Southeastern clinical systems, courses and rules, one guide at a time

Updated September 27, 2026 · Reviewed by the Southeastern Preceptor placement team

Southeastern Louisiana University's graduate clinical route has a lot of moving parts, and each guide here takes one: choosing a preceptor and talking it through with course faculty, approval and the graduate coordinator's review, facility contracts, each Family Health and Psychiatric/Mental Health course and its hours, the DNP residency, compliance, Louisiana's preceptor rules, and the Southeastern calendar and tools behind it all. Every guide draws on Southeastern's 2026-27 catalog, program pages and the MSN consortium's handbook, and says plainly where nothing is published.

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Southeastern clinical systems. Southeastern Louisiana University's graduate clinical route has a lot of moving parts, and each guide here takes one: choosing a preceptor and talking it throug — Every Southeastern clinical guide in one place: choosing a preceptor, faculty approval, facility contracts, NURS course hours, compliance and Louisiana rules.

Where Southeastern's official detail lives

Southeastern's public clinical detail comes from four places. The 2026-27 catalog gives every NURS course with its practicum hours and prerequisites. The program and majors pages describe each track, its length and the Louisiana rule. The MSN consortium's student handbook, revised in October 2025, sets out how preceptor experiences are planned with course faculty and approved. The DNP pages cover residency, the project and the campus visits.

Where they disagree, and total clinical hours is the biggest case, each guide lays both figures side by side. Working documents such as preceptor agreements and evaluation forms sit with course faculty and in Canvas, open only to enrolled students.

Where to begin

First read the placement process for the full sequence, then choosing your preceptor for what Southeastern asks of you and preceptor approval for how faculty sign off. Once your next course is clear, the hours planner shows its hours and the population its preceptor should serve.

Preceptors and placement

Placement processThe whole Southeastern route to a clinical course: practice area, preceptor, faculty talk, facility contract, approval, compliance, then counted hours.Choosing your preceptorSoutheastern's exact words on choosing NP preceptors: the DNP page, the consortium handbook steps, faculty facilitation, the preceptor list, and how we help.Preceptor approvalHow Southeastern approves NP preceptors: course faculty sign-off, graduate coordinator review, what faculty weigh, what is unpublished and how to prepare.Clinical contractsHow Southeastern's facility contracts work: university-level agreements, checking status in the tracking system, lead times and Louisiana health system rules.Preceptor requirementsWho can precept a Southeastern FNP or PMHNP student: a Louisiana license, an APRN in your population for most hours, the consortium's list and evaluations.Clinicals where you workSoutheastern lets you train at your employer, but no hour counts on paid time. How to use your own Louisiana health system well and which systems favor staff.Louisiana-only clinicalsSoutheastern keeps MSN and PMHNP certificate clinical hours in Louisiana. Why the Louisiana license matters, the DNP license conflict and life near a state line.The MSN consortiumSoutheastern's MSN runs through a four-school consortium with McNeese, Nicholls and UL Lafayette: home school, shared courses, the handbook, the preceptor list.Who does whatEvery role in a Southeastern clinical course by title: course faculty, graduate coordinator, home school, DNP project roles, advisors, preceptors, what to ask.

Hours and clinical courses

Clinical hoursClinical hours for every Southeastern nursing program: FNP and PMHNP 750, Nursing Education 240, the certificates and the DNP, with each conflict shown.FNP 750 hoursSoutheastern's FNP needs 750 clinical hours across NURS 6820, 6830 and 6840: the populations, the weekly load, and why one Southeastern page says 600.NURS 6820 Family Health ISoutheastern's NURS 6820 Family Health I: 5 credits, 200 practicum hours with children and child-bearing women, prerequisites and Louisiana preceptors.NURS 6830 Family Health IISoutheastern's NURS 6830 Family Health II: 275 practicum hours with adults, the NURS 6820 prerequisite, preceptors who fit, and planning a crowded semester.NURS 6840 Family Health IIISoutheastern's NURS 6840 Family Health III: 275 hours with adults and older adults, the final FNP clinical course, graduation timing and certification next.PMHNP 750 hoursSoutheastern's PMHNP hours course by course: 60 observation hours, then 200, 275 and 275, the majors page's 600 and the certificate's 510 vs 595.NURS 6910 Psych/MH ISoutheastern's NURS 6910: 200 practicum hours in diagnostic assessment and basic psychotherapy, the psychiatric preceptors and Louisiana settings that fit it.NURS 6920 Psych/MH IISoutheastern's NURS 6920: 275 clinical hours with an emphasis on children and adolescents, where Louisiana child psychiatric care sits, and why to plan early.NURS 6930 Psych/MH IIISoutheastern's NURS 6930: 275 hours with an emphasis on older adults, plus NURS 6970, the 120-hour Psych/MH III for post-master's certificate students.Nursing Education practicumsSoutheastern's MSN Nursing Education practicums: NURS 6440 at 4 hours a week, NURS 6570 at 12, the 240 vs 225 total, and how teaching placements are set up.DNP residency hoursSoutheastern's DNP residency: NURS 8210, 8220 and 8230, NURS 8090 at 135 hours per enrollment, the 1,000-hour total, the 540 vs 450 gap and your project site.

