How Bradley University runs clinicals, one guide at a time

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

Bradley spreads its online clinical rules across a graduate handbook, three policy PDFs, the welcome sites for new students, a per-track packet inside MyOnline and the 2026-27 catalog. These guides pull each piece apart: the preceptors you name, the packet you send through DocuSign, the agency agreement, clearance, Typhon, every NUR practicum course and the state table. Where two Bradley sources disagree, the guide shows both.

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How Bradley University runs clinicals, one guide at a time. Bradley spreads its online clinical rules across a graduate handbook, three policy PDFs, the welcome sites for new students, a per-track packet inside MyOnline — Every Bradley clinical guide in one place: choosing preceptors, the DocuSign packet, agency agreements, Viewpoint, Typhon, NUR courses and states.

Where Bradley keeps each rule

The Graduate Student Handbook (revised May 2026) sets the core expectations: you arrange each practicum, you train in your approved state, and you log hours in Typhon within seven days. The Graduate Clinical Requirements Policy covers clearance, and the Graduate Professional Behaviors Policy covers conflicts of interest such as family preceptors.

The welcome sites for admitted students add the working details: DocuSign for the preceptor packet, Viewpoint Screening for clearance, and the Office of Online and Distance Education for agency agreements. The catalog fixes the credits, the course numbers and the hours for 2026-27, and the State Disclosures page links the table for your state.

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New to Bradley's online program? Start with the end-to-end placement process, then the deadlines guide, then the clinical hours planner for your track. When you are ready for a search partner, tell us your track and city.

Preceptors and approval

Clinical placement processHow a Bradley University NP, DNP or leadership practicum gets approved: the names you list, clearance, the DocuSign packet, the agency agreement and Typhon.Choose your preceptorsBradley University's online nursing pages promise "Choose your preceptors." What that means once you enroll, what the handbook asks, and how to search well.Preceptors at applicationBradley University NP and DNP applicants name potential preceptors or practice mentors. What to list, how firm the names are, and what happens after admission.Preceptor packetThe Bradley University preceptor packet: each track's clinical packet, DocuSign submission, the midterm deadline, and what your preceptor signs and sends.Clinical agency agreementHow the clinical agency (affiliation) agreement works for Bradley University practicum sites: who handles it, why every site needs one, and real lead times.Credentialing and approvalsWho approves what in a Bradley University practicum: the credentialing coordinator, the clinical coordinator, course faculty, your advisor and Typhon sign-off.Preceptor requirementsWho can precept a Bradley University nurse practitioner student: NPs, MDs and DOs, most hours with NPs, an active unencumbered license, and what is unpublished.Who cannot precept youBradley University's NP preceptor exclusions: physician assistants, CNSs, CNLs and family members, plus the rule that students may not be paid for clinicals.Practicum at your workplaceDoing a Bradley University practicum where you work: what Bradley says, what it leaves open, the rule against paid clinical hours, and how students manage it.Hospitals with their own processesAdvocate, Northwestern Medicine, Carle and OSF each run their own NP student process. See each route, its lead time and how it fits Bradley's packet deadline.

Deadlines, compliance and tracking

Clinical deadlinesEvery Bradley clinical deadline in one place: the DocuSign packet by midterm of the semester before, Viewpoint by first-semester midterm, 7-day Typhon logs.Clinical Requirements PolicyWhat Bradley's Graduate Clinical Requirements Policy asks for, the 24-hour response rule, who pays, and what happens when a clinical site turns a student away.Viewpoint ScreeningHow Bradley graduate nursing students use Viewpoint Screening: the Nursing - Graduate package, background check, drug screen, immunizations, physical, insurance.RN license for clinicalsBradley wants an active RN license in the state where you do clinicals. How that works with Illinois outside the compact, bordering states and approved states.TyphonHow Bradley nursing students use Typhon: access by BUMail, preceptor and site records approved by faculty, the 7-day logging rule and which hours count.Professional Behaviors PolicyWhat Bradley's Graduate Professional Behaviors Policy means for clinicals: no family members as preceptors, no pay for practicum work, and conduct at your site.Insurance, badge and dressHow malpractice coverage works for Bradley practicum courses, how to get the clinical badge in MyOnline, and what to wear and bring on your first clinical day.

