Terms of service
These terms apply when you use this site or ask UTRGV Preceptor to help with a clinical placement. By using the site or our service, you agree to them. Please read them alongside your UTRGV program's own requirements.
Get your placement plan
Tell us your UTRGV program and where you live. A placement advisor replies with preceptor and site options in your community that fit your UTRGV course.
The service
UTRGV Preceptor is an independent placement service for UTRGV nursing students. We search for preceptors and clinical sites in a student's own community that fit the student's UTRGV course, prepare preceptor and site information the student can put forward through UTRGV's process, and help find a replacement if a preceptor steps away.
UTRGV does not run this service, and the information on this site is not an official UTRGV statement. In these terms, "we", "us" and "our" mean UTRGV Preceptor, and "you" means the person using the site or the service.
UTRGV's role and final approval
UTRGV sets its own requirements for preceptors and clinical sites, and every decision about them is UTRGV's. UTRGV's catalog, courses and faculty set the rules for your program.
Where anything on this site or in our communications differs from UTRGV's current requirements, UTRGV'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 UTRGV 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 UTRGV's approval.
Your responsibilities
You remain responsible for meeting UTRGV's requirements and deadlines, whether or not we are helping you. In particular, you are responsible for:
- submitting the documentation UTRGV asks for, including your preceptor approval paperwork, clinical 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 the background check, immunizations, liability insurance and any requirements a clinical site adds 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 UTRGV's School of Nursing;
- 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 UTRGV's own tuition and fees, are separate from our fee. UTRGV's own requirements, such as background checks, site-required screening and insurance, are separate from our fee.
Information on this site
Our guides summarize UTRGV's public catalog, program pages, course syllabi, Texas Board of Nursing rules and other official sources as of the date shown on each page. They are general information, not academic, legal or professional advice, and UTRGV's rules can change. Check your course, your faculty 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, UTRGV Preceptor is not liable for losses that arise from the decisions of UTRGV, 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 2026-09-27
From the approved list or a brand-new site, we find the preceptor who fits.
Tell us your UTRGV program, where you live and when your next clinical course starts. We line up a willing preceptor who fits the course and UTRGV's rules, and hand you the details the Clinical Request Form, the affiliation agreement and the preceptor agreement ask for, well before the semester.
- Family practice preceptors for
NURS 6612andNURS 6613, and two NP sites forNURS 6347 - Board-certified psychiatric preceptors for
NURS 6476andNURS 6620, in your home state - Across the Valley and Texas, from McAllen and Brownsville to San Antonio, Houston and beyond
- A replacement lined up fast if a preceptor drops
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