Terms of service
These terms apply when you use this site or ask YSU Preceptor to help with a clinical placement. By using the site or our service, you agree to them. Please read them alongside your YSU program's own requirements.
Get your placement plan
Tell us your YSU program and where you live. A placement advisor replies with preceptor and site options in your community that fit your YSU course.
The service
YSU Preceptor is an independent placement service for Youngstown State University (YSU) nursing students. We search for preceptors and clinical sites in a student's own community that fit the student's YSU course, prepare preceptor and site information the student can put forward through YSU's process, and help find a replacement if a preceptor steps away.
YSU does not run this service, and the information on this site is not an official YSU statement. In these terms, "we", "us" and "our" mean YSU Preceptor, and "you" means the person using the site or the service.
YSU's role and final approval
YSU faculty approve every preceptor and clinical site, the Centofanti School of Nursing clears them, and YSU gives the final approval in every case. YSU's catalog, program handbooks, courses and faculty set the rules for your program.
Where anything on this site or in our communications differs from YSU's current requirements, YSU'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 YSU 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 YSU's approval.
Your responsibilities
You remain responsible for meeting YSU's requirements and deadlines, whether or not we are helping you. In particular, you are responsible for:
- submitting the documentation YSU asks for, including your preceptor request paperwork, Exxat compliance items and any facility documents, before clinical hours begin;
- holding an active, unencumbered RN license in every state where you are licensed, and a license valid where your clinical site is;
- completing background checks, drug screens, health clearance, immunizations and any site requirements before patient contact;
- completing clinical hours as your course requires, logging them accurately and following each site's rules;
- staying in contact with your course faculty, your advisor and YSU's Graduate Clinical Coordinator;
- 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 YSU's own tuition and fees, are separate from our fee. YSU's own requirements, such as background checks, drug testing and insurance, are separate from our fee.
Information on this site
Our guides summarize YSU's public catalog, program pages, graduate handbook, FAQ, clinical policies, Ohio rules and other official sources as of the date shown on each page. They are general information, not academic, legal or professional advice, and YSU's rules can change. Check your course, Blackboard, Exxat and your advisor before relying on any detail.
Communications
Sending us your details means you consent to our contacting you about your inquiry 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, YSU Preceptor is not liable for losses that arise from the decisions of YSU, 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 2026-09-26
YSU asks you to secure your preceptor. We find one near you.
Tell us your YSU track, where you live and when your next practicum starts. We find preceptors near you who fit the practicum, check YSU's rules and hand you what the preceptor request needs, two months ahead, with the next term's preceptor already in view.
- Primary care preceptors for FNP practicums
NURS 7061toNURS 7065, acute care for AGACNPNURS 7071toNURS 7075 - Outside your own unit and away from your supervisor, in a state YSU accepts
- Across Ohio, from the Mahoning Valley to Cincinnati, and in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Michigan
Start your placement plan
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