Hours and practicum courses

Clinical hours by programClinical hours for each Bradley University nursing program: catalog totals, online-page figures, where they differ, and the rules that decide which hours count.The 600 to 750 hour changeWhy Bradley's 2026-27 catalog lifted PMHNP and adult-gerontology NP hours from 600 to 750, which courses gained them, and the FNP 700 vs 750 question.NUR 676: Acute Conditions IBradley University NUR 676, Primary Care Acute Conditions Across the Lifespan I: 100 clinical hours, prerequisites, the 50-hour DNP listing, first-course setup.NUR 677: Chronic Conditions IIBradley University NUR 677, Primary Care Chronic Conditions Across the Lifespan II: 150 clinical hours, picking a continuity practice, packet timing, telehealth.NUR 678: Primary Care IIIBradley University NUR 678, Primary Care Across the Lifespan III: 200 clinical hours across women's health and pediatrics, two preceptors, the bootcamp cutoff.NUR 679: Primary Care Immersion IVBradley University NUR 679, Primary Care Immersion IV: the 300-hour final FNP practicum, its bootcamp prerequisite, picking an immersion site, finishing on time.NUR 684 simulation hoursBradley's NUR 684 carries 150 hours the 2026-27 catalog calls simulation, while the online PMHNP page calls them preceptor hours. How to plan for both.NUR 685 PMHNP Practicum INUR 685 is the first Bradley PMHNP course with a clinical preceptor: 200 hours in psychiatric care, with the DocuSign packet due by midterm the term before.NUR 686 PMHNP Practicum IINUR 686 holds 250 of Bradley's 750 PMHNP hours. Whether to keep your NUR 685 preceptor, how to pace the hours, and why the NUR 687 search starts now.NUR 687 PMHNP sub-specialtyNUR 687 is Bradley's 150-hour PMHNP sub-specialty practicum: forensics, consult liaison, child and adolescent or geriatric psychiatry, and how to place it.NUR 655 Diagnostic ReasoningBradley's NUR 655 Diagnostic Reasoning now carries 50 supervised practicum hours for both AG tracks. What the catalog says, what it leaves open, how to plan.NUR 656 AGACNP course IBradley's NUR 656 is the first 200-hour AGACNP course: acute care preceptors, hospital student processes, packet timing and how to plan the hours.NUR 657 AGACNP course IIBradley's NUR 657 adds 200 more AGACNP acute care hours. How to widen your range, keep or change preceptors, and file the NUR 658 packet on time.NUR 658 AGACNP course IIIBradley's NUR 658 is the last AGACNP practicum: 300 hours in the 2026-27 catalog (200 online), the skills bootcamp first, and how to finish on time.NUR 666: AGPCNP practicum INUR 666 is Bradley's first AGPCNP practicum: 200 primary care hours with a preceptor you name. Prerequisites, packet timing and how to plan the search.NUR 667: AGPCNP practicum IIBradley's NUR 667 adds 200 more AGPCNP primary care hours. Why its packet is due while NUR 666 runs, reusing a preceptor, grades and the bootcamp ahead.NUR 668: AGPCNP practicum IIINUR 668 closes Bradley's AGPCNP track with 300 primary care hours after the skills bootcamp. The 300 vs 200 conflict, weekly pacing and what comes after.NUR 407: Community Health PracticumBradley University NUR 407, Community Health Practicum RN-MSN: 50 hours for RN-entry students, community settings that fit, preceptor credentials and approval.DNP project hours (NUR 840-844)Bradley University DNP project hours: NUR 841 to NUR 844 and NUR 840, practice mentors, the 1,000-hour rule, and why the NP DNP courses add up to 1,050.

Calendar, bootcamps and progress

FNP Bootcamp in PeoriaBradley University's two-day October FNP Bootcamp in Peoria: who must attend, the NUR 679 cutoff, pages that disagree, and planning clinical weeks around it.AG skills bootcampBradley's 2026-27 catalog adds an on-site skills bootcamp for AGACNP and AGPCNP before NUR 658 and NUR 668. What is published, what is not, and how to plan.Semester calendar and termsHow Bradley's online nursing semesters and 7-week terms run, the 2026-27 dates, enrollment confirmation, drops, Incompletes and what each means for clinicals.Student systemsA guide to the Bradley systems online nursing students use: Bradley Bound, BUnetID, MyOnline, Canvas, B-Mail, the Cullom-Davis Library, Respondus and more.

Where you live

State disclosure tableBradley's state table: FNP meets requirements in 49 states, PMHNP and AG in 46. New York's clinical rule, the California and Ohio notes and the 2025 changes.Relocating mid-programMoving during Bradley's online nursing program: tell your advisor before the new semester, check the state table, get the new RN license and re-plan clinicals.Accreditation and approvalsCCNE accredits Bradley's BSN, MSN, DNP and APRN certificate programs. What Illinois approval covers, SARA, the conflicting lists and why boards and sites ask.

Questions Bradley students ask

Where do Bradley online students find their clinical packet?

The handbook links a separate Clinical Packet and Guidelines document for each track to MyOnline, the portal for online students, so you need your BUnetID login to open it. The packet is the current word on forms and preceptor rules for your track; our guides explain the public rules around it.

Which Bradley office handles agency agreements?

The welcome sites list clinical agency agreements and affiliation agreements among the jobs of the Office of Online and Distance Education, alongside preceptor packets, site onboarding and Viewpoint Screening. Your course faculty approve the preceptor and site entry in Typhon.

Are Bradley's 2017 preceptor webinars still accurate?

They are still posted on Bradley's online site and give the most detailed public walk-through, but some details have changed. The current welcome sites put the packet deadline at midterm of the semester before the course and route packets through DocuSign. Treat the webinars as background and your packet as the rule.

Do these guides replace Bradley's handbook?

No. They summarize Bradley's public catalog, handbook, policies and program pages as of September 2026 so you can plan ahead. Your clinical packet, course faculty and academic advisor have the final word on your practicum.

Last checked 2026-09-25

We check these pages against Bradley's own catalog, online program pages and Graduate Student Handbook. Your clinical packet, course faculty and academic advisor have the final word.

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Tell us your Bradley track, your city and your next practicum course. We line up preceptors who fit the NUR course and gather the license, CV and malpractice details the DocuSign packet asks for, well before the midterm of the semester before you start.

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