Placement and Onboarding

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Placement

Each site has a specific clinical placement policy that needs to be followed or the site will not allow placement.  Typically, the clinical site wants only to work with a single designated person from the academic site.

DNP Student Suggestions for Placement

Students can assist in securing clinical placements in collaboration with faculty but faculty retain the final decision in their placement.  To be involved, students are to follow these steps:

  1. An initial conversation may be initiated by the student with a potential preceptor or clinical site. This conversation is informational, brief in nature, and elicits availability from the preceptor.  This is only used when you already know of a preceptor you want to work with or someone has referred you to a preceptor.
  2. Collect all contact information for the preceptor and site, a record of contact made, and hopes for placement.
  3. Suggestions are forwarded by the student to the designated faculty or the Associate Dean for Graduate Nursing by email.

Your suggestions will be taken into consideration, but placement with a preceptor you suggest is not guaranteed.

Onboarding

When you are assigned a clinical rotation with a preceptor, some sites will require a set of documentation in order to "onboard" you with their agency.  If your site requires documents or training our Clinical Placement Coordinator will notify you shortly after your placement has been confirmed.


Guidelines for Onboarding and Placement Submissions

In order to avoid delays, please note the following:

  • Unless otherwise noted, all documents should be submitted in PDF format.  
    • Do not take a photo of the document with your phone. 
    • Multi-Function Printers (MFP's) are located throughout campus and have the capability to scan a document.  To learn more about MFP scanning options visit this site: https://spu.atlassian.net/wiki/display/HKB/MFP+Functions
    • Unless otherwise noted, all hard copy documents should be scanned. 
  • All signatures must be an actual signature, not typed. You may use a “digital” signature through Adobe Acrobat. To learn how to create your own signature, visit this site: https://helpx.adobe.com/reader/using/sign-pdfs.html
  • Many forms for onboarding are in a PDF fillable form, format. To learn how to fill in a PDF form and save, visit this site: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/filling-pdf-forms.html#fill_in_interactive_forms
  • Be sure to complete the entire document.
  • Follow deadlines and submission timeframes carefully to ensure all criteria are met.


Doctor of Nursing Practice Clinical Practicum Guide Contents

The following pages comprise the Doctor of Nursing Practice Post-APRN Synthesis Practicum Guide:

Forms and Resources

Resources


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