FNP preceptor support for San Jose State University students

• Program: Family Nurse Practitioner
• School: San Jose State University
• Directory location: San Jose, California
• Verified pathways: MSN and DNP
• Official evidence checked: July 22, 2026
• Clinical focus: family and individual primary care across the lifespan
• Potential setting landscape: family practice, community health, pediatric primary care, internal medicine, adult and older adult primary care, reproductive or women's health, school or student health, and other approved primary care settings
• Approval authority: the student's current program

The evidence explains why San Jose State University appears in this directory. It cannot be stretched into a claim about how the school arranges placements, which clinicians it accepts, whether a course is online, or how many hours a particular student needs.

The directory uses the official FNP pages available on July 22, 2026. They support MSN and DNP as the pathway set for this record. Any detail not explicit in those pages remains unclaimed and must be confirmed with the program.

• Official FNP source 1, MSN and DNP: The current official institution or catalog source identifies the FNP MSN, DNP pathway evidence.

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.

A strong FNP practicum supports clinical reasoning across ages rather than relying on a single broad label. Patient population, health promotion, common illness, chronic condition management, development, aging, and follow-up can all matter, but the program decides which experiences belong in this course.

Potential settings include family practice, community health centers, pediatric primary care, internal medicine, adult and older adult primary care, reproductive or women's health, school or student health, and other approved primary care practices. A setting name alone proves nothing; patient mix, activities, supervision, and objectives must align.

For this record, the official evidence names MSN and DNP. We use that verified label only to orient the request. The student's own course documents must supply the populations, setting, competencies, dates, geography, hour balance, and preceptor criteria.

A useful clinical request names what the student must actually do under supervision. Define the target ages, patient mix, primary care setting, skills, continuity needs, and expected participation. That detail lets a prospective preceptor assess fit without making promises on the program's behalf.

Hour language needs careful attribution. NTF recommends at least 750 direct patient care hours for an NP population focus, while ANCC and AANPCB FNP eligibility sources set a minimum of 500 faculty-supervised clinical hours. Only the program can translate those standards into this student's current course need.

Use the FNP 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 FNP objectives. Primary care nurse practitioners and physicians may be search candidates, but the program controls the final eligibility rules and may define additional acceptable roles.

Begin with the geography the program approves, not an assumption based on the San Jose listing. Primary care capacity may be broader or narrower than the school location suggests. Every proposed clinician and site still needs program review.

For wider geographic context, read the FNP placement guide for California. It describes the state's primary care landscape without assigning a policy to San Jose State University or claiming that a named practice accepts students.

• The exact course, clinical objectives, term dates, and remaining approved hours
• The approved geography, lifespan populations, primary care setting, and required experiences
• 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

An approval-ready proposal identifies the clinician's credentials, current primary care role, practice setting, patient populations, availability, and connection to the course objectives. It also includes the forms supplied by the student. This organization supports review but cannot replace any program step.

Do the confirmation work before outreach: course and dates, approved location, clinical objectives, patient populations, remaining hours, candidate credentials, and required forms. We use those facts to source carefully and submit a potential match for program review.

FNP Preceptor has no affiliation with San Jose State University. We help students search for potential primary care preceptors and sites, subject to the program's current rules and final approval. No page, conversation, or submitted form creates a guarantee.