Talk to a placement advisor
The form below goes straight to the placement desk. Give an advisor a few facts about where you stand in your UL Lafayette plan of study, and the reply you get back will be about your course, your parish and your calendar.
Get your placement plan
Tell us your UL Lafayette program and where you live. A placement advisor replies with the preceptor and site options that fit your UL Lafayette course.
What to put in your message
A good first message runs four or five sentences. These are the facts an advisor looks for first.
- Which UL Lafayette program you are in: the Family NP or Psychiatric/Mental Health NP concentration, Nursing Education, the PMHNP Post-Master's Certificate or the DNP
- The precepted course ahead of you, by its catalog number, for example
NURS 583orNURS 592 - Where you live, by parish or town, and how many miles you could reasonably cover on a clinical day
- When that course begins: the date if you know it, the semester if you do not
Extra context speeds things up. Mention a clinician who has already said yes, a hope to train where you are employed, a patient population you are keen to see, or, for DNP students, the state where your residency and Synthesis Project will take place.
What happens next
- An advisor reads your messageYour course number is checked against UL Lafayette's 2026-27 plan of study, so the advisor knows which population and hour load the practicum carries.
- A reply built on your detailsWhere a fact is missing, the advisor asks for it before anything else. Where the picture is complete, the reply describes the search: which parishes it covers first and what kind of practice fits your course.
- A quote for your planThe advisor sends a quote scoped to one course or your remaining plan; our quote page explains what drives it.
- The search opensOnce you give the go-ahead, candidates are screened against Louisiana's preceptor rules and the ICMSN minimums, and only those who clear both are brought to you.
Who answers you
Every message lands with a placement advisor who spends each working day on UL Lafayette placements. That specialization shows in small things: knowing that the MSN's third psychiatric course, NURS 593, is not the certificate's NURS 597; knowing that a spring clinical calendar has to work around Mardi Gras and the Easter break; knowing which documents the graduate nursing office wants before a first clinical day.
Your advisor remains your contact through the last week of the practicum, so you explain your plan once. If a question comes up mid-semester, such as a site changing its hours or your faculty asking for a detail about the preceptor, the same person picks it up. For a quick question before you write a full message, the chat button reaches the same people.
When time is short
Put the urgency up front: the date your course begins, or the date your preceptor told you they could not continue. A compressed timeline changes the order of the search, and your advisor will lead with settings that can realistically clear review before you need them. Read needing a preceptor fast or when a preceptor drops out for steps you can take today.
Bring UL Lafayette in at the same time. Any replacement preceptor goes through the graduate coordinator's review and course faculty approval, so early notice to your course faculty keeps that step from becoming the bottleneck.
Clinicians who want to precept
Practicing APRNs and other qualified clinicians in Louisiana who are open to teaching a UL Lafayette graduate student can write through this form as well. Pick the preceptor option from the program menu, then describe your specialty, the kind of practice you work in and the town it sits in.
The precepting page covers what Louisiana's Board and the consortium ask of a preceptor, from the license and certification to the two-student limit, and how a placement advisor supports you through the student's approval.
Questions UL Lafayette students ask
Should I attach my immunization records or license?
Not yet. Your first message needs only the basics: program, course, location and timing. Records come into play later, once a preceptor has agreed and the file for UL Lafayette's review is taking shape, and your advisor will say exactly which items are needed at that stage.
How does the reply reach me?
Through the contact details you enter in the form. You can respond to that message directly, or switch to the chat button on any page if a quick back-and-forth suits you better; both routes lead to the same placement desk and the same advisor.
I have not started at UL Lafayette yet. Can I still write?
Yes. Tell us which program you applied to and the term you hope to begin, and an advisor can show where the first precepted course sits in that plan of study and what the Louisiana clinical rule means for the MSN and the certificate.
What if I do not know my next clinical course number?
Pick the "Not sure yet" option and mention your program and current semester. The advisor can identify the next precepted course from UL Lafayette's plan of study and help you confirm its term with your UL Lafayette faculty advisor, and the page on how it works shows every stage that follows.
Related pages
Last checked 2026-09-27
We check these pages against UL Lafayette's 2026-27 catalog, its online program and state authorization pages, the ICMSN student handbook and Louisiana's nursing rules. Your course faculty and your plan of study have the final word.
Whether UL Lafayette helps or you start alone, we find the preceptor.
Tell us your UL Lafayette program, the practicum coming up and the Louisiana town you train near. We look for preceptors and sites that fit the course and gather the license, CV and agency details that must be on file before your first clinical day.
- Preceptors who meet Louisiana's rules: an active Louisiana license, most hours with an APRN in your population focus
- The preceptor's CV, the agency details and your letter of agreement items gathered early
- Across Acadiana and the rest of Louisiana, plus DNP residencies in your home state
Start your placement plan
Your program, your town and your next clinical semester is all we need to begin.