Clinical Contract Instructions
The university must have a Contract of Association with a particular agency before you can begin working with a preceptor. The first step is to identify possible clinical agencies in your community that would be appropriate for the course. We encourage you to communicate with the nursing faculty member(s) who will be teaching the course - as you identify potential agencies and preceptors. We can help you determine the appropriateness of an agency or preceptor for the specific clinical objectives of each course. Sometimes it may be necessary for faculty to make the initial contact with the agency on your behalf.
It can take up to 3 months to get a new contract established. Therefore, if a student is wanting to utilize an agency with which the university does not have a contract, please email or fax the following information in writing to:
Nancy Grafa(325) 942-2060 x244 (phone)
(325) 942-2236 (fax)
nancy.grafa@angelo.edu
- Official name of the agency
- Mailing address, telephone number and fax number of the agency
- Complete name and title of person authorized to sign the contract for the facility
- Your contact person (if you have one)
- E-mail address of contact person if available
- Name of your preceptor (if you have one)
It is important that you follow up with Anne to check on the progress and status of the contract. Just because we initiate a contract with a particular agency, don’t assume that it will be automatically approved. Sometimes an agency requests changes to a contract, and this will take longer to be reviewed. In some rare cases, we have been unsuccessful at establishing a contract.