How to Replace a Phoenix Preceptor Who Drops

Tell the clinical coordinator promptly and describe what changed without speculating about the clinician or organization. State the last date worked, whether the site remains available, whether another qualified person works there, and what the preceptor communicated about future supervision. Do not arrange unofficial shifts with a substitute while the University record still names the former supervisor.

Preserve schedules, Typhon time logs, case logs, evaluations, and written communications. Ask which completed hours are approved, which are pending verification, and whether the departing preceptor can finish any required review. The replacement plan should start from the University's accepted balance, not from a personal total that may include unreviewed activity.

• Accepted and pending hours
• Remaining patient population or experience needs
• Whether the current site can remain active
• Required replacement credential and scope
• Dates and weekly capacity still needed

The quickest valid replacement may be inside the same organization, but only if another clinician has the required credential, scope, patient access, and schedule. Ask the clinical coordinator whether the site agreement can remain in force and what new approval is needed. A colleague cannot simply inherit the former preceptor's Typhon record.

If the organization cannot continue hosting the student, treat the event as a full site and supervisor replacement. Reuse the course brief, not the old candidate assumptions. Reconfirm state eligibility and the remaining course dates before outreach resumes. The approved-site guide helps identify agreement, population, and onboarding questions before a new organization is presented.

For FNP, review the accepted primary-care total, lifespan exposure, course placement, and any allowable specialty balance. For PMHNP, review psychotherapy, pediatric or adolescent, adult, geriatric, and flexible population totals. A replacement with a broad title may still fail to supply the specific population left after the first placement ended.

For RN-to-BSN, the replacement must support community or public-health direct care, not ordinary acute-care work. For a non-NP MSN practicum, use the enrolled concentration and program version to define the remaining experience. Give prospective sites the remaining requirement rather than the original full-course request.

University of Phoenix expects students to communicate changes and share credible leads. The clinical coordinator assists in securing sites and preceptors, evaluates replacements, manages agreements, and maintains the approval record. If the placement remains unresolved, the handbook describes collaboration with the Program Chair and an assignment process within 100 miles of residence, without a promised start date.

Ask whether the case can keep its existing priority and which documents can be reused. Some items belong to the site, some to the former preceptor, and some to the student. A clear checklist prevents the replacement from waiting on a document that no longer applies.

A physical placement remains the main route. FNP permits up to 100 telehealth hours only in NRP/590, and PMHNP permits up to 100 telehealth hours under its focus-area rules. The student must be physically co-located with the approved preceptor for those encounters. RN-to-BSN permits no more than four direct telehealth hours. A fully remote substitute cannot be created from these allowances.

A telehealth-capable organization may help with a permitted portion of the remaining experience when the course, state, site, and University approve it. We can keep both physical and conditional virtual-capable candidates in the search, while describing the supervision model accurately.

Use a free placement review to share the program, course, city, accepted hours, remaining populations, dates, current site status, and clinical coordinator direction. We can look for an internal-site alternative or a new organization, vet physical and permitted virtual-capable options, and organize candidate information for University review.

You pay only when matched, and placement pricing stays on the cost page. The College decides whether the replacement qualifies and when activity can begin. We cannot promise that an earlier approval transfers, but we can keep the search tied to the documented gap and avoid repeating candidates that do not fit.