Your practicum
shouldn't wait on a handshake.
For Purdue Global students, Purdue Global Preceptor runs an independent preceptor finder service, sourcing a qualified preceptor and pushing the affiliation agreement through, with no payment until you're matched. You're meant to be the advocate for your own clinical placement; we do that advocacy with you, before the paperwork eats your term.
Your practicum shouldn't wait on a handshake
Get matched, free
Tell us your track and city, we'll plan your placement. No payment until you're matched.
Your placement, step by step
Once we source a qualified preceptor near you, we open the clinical affiliation agreement the moment a site is identified. When the site already holds an agreement with Purdue Global, clearance often runs about 2 to 4 weeks; a brand-new site negotiating one from scratch can take one to two months or longer. We file early and track it to signature so the paperwork never decides your start date.
- We source the preceptor and open the agreement on day one
- We track every step from agreement to compliance to cleared
- Toggle below to see existing-site vs brand-new-site timing
commonly published
placed
aligned
not across the country
The placement is yours.
The legwork is ours.
Purdue Global puts you in the driver's seat and backs you with a Clinical Student Manager. Our placement service rides alongside, doing the time-consuming work that decides whether your practicum starts on schedule.
Source the preceptor
›We find board-certified NPs and physicians near you who fit your specialty and have room to take a student, so you're not cold-emailing clinics for months.
Move the agreement
›The affiliation agreement is where placements stall. We open it early and track it through legal review to signature, whether the site is established or brand new.
Clear compliance
›Background check, immunizations, site onboarding paperwork, we give you the checklist up front and keep it moving so nothing surfaces the week you're meant to begin.
Every Purdue Global NP specialty
We place across all four nurse practitioner tracks and the post-master's certificates. Hours below reflect what's commonly published for these programs; we confirm the exact requirement against your handbook before matching.
Family NP
Family practice across the lifespan. Commonly 640 clinical hours.
AGPCNPAdult-Gero Primary
Adult & older-adult primary care. Commonly 640 clinical hours.
AGACNPAdult-Gero Acute
Acute & hospital-based adult care. Commonly 520 clinical hours.
PMHNPPsych Mental Health
Psychiatric care across the lifespan. Commonly 640 clinical hours.
Three moves to a confirmed start date
Tell us your track & term
Your specialty, your city, and the term you need to be in clinical. We map the exact hours and the window the agreement has to clear inside.
We source & file early
We line up a qualified preceptor near you and open the affiliation agreement the moment a site is identified, not after you've already enrolled in the course.
You start on schedule
Agreement signed, compliance cleared, preceptor confirmed. You walk into your practicum on the date you planned, hours ready to log.
The agreement is the
part that runs late.
A preceptor who says yes still can't sign you in until their site and Purdue Global have an agreement in place. That paperwork, not the clinical match, is what pushes start dates. It's the part we own.
Started on time, not on hold
I'd been emailing clinics for two months with nothing. They had a preceptor and the agreement moving in under three weeks.
The affiliation agreement was the thing no one warned me about. They handled the whole back-and-forth with the site's legal team.
My site was brand new to Purdue Global. I assumed I'd lose the term. Instead it cleared and I started on schedule.
Get matched with a
Purdue Global preceptor
Tell us your track, your city, and your term. We'll come back with a placement plan and a realistic date your agreement can clear by.
Good to know
Doesn't Purdue Global place me itself?
Purdue Global asks you to be the lead advocate for finding your own clinical sites and preceptors, supported by the University and a Clinical Student Manager. We're an independent service that does that advocacy with you, sourcing the preceptor and driving the affiliation agreement, so the work doesn't fall entirely on you between classes and shifts.
How long does the affiliation agreement take?
If the site already holds an agreement with Purdue Global, clearance is often around 2-4 weeks. A brand-new site that has to negotiate one from scratch frequently takes one to two months or longer. The fix isn't speed tricks. It's starting early. We open the agreement the moment a site is identified.
How many clinical hours will I need?
Purdue Global's FNP, AGPCNP and PMHNP master's tracks are commonly published at 640 supervised clinical hours, and AGACNP at 520. We confirm the exact hours, practicum count and term sequencing against your current program handbook before we match you. We never guess at your requirements.
Are you affiliated with Purdue University or Purdue Global?
No. We're an independent clinical placement service. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by Purdue University, Purdue Global, or the CCNE. We help students of the program; we are not the program.