Loyola practicum systems and rules, guide by guide

Updated September 25, 2026 · Reviewed by the Loyola Preceptor placement team

Here Loyola University New Orleans' practicum process is split into the pieces a student actually handles: choosing a preceptor and site, Exxat Prism and the Wishlist, affiliation agreements, compliance and licenses, each NURS practicum course, and the states on Loyola's approvals map. Every guide draws on Loyola's bulletin, practicum guides, forms and licensure disclosures, and flags any point where those sources conflict.

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Loyola practicum systems and rules, guide by guide. Here Loyola University New Orleans' practicum process is split into the pieces a student actually handles: choosing a preceptor and site, Exxat Prism and the Wi — Every Loyola New Orleans practicum guide in one place: the preceptor search, Exxat, the Wishlist, affiliation agreements, compliance, courses and states.

Where Loyola's official detail lives

Loyola publishes its practicum rules in four places. The 2026-27 graduate bulletin sets program rules, hours and the forfeited-hours rule. The Nursing Student Handbook covers compliance, licenses and progression. The practicum guides and letters for FNP, AGACNP, DNP projects, Nurse-Midwifery and Nurse Anesthesia explain the search and the Exxat steps. The Graduate Nursing Student Resources page holds every form, from the affiliation agreement to the early start request.

When a question goes past what Loyola has published, the guide names the person to ask: your program director, your faculty of record or the Clinical Practicum Coordinator. New to Loyola practicums? New here? The placement process is the place to begin, with who does what right after it.

How your placement advisor uses these guides

Our placement advisors work to those same rules. Before we put a preceptor forward for NURS G823, an acute care practicum or a scholarly project, we check the preceptor's license and certification against Loyola's guide, confirm the practice setting fits the course, and find out whether the site already has a Loyola affiliation agreement.

Preceptors and approval

Clinical placement processHow a Loyola New Orleans NP or DNP practicum gets approved: Exxat subscriptions, compliance, the site search, agreements, the Wishlist and Placement Approved.Finding your own preceptorWhat Loyola New Orleans asks when NP and DNP students select their own preceptor and site, where the FNP guide says to look, and how to run a search that works.Clinical Practicum CoordinatorWhat Loyola New Orleans' Clinical Practicum Coordinator does, from affiliation agreements to Exxat help, and how to work with that office on your placement.Exxat PrismHow Loyola New Orleans nursing students use Exxat Prism: the two subscriptions, Required Documents, STEPS, the APPROVE team, hour logs and preceptor evaluations.Exxat Wishlist requestFiling a Loyola New Orleans placement request with the Exxat Wishlist: every field, the preceptor uploads, the signer, and what Placement Approved really means.Explore Clinical Locations mapHow Loyola New Orleans students use Exxat's Explore Clinical Locations map of sites under agreement to shortlist practicum sites and reach preceptors sooner.Affiliation agreementsThe Standard Loyola Affiliation Agreement for 2026-27: its three-year term, site-written contracts, months-long reviews and why early hours are forfeited.Preceptor Agreement formWhat a preceptor signs on Loyola New Orleans' Preceptor Agreement: teaching duties, logs, evaluations, faculty contact and the rule on the preceptor's employer.Preceptor requirementsWho can precept a Loyola University New Orleans NP or DNP student: license, board certification, 2,080 hours, family limits, PA rules and Louisiana's rule.Three-month lead timeLoyola University New Orleans says a practicum placement can take three months. A backward plan from your term, with Spring and Summer 2027 count-back dates.Practicum at your workplaceA Loyola University New Orleans practicum where you work: the Employed at Clinical Site Attestation, a separate department and hours, and the DNP employer rule.Specialty and setting approvalsUrgent care, hospital, ER, nursing home or a specialty clinic in a Loyola University New Orleans practicum: which director approves it and how to ask for it.Early start and extensionThe Loyola University New Orleans Early Start/Extension Practicum form, Incompletes for unfinished hours, AGACNP midterm action plans and the I-to-F dates.Who does whatEvery role in a Loyola University New Orleans practicum: Clinical Practicum Coordinator, program directors, faculty of record, project advisor and APPROVE team.Placement costsWho pays for what in a Loyola University New Orleans practicum: Exxat subscriptions, background check, drug screens, site fees, travel and school coverage.

Compliance and licenses

Compliance requirementsEvery compliance item Loyola New Orleans nursing students need before a practicum, the 60-day vs thirty-day deadline conflict, and how a compliance hold works.Background check and drug screenHow Loyola New Orleans nursing students handle the background check and drug screen: the contracted company, the designated facility, LSBN reports and cannabis.Immunizations, TB and physicalLoyola New Orleans nursing immunizations, the yearly flu shot, the HCP TB risk assessment, the 12-month physical attestation and the one-vaccine waiver form.FERPA release for sitesWhat Loyola New Orleans' FERPA Consent to Release Student Information does, why practicum sites need it, and where the signed form goes in Exxat Prism.Liability insuranceThe malpractice coverage Loyola New Orleans' School of Nursing provides for practicum hours, the certificates posted for sites, and what a site may still ask.RN license for practicumThe RN license Loyola New Orleans students need: active in each practicum state, Louisiana or multistate while enrolled, Nursys e-Notify and encumbrances.Nursing accreditationWho accredits Loyola New Orleans nursing: CCNE, COA for Nurse Anesthesia (next review Fall 2028), ACME preaccreditation, LSBN approval and SACSCOC.