Compliance and clearance

Compliance checklistSoutheastern's clinical clearance list: health and immunization records, CPR, drug and background screening, what sites add, lab fees and the costs you carry.Tracking and background checksThe clinical tracking system Southeastern NP students pay for, where the Typhon name comes from, Certified Background vs Castle Branch, and where to confirm.RN license rulesSoutheastern graduate nursing needs an unencumbered Louisiana RN license and a year of RN practice in your specialty, plus the DNP conflict and the compact.

Louisiana rules

Louisiana NP practiceHow collaborative practice agreements and prescribing work in Louisiana, why AANP rates it reduced practice, and what that means for Southeastern preceptors.Louisiana Board of NursingThe Louisiana State Board of Nursing's rules for APRN students and preceptors, in plain words: license, population focus, faculty oversight and facilities.

Terms, tools and support

Academic calendarSoutheastern's 2026-27 semester dates, nursing start terms, Workday registration windows and graduation application dates, matched to your clinical courses.Online student toolsSoutheastern's systems for nursing students: Workday after LeoNet, Canvas (the handbook still says Moodle), Okta, Gmail, Respondus and the Student Help Desk.Grades and time limitsHow Southeastern grades graduate nursing: the B rule, clinical failure, Incompletes, the six-year limit, transfer credit and zero-tolerance integrity.Library and supportSims Memorial Library, the Writing Center's online limits, Tinsley Learning Center, accessibility, counseling and Handshake, for Southeastern nursing students.AccreditationCCNE accredits Southeastern's master's, DNP and post-graduate certificates through 2033 and its BSN through 2032, plus how Louisiana's nursing board fits in.NP certification examsAfter Southeastern's FNP or PMHNP program: the AANPCB and ANCC exams, the Louisiana APRN license, and how the last clinical courses build toward both.State authorizationSoutheastern is an NC-SARA member, but its licensure disclosures list only the PMHNP certificate, with no state answers. What that means for where you study.

Questions Southeastern students ask

Are Southeastern's preceptor forms public?

No. Preceptor agreements, evaluations and the clinical tracking system are for enrolled students and run through course faculty. These guides use the catalog, program pages and the consortium handbook and point out what to confirm with faculty.

Who approves my preceptor at Southeastern?

Course faculty approve every preceptor, and the graduate coordinator reviews them before the clinical course starts. Who does what matches each role to the questions it can answer.

Does the MSN consortium change anything about clinicals?

Southeastern's MSN runs through a consortium with McNeese, Nicholls and UL Lafayette, and students graduate from their home school. The consortium's handbook governs preceptor planning, and the consortium guide explains how it works.

When were these guides last checked?

Late September 2026, against the 2026-27 catalog, Southeastern's program pages and the consortium handbook dated October 2025. Every guide names the sources it relied on.

Last checked 2026-09-27

We check these pages against Southeastern's own catalog, program pages and consortium handbook, and Louisiana rules. Your course faculty, the graduate coordinator and your advisor have the final word.

Southeastern asks you to choose your preceptor. We find one near you.

Tell us your Southeastern track, where in Louisiana you live and when your next clinical course starts. We find Louisiana-licensed preceptors who fit the course, confirm whether the facility is already under contract with the university, and hand you what your course faculty need to approve it before the semester.

Pediatric and women's health preceptors for NURS 6820, adult and older-adult primary care for NURS 6830 and NURS 6840
Psychiatric preceptors for NURS 6910 to NURS 6930, with the child and older-adult focus each course sets
Across Louisiana, from the Northshore to Shreveport

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