AGPCNP preceptor support for St. Catherine University students

• Program: Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
• School: St. Catherine University
• Directory location: St. Paul, Minnesota
• 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.

The source set was checked on July 21, 2026. It identifies DNP and post-graduate certificate AGPCNP evidence for St. Catherine University. Source language can change, so save the current program instructions that govern the student's term and ask the program to resolve anything the public page leaves open.

• Official AGPCNP source 1, DNP: Official page explicitly identifies the AGPCNP specialty (DNP: Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner | St. Catherine University Academic Catalog).
• Official AGPCNP source 2, DNP: Official page explicitly identifies the AGPCNP specialty (DNP: Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner | St. Catherine University).
• Official AGPCNP source 3, post-graduate certificate: Official page explicitly identifies the AGPCNP specialty (Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Post-Grad | St. Kate's | St. Catherine University).

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 placement should reflect the primary-care needs of adults across aging, from routine prevention through multimorbidity and frailty. That does not make every adult-facing clinic eligible. The proposed patient mix and activities must support the student's approved competencies.

Potential settings include internal medicine, adult primary care, geriatrics, community health, long-term care, chronic disease management, and approved specialty primary-care practices. A setting name alone proves nothing. Patient mix, continuity, supervised activities, and course objectives must align before the program reviews it.

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.

Use a one-page clinical brief to explain the remaining need: course, dates, adult-gerontology population, continuity, setting, required experiences, and credential criteria. A specific brief respects the preceptor's time and gives the program a clearer proposal to evaluate.

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 St. Catherine 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.

Use St. Paul as directory context only. Residence, state authorization, licensure, commuting limits, and course instructions may produce a different search radius. No city or state reference on this page promises availability.

Our AGPCNP placement guide for Minnesota explains where longitudinal adult and older-adult care may be found across the state. It does not establish a clinical boundary or acceptance rule for this school.

• 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.

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 is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by St. Catherine University. 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.