AGPCNP preceptor support for East Tennessee State University students

• Program: Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
• School: East Tennessee State University
• Directory location: Johnson City, Tennessee
• Verified pathways: DNP and post-graduate certificate
• 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 and post-graduate certificate for the AGPCNP specialty at East Tennessee State University. 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: Official page explicitly identifies the AGPCNP specialty (Doctor of Nursing Practice).
• Official AGPCNP source 2, DNP and post-graduate certificate: Official page explicitly identifies the AGPCNP specialty (Certificate Programs).

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.

The clinical spine is longitudinal adult-gerontology primary care. A useful experience supports prevention, assessment, diagnosis, and ongoing management for adults and older adults with stable or chronic conditions. Adolescents belong in the plan only when the student's program explicitly includes them.

Start with the missing competencies, then choose a setting. Adult primary care and internal medicine can support longitudinal volume; geriatrics and long-term care can add frailty and functional assessment; community health can add access and population context. Formal eligibility still belongs to East Tennessee State University.

Official evidence currently supports DNP and post-graduate certificate. The degree or certificate name is useful context, yet it cannot stand in for the clinical checklist. We ask the student to provide the current requirements before any potential preceptor is presented.

Break the practicum into the competencies that remain unmet. The search can then prioritize the right service and clinician instead of asking broadly for any AGPCNP preceptor. The program still reviews the combined picture and can request a different arrangement.

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 East Tennessee State University'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.

Longitudinal primary-care opportunities are distributed unevenly across communities. Confirm approved states and travel limits first, then compare the remaining objectives with internal medicine, geriatrics, community health, long-term care, and chronic disease settings in that area.

The AGPCNP placement guide for Tennessee adds state-level context for internal medicine, adult primary care, geriatrics, community health, and long-term care. Apply the exact location and approval rules confirmed by the student's program.

• 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

A strong packet connects evidence to the course. Include the proposed preceptor's credentials and primary-care role, the site's patient mix and continuity model, the expected experiences, dates, schedule, and every program form the student has received.

Once the current checklist is clear, send the course, term dates, approved geography, required setting, patient population, remaining hours, candidate criteria, and forms. Our placement process uses that brief to look for a possible match before the program evaluates it.

AGPCNP Preceptor has no affiliation with East Tennessee State University. We help students search for potential primary-care preceptors and sites, subject to the program's current rules and final approval. No page, conversation, or submitted form creates a guarantee.