Finding NP preceptors in Ohio
Ohio's large health systems each publish their own terms for nurse practitioner students, and those terms differ sharply: some match you with a preceptor, some expect you to arrive with one, and one has stopped signing new school agreements. This guide sets out what each system's pages say, where community practices and health centers fit, and how we run an Ohio search for Ohio University students.
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Tell us your Ohio University program and where you live. A placement advisor replies with the preceptor and site options that fit your course.
Ohio University's starting point
Ohio University lets you identify your own preceptor, and faculty approve the choice; the Graduate Clinical Coordinator offers a second route. The MSN FAQ also warns that big hospital systems can require you to go through their own centralized request, that such requests usually need to go in early, and that there may be fees.
In practice, an Ohio search runs on two tracks at once. One is the formal application each big system requires, with its own window. The other is direct outreach to clinicians in practices and clinics that decide for themselves. A strong search works both tracks in parallel rather than waiting on one. The Graduate Clinical Coordinator page explains how Ohio University's two routes fit together.
What Ohio health systems publish about NP students
The table condenses each system's own student pages as read in September 2026. Every row is that system's policy, not an Ohio University rule, and any system can change its terms, so open its page again before you apply.
| System | Route it names | Who finds the preceptor | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Clinic | Graduate Nursing Preceptor Placement Application (ACEMAPP) | The clinic, if a match is found | Ohio University is on its school list; no calls or emails to sites |
| OhioHealth | APP Student Rotation Application, each semester | You bring one, or ask to be considered | Not initiating new affiliation agreements; fall only with a preceptor agreed |
| Holzer | Rotation Request Application | Holzer assigns | Active affiliation agreement required; employees first |
| Nationwide Children's | Graduate placement request form | The hospital assigns | FNP and PMHNP "very limited"; under 25% of FNP requests placed |
| Adena | Student onboarding portal | You, before applying | Every student secures a preceptor first |
| University Hospitals | ACEMAPP; separate Behavioral Health form | You, before the process starts | Preceptor and EMR access confirmed first |
| Premier Health | Waiting list, or onboarding form with a preceptor | Either | Employees first; no Women's Health, Mental Health or Pediatric requests |
| Memorial Health System | Email to Graduate Medical Education | Either | One month ahead; 6 to 12 months for Pediatrics and OB/GYN |
Several systems publish less. Mount Carmel's student pages cover medical students only, Genesis in Zanesville uses a login-only portal, and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center says only that its advanced practice providers precept PA and APRN students. Kettering Health's page, known from a 2025 archive, limited applications to its own staff and to PA students from Kettering College.
The four systems on Ohio University's own calendar
Four Ohio systems have facility application deadlines on Ohio University's Important Dates page: Cleveland Clinic, Holzer, Mount Carmel and OhioHealth. That page marks the dates as subject to change at each facility's discretion, and every one falls ahead of the School of Nursing's clinical packet deadline for the same term. The full table by term sits on the hospital system applications page.
Two details stand out. OhioHealth's own application windows line up with the dates Ohio University posts, so the calendar and the system agree. Mount Carmel publishes no NP student process on its own site, even though Ohio University lists deadlines for it; if a Mount Carmel location is on your list, email graduatenursing@ohio.edu to learn how requests reach it.
The error that costs a term: treating the clinical packet deadline as your only date. For hospital systems, the facility window closes first.
Community practices, clinics and health centers
Outside the big systems, most preceptors say yes or no for themselves. The FNP and PMHNP settings in Ohio University's MSN FAQ, from primary care offices and community clinics to mental health agencies and school-based centers, include many sites with no central portal at all, while AG-ACNP clinicals stay in hospital units. Our finding your own preceptor guide lists each track's settings in the FAQ's words.
Federally qualified health centers belong on any FNP or PMHNP target list. Across Ohio, HRSA counts 261 primary care and 139 mental health shortage-area designations. Around Athens, for example, Hopewell Health Centers runs every FQHC site in Athens County; the Southeast Ohio page covers that region. A shortage designation describes patient need, not a clinic's room for a student, so each site still has to be asked.
License and preceptor checks before you ask
Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals and Nationwide Children's all list an active Ohio RN license as a student requirement. Ohio itself accepts either an Ohio single-state RN license or a multistate license from a Nurse Licensure Compact state, so if you hold a multistate license, confirm how the system's form treats it before you pay any application or badge fee.
On who may precept, Ohio's statute on APRN students names an APRN serving the program as faculty member, teaching assistant or preceptor, while several hospital pages list physicians and PAs as accepted preceptors. Ohio University faculty make the call for your course, and the standard care arrangement page explains the Ohio law behind it.
How we search Ohio for Ohio University students
We run both tracks at once, built around your course and the date your clinical packet is due.
- Match the course to real settingsWe start from your practicum, such as
NRSE 6840in primary care orNRSE 6843in acute care, and list Ohio sites that fit it within a practical drive of home. - Sort every site by routeEach site is tagged as a system application, a waiting list or a direct ask, with its window set beside the School of Nursing's packet deadline.
- Reach clinicians directlyYour placement advisor contacts practices, clinics and health centers with your course, hours and dates, and confirms real interest before a name goes to you.
- Prepare what faculty reviewWe collect the preceptor's license, credentials and site information in the order your clinical packet uses and check each item against the rules, so the file Ohio University faculty see is whole and ready on arrival.
- Stay on callIf a preceptor later drops, we begin the replacement search right away and keep you ready to update faculty.
Ohio University students choose us because the search is thorough, Ohio-specific and tied to their own program: a preceptor you chose, close to home, confirmed and packet-ready before the deadline. Send your course and county through the form below, or start with how it works.
Questions Ohio University students ask
Does Cleveland Clinic accept Ohio University NP students?
Cleveland Clinic's ACEMAPP page lists the schools it will consider, and Ohio University appears on that list. You apply through its Graduate Nursing Preceptor Placement Application during a fixed window, and its Office of Advanced Practice Nursing contacts you if a preceptor match is found. The clinic states that it makes no exceptions to those application periods.
Can I get an OhioHealth rotation without my own preceptor?
OhioHealth's application lets you ask to be considered for placement with one of its preceptors, but its form says placement that way is not assured. For fall, it asks you to apply only if a preceptor has already agreed. A new application is required every semester, and late or incomplete applications are not processed, so have documents ready before the window opens.
What does "fees may apply" mean for Ohio hospital systems?
Ohio University's MSN FAQ warns that centralized hospital processes may carry fees. On the systems' own pages, OhioHealth mentions a student badge fee, University Hospitals' ACEMAPP process mentions a subscription, and ProMedica mentions a badge fee. Each system sets and posts its own amounts, so check the current figure when you apply.
Is Nationwide Children's realistic for an FNP student?
It is possible but competitive. Nationwide Children's says FNP and PMHNP placements are very limited, and its request form says it can usually place under a quarter of the FNP requests it gets. It assigns the preceptor, allows one preceptor per term, requires a clinical contract with the school, and may not place students in its primary care centers or urgent cares.
Do small Ohio practices need an affiliation agreement?
Some do and some do not. Ohio University itself asks for no affiliation agreement, though the facility can, and most of the large systems above describe some form of school agreement. Independent practices set their own terms, so ask on the first call. The affiliation agreements page covers timing and what to request.
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Last checked 2026-09-24
We check these pages against Ohio University's own catalog, program pages and Nursing Knowledge Center. Your syllabus, the Graduate Nursing Student Handbook and your faculty have the final word.
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