Hours, courses and calendar

Clinical hours by programPracticum hours for every Loyola University New Orleans nursing program, course by course, plus each place where Loyola's own hour figures disagree.FNP clinical hours (800)Loyola New Orleans FNP students complete 800 hours in four 200-hour FPCM practicums. The older 180-hour courses, the BSN-DNP total and the certificate.NURS G823: FPCM I PracticumLoyola New Orleans NURS G823, the first 200-hour FNP practicum: outpatient primary care with an NP, MD, DO or PA, and your first trip through Exxat.NURS G827: FPCM II PracticumLoyola New Orleans NURS G827, the second 200-hour FNP practicum: outpatient primary care in a spring term, staying or switching sites, and the BSN-DNP load.NURS G829: FPCM III PracticumLoyola New Orleans NURS G829, the FPCM III practicum: 150 pediatric plus 50 obstetric hours, which preceptors fit, and planning one site or two.NURS G833: FPCM IV PracticumLoyola New Orleans NURS G833, the last 200-hour FNP practicum: specialty sites with FNP Director approval, the spring finish and what stands before graduation.AGACNP practicumsLoyola New Orleans AGACNP practicums NURS G902, G904 and G907: hours by track, shift planning, Prism case logs, midterm evaluations and yearly site visits.PMHNP practicumsLoyola New Orleans PMHNP practicums: the NURS G866 assessment practicum, four management practicums, 750 hours and the certificate plan's hour conflict.DNP project practicumsLoyola New Orleans DNP Scholarly Project practicums G939, G942 and G944: 180 hours each, project sites, who can precept and the preceptor-student agreement.DNP 1,000-hour ruleHow Loyola New Orleans counts 1,000 supervised graduate hours for the MSN-DNP: verified MSN hours, the 540 project hours and the NURS G965 elective practicum.2026-27 academic calendarLoyola New Orleans 2026-27 dates for nursing practicums: Fall and Spring semesters, 8-week online sessions, Mardi Gras week, summer sessions and key deadlines.Grades and progressionGraduate nursing progression at Loyola New Orleans: the B- minimum, Pass/Fail at 80%, probation below 3.0, conflicting repeat limits, dismissal and appeals.Incompletes, leave and time limitsLoyola New Orleans rules for unfinished practicum hours: Incomplete and IP grades, leaves of absence, withdrawal and the five-year graduate nursing limit.

Where you live and study

Licensure disclosuresLoyola University New Orleans publishes a licensure table and a State Approvals Map. See both side by side and the nine places where they disagree.State Approvals MapHow to read the Loyola University New Orleans State Approvals Map: restrictions in Alaska, California and New York, and red for Hawaii, Montana and Wyoming.Clinicals outside LouisianaDoing a Loyola University New Orleans practicum in another state: the RN license rule, extra compliance items, host-state rules and program exceptions.Moving mid-programMoving to another state mid-program at Loyola University New Orleans: who to talk to first, the license rules, and what a move does to your practicum site.Student systemsCanvas, LORA, Exxat Prism, Nursys e-Notify and Respondus at Loyola University New Orleans: which system holds each part of your nursing practicum.Campus intensivesCampus intensives at Loyola University New Orleans for AGACNP, PMHNP and Nurse-Midwifery students: what Loyola publishes and how to plan practicum hours.

Questions Loyola students ask

Where are Loyola's practicum rules written down?

In the graduate bulletin (program rules and hours), the Nursing Student Handbook (compliance, licenses, progression), the practicum guides and letters for each track (the search and the Exxat steps), and the forms on the Graduate Nursing Student Resources page.

Which system does Loyola use for practicum placements?

Exxat Prism. Loyola nursing students use it for compliance documents, the Wishlist placement request, affiliation agreements, site requirements and practicum hour tracking, reached through Loyola's single sign-on.

Who approves my Loyola placement?

Loyola's placement office and your faculty. The whole Exxat request must reach Placement Approved, and the affiliation agreement must be signed by all parties, before any practicum hours count.

Last checked 2026-09-25

We check these pages against Loyola's own bulletin, program pages, practicum guides, forms and licensure disclosures. Your plan of study, your practicum guide, your program director and the Clinical Practicum Coordinator have the final word.

Loyola asks you to select your own preceptor and site. We make that the easy part.

Tell us your Loyola program, where you live and which term your next practicum starts. We find preceptors whose patients fit the course, check whether the site already has a Loyola affiliation agreement, and prepare everything your Exxat Wishlist needs.

Preceptors matched to the course: outpatient primary care for NURS G823, pediatrics and obstetrics for NURS G829, acute care for NURS G902, psychiatric care for NURS G856
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