Terms of service
These terms apply when you use this site or ask EKU Preceptor to help with a clinical placement. By using the site or our service, you agree to them. Please read them alongside your EKU program's own requirements.
Get your placement plan
Tell us your EKU program and where you live. A placement advisor replies with preceptor and site options in your community that fit your EKU course.
The service
EKU Preceptor is an independent placement service for Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) nursing students. We search for preceptors and clinical sites in a student's own community that fit the student's EKU course, prepare preceptor and site information the student can put forward through EKU's process, and help find a replacement if a preceptor steps away.
EKU does not run this service, and the information on this site is not an official EKU statement. In these terms, "we", "us" and "our" mean EKU Preceptor, and "you" means the person using the site or the service.
EKU's role and final approval
Under Kentucky's rules EKU secures the preceptors for its nurse practitioner students and approves every clinical site and preceptor, and it gives the final approval in every case. EKU's catalog, MSN Student Handbook, courses and faculty set the rules for your program.
Where anything on this site or in our communications differs from EKU's current requirements, EKU'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 EKU 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 EKU's approval.
Your responsibilities
You remain responsible for meeting EKU's requirements and deadlines, whether or not we are helping you. In particular, you are responsible for:
- submitting the documentation EKU asks for, including the clinical contract and preceptor information and any site-specific 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, program coordinator and EKU's Clinical Placement 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 EKU's own tuition and fees, are separate from our fee. Professional liability insurance for clinical courses is purchased through EKU and is separate from our fee.
Information on this site
Our guides summarize EKU's public catalog, program pages, available handbooks, Kentucky's regulations and other official sources as of the date shown on each page. They are general information, not academic, legal or professional advice, and EKU's rules can change. Check the current MSN Student Handbook, your course and your faculty 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, EKU Preceptor is not liable for losses that arise from the decisions of EKU, 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 2026-09-25
EKU secures your preceptor. Your input decides how well it fits your life.
Tell us your EKU program, where you live and when your next clinical course starts. We find preceptors in your community who fit the course and prepare everything EKU reviews, so the option you put forward is ready to approve.
- Preceptors matched to the course: family primary care for
NSC 800andNSC 876, psychiatric care forNSC 886 - Preceptor, license and site details organized for EKU's preceptor information form
- In your own community, wherever EKU enrolls students and you hold your RN license
Start your placement plan
Program, city and start date is all we need to begin.