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For programs: preceptors by state, track and term

NPhours has worked with over 720,000 nurses since 2007. It holds a roster of 140,000+ verified NP preceptors, the largest preceptor network in the U.S., and has placed 2M+ students from nursing programs across the country. A placement office tells us the track, the state, the term and the handbook's rules; we return the preceptors on the roster who meet them, under your own affiliation agreement template.

Verified once, documentedYour agreement templateYour log systemNamed coordinator per student

What a program receives

For each track and state you name, a list of roster preceptors whose license, certification, years of practice and setting satisfy your handbook, each already holding a CV, license copy and certification on file. For each student you place, a named coordinator who monitors the log against the calendar, chases the midpoint and final evaluations, and calls you before a small problem becomes a failed rotation.

Agreements are drafted in your template, not ours, and signed by the preceptor's practice. Where your institution already holds an agreement with a practice on the roster, it is used as is. Your permitted-mode rule for each course is recorded on every card, so a preceptor cannot accept a student for a share of video hours your handbook does not allow.

What programs pay

The preceptor's fee, which the preceptor sets inside the network's band and which is shown to your office before a placement is confirmed, plus a placement fee quoted per student and per term. The quote depends on the track, the state and the notice given. Programs placing a cohort receive one quote for the cohort and one invoice a term. Nothing is invoiced for a student who is not placed.

What NPhours will not do for a program

  • Place a student with a preceptor whose credential your handbook does not accept, however willing the preceptor is.
  • Report hours the student's log does not show.
  • Sign your agreement on a practice's behalf.
  • Promise a preceptor in a state where the roster is thin without saying so first.

Request coverage for a term

Program relations replies within one business day with roster coverage for your tracks and states.