Nursing Field Experience:

Course Success

The final step in your practicum journey is successfully completing the course and tracking your practicum experience. During your course you should: 

• Submit and monitor any future practicum applications.
• Notify the Office of Field Experience immediately if there are changes to your experience.
• Have your preceptor attend conference calls with your faculty instructor.
• Enter your time logs and patient logs (NP only) in Meditrek. 
• Complete evaluations you are assigned.
• Make sure your preceptor completes evaluations and signs off on hours in Meditrek.

Alert us immediately if any issues or concerns arise such as;

• You must drop the course.
• Your need to change your preceptor. 
• You're having issues meeting your hours or patient encounters.
• You are having issues with your preceptor.
• You need to add a supplemental preceptor.

Contact the Office of Field Experience

Having a faculty issue? Contact your Program Coordinator.

Having a technical issue? Contact Customer Care Team

Complete the following training on professional presence, communication, and conduct before you begin your practicum experience.    

Your preceptor is required to provide feedback by completing an online evaluation in Meditrek®.

Your preceptor must complete a midterm and final feedback evaluation in Meditrek.  These evaluations will provide information about your progress and performance during practicum. Your preceptor will receive an email with instructions for Meditrek.

You are responsible to ensure your preceptor has received information for Meditrek and completes the practicum feedback evaluations by the course deadline. Your preceptor is required to complete the feedback evaluations in Meditrek before a final grade will be issued.  

You must contact the Office of Field Experience if your preceptor has not received an email with access to Meditrek®.

Read detailed information on practicum time/patient logs for your program:  

Nurse Practitioner and Post-Master's Specialty Master's and Post-Master's Doctoral

You and your preceptor are required to provide feedback by completing an online evaluation in Meditrek®.

You will complete an evaluation of your practicum experience at the end of your course. 

Your preceptor must complete a midterm and final evaluation in Meditrek. These evaluations will provide information about your progress and performance during practicum. Your preceptor will receive an email with login information for Meditrek.

You are responsible for ensuring your preceptor has received a username and password for Meditrek, signs your time logs and completes the practicum evaluations by the course deadline. Your preceptor is required to complete the evaluations and sign time logs in Meditrek before a final grade will be issued.  

You must contact the Office of Field Experience if your preceptor has not received an email with access to Meditrek® after Week 3 of the course.