FNP preceptor support for University of Memphis students

• Program: Family Nurse Practitioner
• School: University of Memphis
• Directory location: Memphis, Tennessee
• Verified pathways: post-graduate certificate
• 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 University of Memphis 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 source set was checked on July 22, 2026. It identifies post-graduate certificate FNP evidence for University of Memphis. Source language can change, so keep the current program instructions that govern the student's term and ask the program to resolve anything the public page leaves open.

• Official FNP source 1, post-graduate certificate: The current official institution or catalog source identifies the FNP post-graduate certificate 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.

The clinical spine is family primary care across the lifespan. A useful experience may involve prevention, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up for children, adolescents, adults, and older adults, with reproductive or women's health included when the current course objectives require it.

A practical search may consider several parts of the primary care landscape: family practice, community health, pediatrics, internal medicine, older adult care, reproductive or women's health, school health, and approved focused practices. We do not promise that a named site will be accepted before review.

A post-graduate certificate listing tells us which FNP route appears in the official source set. It does not tell us where a student may complete clinical work, who arranges a placement, or what the program will approve. Those answers belong in current program guidance.

Translate each objective into observable primary care work before outreach. One course may emphasize pediatric prevention, another adult chronic care, older adult assessment, reproductive health, or common episodic concerns. An objective map helps avoid a willing candidate whose daily role cannot support the required experience.

National figures are context, not a University of Memphis requirement. The 2022 NTF standards recommend at least 750 direct patient care hours for an NP population focus. ANCC and AANPCB FNP certification eligibility materials use at least 500 faculty-supervised clinical hours. Programs may set different totals and distributions, so confirm the student's exact requirement.

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.

Primary care opportunities for different lifespan populations are distributed unevenly across communities. Confirm approved states and travel limits first, then compare the remaining objectives with family practice, pediatric, adult, older adult, community, and reproductive health settings in that area.

Pair this record with the FNP placement guide for Tennessee when considering travel and setting supply. The guide is not a list of guaranteed sites, and the program remains the approval authority.

• 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

Before submission, assemble the candidate's license and certification details, role, site, population mix, clinical opportunities, schedule, and fit with each objective. The program may request more information or decline the proposal. A complete file is never presented as a guarantee.

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 University of Memphis. 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.