Brigham Young University - Idaho

On-campus RN to BSN students, and online students using facilities in Rexburg or Idaho Falls will arrange clinical positions through your instructors in one of your first class meetings. The Nursing Outreach office does not facilitate any of these "local" placements. If you are choosing the project option, please report it on the Clinical Placement Request webpage.

For Online RN to BSN students to successfully secure a clinical position in a timely manner please:

• Start clinical arrangements one semester before needed.
• Past students have been unable to complete their clinical requirements because they waited until the semester started to arrange a clinical.
• Clinical hours that involve direct patient contact must be completed in a unit other than where you work.
• Immunizations must be up to date for the semesters wherein you complete clinical hours. If you require an exception you will need to follow the procedure for doing so.

How do I arrange those hours?

1. Identify the area (unit) and number of hours needed. Basic clinical requirement information is found on the website on the Clinical Requirements page.
2. Identify the facility/hospital at which you wish to complete the hours. (NURS 449 does not require a clinical placement request nor a preceptorship agreement because clinical hours are information gathering only, unless you are desire one of the facilities where we have an Affiliation Agreement.)
3. Determine if the facility/hospital has an existing Affiliation Agreement by visiting Locations & Options.
4. If an Affiliation Agreement is in place, fill out a Clinical Placement Request  for any clinical placement at these facilities. Otherwise, you will need the facility/hospital to sign two original copies of the RN to BSN Preceptorship Agreement.

If your clinical will be at an IHC facility, complete the IHC packet.

If you have any questions about this process, or need to refer facility personnel to establilsh an affiliation agreement, contact the Nursing Outreach Secretary at (208) 496-1281 for assistance.

RN to BSN Preceptorship Agreement

If you choose to complete clinical requirements for a course at a facility where BYU-Idaho does not have an Affiliation Agreement, you must complete the RN to BSN Preceptorship Agreement form in duplicate, obtain the appropriate hospital signatures, and submit to the Nursing Outreach office.

Affiliation Agreements

This document is drafted by the legal counsel of both BYU-Idaho and the partnering organization. Formalizing these agreements takes a significant amount of time. Once in place the agreement applies to all BYU-Idaho BSN nursing students for the duration specified in the agreement. Generally, only hospitals frequented by our students seek to establish such an agreement.