Terms of service
These terms apply when you use this site or ask NAU Preceptor to help with a clinical placement. By using the site or our service, you agree to them. Please read them alongside your NAU program's own requirements.
Get your placement plan
Tell us your NAU program and where you live. A placement advisor replies with the preceptor and site options that fit your course.
The service
NAU Preceptor is an independent placement service for Northern Arizona University nursing students. We search for preceptors and clinical sites that fit a student's NAU course, prepare preceptor and site information for the student's submission to NAU, and help find a replacement if a preceptor steps away.
NAU does not run this service, and the information on this site is not an official NAU statement. In these terms, "we", "us" and "our" mean NAU Preceptor, and "you" means the person using the site or the service.
NAU's role and final approval
Northern Arizona University's nursing faculty and clinical staff review and approve every preceptor and clinical site its students use, and that approval is final in every case. NAU's catalog, program pages, handbooks, course syllabi and faculty set the rules for your program.
Where anything on this site or in our communications differs from NAU's current requirements, NAU's requirements apply.
No promise of placement, approval or dates
We work hard to find a suitable preceptor and site for you. We do not promise that one will be found, that one will be found by a particular date, that NAU will approve a site or preceptor we identify, or that you will start or finish any course or program on a particular timetable.
Preceptors and sites make their own decisions and may change or withdraw their availability at any time, including after NAU's approval.
Your responsibilities
You remain responsible for meeting NAU's requirements and deadlines, whether or not we are helping you. In particular, you are responsible for:
- submitting the documentation NAU asks for, including your preceptor and site paperwork, your compliance items and anything your course asks you to record, on time;
- holding an active, unencumbered RN license wherever a practicum site is located;
- completing background checks, drug screens, health clearance, immunizations and any site requirements before patient contact;
- logging hours and encounters accurately and following each site's rules;
- staying in contact with your program and course faculty;
- giving us accurate information and telling us promptly about any change.
Fees
Our fees are quoted individually, based on your program, course, location and timing, and your quote sets out what it covers. Charges made by a clinical site or other third party, and NAU's own tuition and fees, are separate from our fee. NAU's handbooks describe the clinical requirements and costs that sit with the student.
Information on this site
Our guides summarize NAU's public catalog, program pages, published nursing documents and other official sources as of the date shown on each page. They are general information, not academic, legal or professional advice, and NAU's rules can change. Check your syllabus, the current handbook and your course faculty before relying on any detail.
Communications
Sending us your details means you consent to our contacting you about your enquiry and placement by email, phone call or text message, as our privacy policy describes. Reply STOP to any text to opt out of text messages.
Acceptable use
Please use this site for its intended purpose. Do not submit false information, misuse the forms or chat, or copy the site's content for commercial use without permission.
Limitation of liability
To the extent the law allows, NAU Preceptor is not liable for losses that arise from the decisions of NAU, a preceptor or a clinical site, from delays in approval or course progression, or from reliance on the general information on this site. Nothing in these terms limits any right you have that cannot be limited by law.
Changes and contact
We may update these terms from time to time. Each revision carries a new date at the top of the page. Questions about these terms can be sent through the contact page or the chat.
Last checked 2026-09-25
NAU welcomes a preceptor you arrange. We arrange one close to home.
Tell us your NAU track, your town and your next practicum. We line up preceptors who fit the course and Arizona's preceptor rule, confirm the site's approval, and gather the CV, license and certification the Green Form needs, well before NAU's cutoff.
- Preceptors matched to the course: all-ages family primary care for FNP, psychiatric settings for PMHNP
- License, experience and certification checked against the rule NAU applies, before the Green Form goes in
- All three FNP practicums planned together, near home instead of a long drive away
Start your placement plan
Track, town and next practicum is all we need to begin.