads 650 precepted hours across three internships and requires a minimum of two preceptors, while explicitly barring chiropractors, podiatrists, and family or close friends as preceptors (WGU, FNP Clinical Internship Preceptors).

How much placement help each school gives

This is the single biggest practical difference and the reason students come to us. Schools fall on a spectrum from "you are on your own" to "we will arrange it for you."

Even where a school advertises help, the reality students report is uneven: matching services have waitlists, coordinators cover a limited geography, and "support" can mean a list of contacts rather than a confirmed placement. That gap, between what is promised and what arrives in time for your start date, is exactly what we close.

Logging systems by school

The platform where you apply for placement, log hours, and capture preceptor sign-off changes from school to school. Getting this right matters because hours entered late or in the wrong place can be rejected.

For Walden specifically, you cannot begin logging hours until your practicum application is fully approved in Meditrek, you are enrolled in the course, the term has started, and your faculty instructor has cleared you to begin (Walden, Requirements for Success in Practicum Courses). The sequencing is strict, and getting the application approved early is half the battle.

A note on RN-to-BSN and non-NP MSN tracks

Not every program is a 600-plus-hour nurse practitioner track. RN-to-BSN and non-NP master's programs carry far lighter practicum loads, but they still require an approved preceptor and a logged field experience. At Walden, for example, the RN-to-BSN field experience runs in the range of 100 hours in the capstone, with additional practicum hours built into the population-health and leadership courses (Walden, BSN Practicum Requirements). Aspen's non-NP MSN specialties attach a 120-hour practicum that still needs a preceptor supervisor and Office of Field Experience approval (Aspen, MSN Programs). Lighter hours do not mean lighter paperwork; the preceptor, site agreement, and sign-off requirements are the same.

Don't see your school?

These eight are the schools we work with most often outside Capella, but the requirements are similar across accredited online nursing programs. If your program is not listed, the odds are good we can still help, because the underlying needs (a qualified preceptor, an executed site agreement, clean hour logging) carry over. Tell us your school and specialization on a free consult and we will confirm whether we can support your placement.

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Sources

• Walden University, Requirements for Success in Practicum Courses
• Walden University, BSN Program and Practicum Requirements
• Chamberlain University, What to Expect in the MSN-FNP Program
• Chamberlain University, Preceptor Resources
• Grand Canyon University, MSN Family Nurse Practitioner
• Purdue University Global, Master of Science in Nursing Catalog
• Herzing University, What You Need to Know About Your MSN-FNP Clinical
• Aspen University, MSN Programs
• Western Governors University, FNP Clinical Internship Preceptors
• South University, Online MSN Family Nurse Practitioner

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