AGPCNP preceptor support for California State University, Long Beach students

• Program: Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
• School: California State University, Long Beach
• Directory location: Long Beach, California
• Verified pathways: DNP
• Official evidence checked: July 21, 2026
• Clinical population: adults and older adults with stable or chronic conditions that benefit from ongoing care
• Setting landscape: internal medicine, adult primary care, geriatrics, community health, long-term care, chronic disease management, and approved specialty primary-care settings
• Approval authority: the student's current program

Treat the pathway list as an evidence boundary, not a summary of school policy. The official pages establish the AGPCNP credential routes shown here, while the current handbook and program contact remain the authorities for hours, sites, preceptors, forms, and deadlines.

As of July 21, 2026, the official links below identify DNP for the AGPCNP specialty at California State University, Long Beach. That supports directory inclusion and pathway labeling only. It does not authorize us to infer a practicum rule from a degree name.

• Official AGPCNP source 1, DNP: Current official BSN-to-DNP page lists AGPCNP.

These citations are included for verification, not as an endorsement of our service. Read the current official page and ask the program to confirm any requirement that affects the proposed preceptor or site.

Longitudinal reasoning is the thread that connects adult primary care and geriatrics. The student should be able to assess risk, manage stable or chronic problems, revisit treatment plans, coordinate care, and respond to changes within primary-care scope. The program retains the final decision on fit.

No single site category is automatically suitable. A community health center may offer broad continuity, a geriatric practice may strengthen aging-focused care, and an approved specialty primary-care setting may fill a defined gap. The student's program must evaluate the complete proposal.

For this record, the official evidence names DNP. We use that verified label only to orient the request. The student's own course documents must supply the setting, population, competencies, dates, geography, and preceptor criteria.

Translate each objective into observable primary-care work before outreach. One course may emphasize prevention and diagnostic reasoning, while another may emphasize chronic disease management, medication review, care coordination, or age-aware follow-up. This objective map helps avoid a willing candidate whose daily role cannot support the required experience.

The hour plan must come from the student's program record. Nationally, NTF recommends a 750-hour direct patient care minimum for an NP population track, and the certification bodies publish a 500-hour faculty-supervised eligibility floor. Neither figure is presented here as California State University, Long Beach's rule. Confirm the exact current requirement before sourcing.

Use the AGPCNP clinical hours guide for national context and the preceptor requirements guide for screening questions. Neither guide replaces the program's current instructions.

Preceptor screening asks whether the clinician's credential and real work align with the approved AGPCNP objectives. Adult-gerontology primary care NPs, other appropriate primary-care NPs, and physicians may be search candidates, but the program controls the final eligibility rules.

Long Beach, California identifies the school record but does not define a clinical territory. A student may be able to consider nearby or more distant practices only if the program permits it. We confirm those boundaries before screening candidates.

Pair this record with the AGPCNP placement guide for California when considering travel and setting supply. The guide is not a list of guaranteed sites, and the program remains the approval authority.

• The exact course, clinical objectives, term dates, and remaining approved hours
• The approved geography, adult-gerontology population, continuity objectives, and setting
• The proposed clinician's license, certification, specialty, primary-care role and availability
• The site's practice setting, patient mix, and opportunities tied to the objectives
• Every current preceptor, site, compliance, and submission form supplied by the program

Give the program a proposal it can evaluate without guessing: who the clinician is, where the person practices, which adults and older adults are served, what the student could do, when supervision is available, and which current forms apply.

Do the confirmation work before outreach: course and dates, approved location, clinical objectives, continuity needs, remaining hours, candidate credentials, and required forms. We use those facts to source carefully and submit a potential match for program review.

AGPCNP Preceptor is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by California State University, Long Beach. We cannot guarantee that a preceptor or site will be available, that paperwork will finish by a particular date, or that the program will approve a proposal. A request starts sourcing only.