Herzing Preceptor and Clinical Placement FAQ

Herzing is student-first by design. You are expressly encouraged to take an active role in identifying and securing your own clinical site and preceptor. Herzing supports that search with a Clinical Placement Advisor for guidance and a master's-prepared Clinical Coordinator for coaching and additional site leads, and it provides an approved-site fallback list if your own outreach does not land a placement. So the default expectation is that you are the primary preceptor-finder, with Herzing assisting. That is exactly the gap we close: we line up a qualified, Herzing-approvable preceptor in your specialty and state early, so you are not depending on the backstop. See how it works.

The Clinical Placement Advisor provides guidance through Herzing's Clinical Guidance Process and helps you stay on track. The Clinical Coordinator is a master's-prepared resource who offers coaching and can share additional site leads. Both support your search, but neither changes the core expectation that you take an active role in securing your own site and preceptor. Their help is most useful when you start early and come prepared with a candidate preceptor already in hand, because then they are reviewing and approving rather than searching from scratch on your behalf.

Herzing's APRN Clinical Placement Pledge promises that if, after completing all required steps, you still cannot secure a placement, Herzing will step in and secure it for you. It is a real commitment, but it is conditional, reactive, and deadline-gated: you have to follow the Clinical Guidance Process, meet every deadline, start the formal placement process early enough, and work only with Herzing-approved sites and preceptors. Miss a condition and the backstop does not apply. Because those conditions are the whole story, we keep the full breakdown, including the exact deadline window and paperwork, on clinical placement.

No. The Pledge is a placement backstop only. It promises Herzing will help secure a clinical placement if you have met every condition, not that Herzing will refund tuition. There is no Herzing refund or money-back language tied to the Pledge. If anyone tells you the Pledge means you get your money back, that is not accurate. Treat it as what it is: a conditional commitment to step in on placement after you have done all the required steps on time.

Hours vary by track, and the figures below are commonly published for this program; we confirm the exact requirement against your current Herzing handbook rather than treat any number as guaranteed. As a rough orientation, several primary-specialty tracks land in the same range, and a couple of tracks fold a concentrated immersion into their total. Women's Health (WHNP) hours are not confirmed here, so we verify that figure against your program instead of quoting one. We keep the full per-track table, with the exact numbers, on clinical hours so there is a single source you can check against your handbook.

To stay eligible for the Pledge, Herzing requires you to begin the formal placement process well ahead of your clinical application deadline, on top of following the Clinical Guidance Process and meeting every deadline along the way. The point is that the start cutoff is a minimum, not a comfortable buffer, because the application also needs your preceptor's CV and a signed preceptor agreement, which take time to gather. We aim well ahead of that line. The exact window and the full timeline are on clinical deadlines.

Herzing requires that the preceptor and site be Herzing-approved, and the clinical application must include the preceptor's CV and a signed preceptor agreement. In practice that means a preceptor with appropriate licensure and credentials for your specialty, practicing in a setting that matches your track, who is willing to complete the paperwork. We focus on lining up preceptors who can clear those requirements, in your specialty and state, so the approval step is straightforward rather than a scramble.

Yes. We match by specialty and state so your precepted practicum can happen locally, which matters because your coursework is online but your clinical hours are in person. Tell us your track and location and we work to secure an approvable preceptor close to you. Start at find a preceptor or see preceptor near me.

Herzing's MSN NP coursework is 100% online, but the precepted practicum is in person at a Herzing-approved site. The two are separate: you complete classes remotely and your clinical hours face to face with a preceptor. That is why local matching matters. We line up an approvable preceptor in your area so the in-person requirement is handled without you relocating or commuting long distances.

Yes. Herzing offers post-master's APRN certificates in all six NP tracks, and a DNP via BSN-to-DNP and MSN-to-DNP, whose NP tracks add doctoral practice hours plus a DNP Practice Project. Each of these still requires precepted clinical hours at an approved site, so the same matching applies. Whether you are completing an MSN, adding a certificate, or pursuing the doctorate, we work to secure an approvable preceptor in your specialty and state. Browse the tracks on specialties.

We share clear pricing once we understand your track, state, and timeline, since those drive the work involved. We do not ask for full payment before you know what you are getting. See cost for how pricing works and reach out through contact to get specifics for your situation. Note this is our service fee and is separate from Herzing tuition, which you pay to the university directly.

No. We are an independent clinical-placement service for Herzing NP students. We are not Herzing University, we are not the CCNE, and we are not endorsed by or affiliated with Herzing. We explain Herzing's published process and help you meet its requirements, but everything we describe about Herzing's rules comes from Herzing's own materials, which you should always confirm against your current handbook and advisor.

It depends on your track, your state, and how early you start, so we do not promise a fixed turnaround. What we can say is that starting early is the single biggest factor, because Herzing requires you to begin the formal placement process well before your clinical application deadline and to gather a preceptor CV and signed agreement. The sooner you begin, the more room there is to find the right approvable match. See clinical deadlines for the timeline.

It happens, and the fix is the same as the original goal: a qualified, approvable replacement, fast. We help identify a new preceptor in your specialty and state and get the CV and signed preceptor agreement moving so your placement stays on Herzing's timeline. Starting with margin before your deadline gives you the best cushion if a preceptor falls through late, which is another reason to line things up early rather than at the last allowable moment.

Whether and how much telehealth counts is set by your program and can vary, so we confirm it against your current Herzing handbook rather than assume. Your practicum is fundamentally in-person at an approved site, and telehealth, where permitted, is typically a supplement rather than a replacement. When we match you, we factor in what your track actually allows so your hours count toward the requirement as written for your program.

The Adult-Gero Primary Care (AGPCNP) and Psychiatric-Mental Health (PMHNP) tracks each commonly include a concentrated immersion as part of their clinical requirement, a figure commonly published for this program that we confirm against your current handbook. It is a focused stretch of precepted practice, so the preceptor and site need to support that intensity and span. We keep that in mind when matching for these two tracks, and we list the exact immersion hours alongside the rest on clinical hours.