Preceptor Information

Clinicals & Labs

The faculty, staff and students at Stephen F. Austin DeWitt School of Nursing are most appreciative of our preceptors’ willingness to share their knowledge and expertise. If you are a preceptor this semester, you will need to complete the appropriate process below.

BSN Undergraduate Preceptor Process

  • If you have never completed our online process, complete steps 1, 2, and 4.
  • If you have previously completed our online process, continue to step 3 (complete steps 2 and 4 for review).
  1. Preceptor Agreement Form
  2. Watch the Preceptor Intro Video
  3. Attestation of previous preceptor information and training with SFA BSN.
  4. Download and review the BSN Preceptor Handbook.

See if you're eligible to receive the Preceptor Tuition Incentive.

MSN Graduate Preceptor Process (Family Nurse Practitioner)

  • If you have never completed our online process, complete steps 1, 3 and 4.
  • If you have previously completed our online process, complete step 2 and review steps 3 and 4 if needed.
  1. Preceptor Agreement Form
  2. Attestation of previous preceptor information and training with SFA BSN/MSN program
  3. Download and review the MSN Preceptor Handbook.

  4. The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) has developed standard example videos to assist preceptors in interacting with NP students. Many different settings are shown; however, all can be used for the FNP student in any setting.

    How to help students collect accurate history assessment and provide differential diagnoses: Precepting the Acute Care NP Student.

    How to provide feedback to a student by reinforcing what is done right and correcting mistakes: Primary Care Setting.

    How to deal with the overly confident and confrontational student; strategies or communicating expectations and providing constructive feedback; an incorrect and correct way to communicate with students: Working with the Overly Confident Student.

    How to mentor the overly sensitive student by mentoring professional behaviors and expectations and providing constructive feedback: Dealing with the Challenging Student: The Overly Sensitive Student.

    How to precept in the busy clinic; key strategies for success: Preparing to Precept in a Busy Clinic.

See if you're eligible to receive the Preceptor Tuition Incentive.

MSN Graduate Preceptor Process (Educator)

  • If you have never completed our online process, complete steps 1 and 3.
  • If you have previously completed our online process, complete step 2 and review step 3 if needed.
  1. Preceptor Agreement Form
  2. Attestation of previous preceptor information and training with SFA BSN/MSN program
  3. Download and review the MSN Preceptor Handbook.

See if you're eligible to receive the Preceptor Tuition Incentive.

Preceptor Incentive and Exemption Information

If you are a preceptor and yourself or your dependent is enrolled at a Texas university or college, you may qualify for a tuition exemption. Visit the College For All Texans to see if you qualify. If so, please follow the steps below:

  • Complete the steps above to become a preceptor.
  • Email the clinical coordinator at kimberly.moore@sfasu.edu with the subject line Signed Preceptor Agreement and request the signed preceptor agreement be sent to you.
  • Once you have received the signed preceptor agreement from the clinical coordinator, visit the College For All Texans website and download and complete the Preceptor Exemption Application form.
  • Submit both the signed preceptor agreement and the completed Preceptor Exemption Form, to the Texas university or college in which you or your child is enrolled. This process is completed each semester you are granted a tuition incentive/exemption.
    • Each institution has guidelines for submitting these documents. It is your responsibility to adhere to your institution’s procedures and deadlines.
    • If you or your child is attending SFA, it is imperative that you submit these documents by the twelfth-class day to receive the exemption. For instructions on submitting these documents to SFA, visit the Preceptors for Professional Nursing Education Programs page.

For submission to SFA:

  1. Login to mySFA.
  2. Select "Billing" from the navigation.
  3. Click the "Upload contracts, exemptions and tax documents" button.
  4. Select "Preceptor Nurses Exemption" from the drop-down menu.
  5. Upload the documents.