GRN 7122 Family Practicum II: the second 175 hours
GRN 7122 Family Practicum II is the second of Wilmington University's four FNP practicums, a 4-credit course of 175 direct care clinical hours that takes you to 350 of 750. It follows GRN 7121 in WilmU's sequence, and its main planning question is whether your first preceptor carries on or someone new takes over.
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GRN 7122
What the catalog gives GRN 7122
In the 2026-27 graduate catalog, GRN 7122 is worth 4 credits, requires 175 hours of direct care, and sits second among the Family Practicums, between GRN 7121 and the pair that finish the sequence, GRN 7123 and GRN 7124. What the course covers week by week is in its syllabus, not on WilmU's public pages.
By the end of GRN 7122 you are close to halfway: 350 hours done and 400 to go, with the heaviest course, GRN 7124 at 225 hours, still ahead. A delay at this stage carries into two later practicums, so the second course deserves the same care as the first.
The entry conditions you met for GRN 7121 apply again: credentialing clearance, a valid CPR card and an RN license matching the site's state. What changes is the course, its objectives and, possibly, your preceptor.
Same preceptor, or a new one?
WilmU's public pages leave this choice open. Nothing published says whether a preceptor can stay on for a second course, so start by asking course faculty what GRN 7122 expects.
Staying has plain advantages. The site already knows you, its onboarding is done, and your preceptor has seen your work. Moving has its own: WilmU prepares FNP students for family certification through ANCC or AANPCB, and a second setting can add patient groups your first one lacked, such as children, older adults or women's health.
Whichever you choose, settle it early. A continuing preceptor still has to agree to another 175 hours in a new term, and a new site starts its own intake from the beginning. Choosing an FNP preceptor covers what makes a good match for any of the four practicums.
Re-orient your preceptor to the new course
A continuing preceptor still needs the GRN 7122 material. Delaware's Board expects APRN program preceptors to be introduced to the curriculum and to what each course sets out to achieve, and each practicum brings aims of its own.
- Share the new syllabus.Send your preceptor the
GRN 7122syllabus and objectives from Canvas before the first clinic day of the course, not partway through. - Mark what is different.Point out what
GRN 7122asks thatGRN 7121did not, so your preceptor can plan patients and responsibilities to match. - Reset the schedule.Agree on the days that reach 175 hours in this term, around reading weeks, holidays and seminar days.
- Check the evaluation.Under Delaware's rules faculty keep responsibility for your evaluation. Confirm which forms your preceptor completes for this course, and when they are due.
Keep your clearances current between courses
What you cleared for GRN 7121 can go out of date. Delaware's Board rules require an active RN license before and throughout APRN clinical courses, WilmU asks for current CPR certification, and WilmU's pages do not say whether any part of your credentialing has to be renewed between practicums.
Check every expiry date against the GRN 7122 term before it starts. A CPR card or RN license that lapses mid-course can stall clinical days until it is renewed, so ask course faculty how a lapse is handled and renew ahead of time. Details sit in CPR requirements and licensing for clinicals.
A new site adds one more check. If you have moved or changed jobs since GRN 7121, confirm that your RN license covers the state where the GRN 7122 site sits before you log a single hour there.
Timing the handover between practicums
The break between practicums can be short. On WilmU's 2026-27 calendar, the Fall 2026 semester ends December 13 and Spring 2027 begins January 11, about four weeks later, and registration for Spring opens October 19, while GRN 7121 may still be running. The academic calendar lists every date.
If your GRN 7121 preceptor is carrying on, confirm the new term's dates with them before registration opens. If you are moving to a new site, start that site's intake well before the break, because a new site's onboarding runs on its own timeline.
One Delaware change is worth raising with a new site. From February 20, 2027, a new state law allows grants, subject to appropriation, to sites hosting unpaid preceptorships for advanced-practice nursing students where the preceptorship runs to 100 clinical hours or more in a semester, and a 175-hour practicum clears that bar. The grants go to facilities, not individual preceptors; see Delaware's APRN rules and the grant law.
What to confirm for GRN 7122, and how we help
- Whether your
GRN 7121preceptor may continue, and whether faculty want a different setting. - Whether faculty approve a continuing preceptor again for the new course.
- Whether hours logged beyond 175 in
GRN 7121count towardGRN 7122; plan as if they do not. - The course format and dates, so the 175 hours fit the term.
- Which evaluation forms apply this time, and their due dates.
When the handover needs a new preceptor, we find one who fits GRN 7122, check the license against Delaware's rule, and organize the site's intake so it finishes before your term. If your current preceptor is staying, we can have a backup lined up for the later practicums. With or without faculty help on the handover, approval stays with WilmU faculty, and our paperwork reaches them whole. If your preceptor has already stepped away, see when a preceptor drops out, or tell us where you are in the sequence in the form below.
Questions WilmU students ask
Can I keep my GRN 7121 preceptor for GRN 7122?
WilmU's public pages do not rule on it either way. Delaware's Board rules put preceptor approval with faculty, so ask your GRN 7122 course faculty whether the same preceptor and site may continue. If they agree, your preceptor still needs the new syllabus and objectives before the first clinic day.
Do extra hours from GRN 7121 carry over to GRN 7122?
WilmU does not publish a carry-over rule. Each Family Practicum's catalog entry sets its own required hours, 175 for GRN 7122, so plan to complete all 175 inside the course unless course faculty tell you otherwise in writing. Keep each course's hour record separate so the totals are easy to check.
What comes after GRN 7122 at WilmU?
GRN 7123 Family Practicum III, another 175 hours, and then GRN 7124 Family Practicum IV, the last and largest at 225 hours. After GRN 7122 you have 400 hours left. Your MyWilmU Degree Works plan shows the semesters they fall in, which is the timeline your next preceptor needs.
When should I line up my GRN 7122 preceptor?
WilmU publishes no deadline or lead time. Practically, confirm a continuing preceptor while GRN 7121 is still running, and start a new site's intake early enough to finish before your term begins; some Delaware systems, such as TidalHealth, ask for requests 90 days ahead. An early start leaves room to try another site if the first says no.
Does a preceptor get anything for precepting GRN 7122?
WilmU's public pages describe no preceptor benefits. In Delaware, a law effective February 20, 2027 allows grants to host facilities, subject to appropriation, and defines the preceptorship as uncompensated, so it does not pay individual preceptors. Delaware law has no preceptor tax credit.
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Last checked 2026-09-27
We check these pages against Wilmington University's own program and curriculum pages, the 2026-27 graduate catalog, the College of Nursing and Health Sciences policies and the State Licensures by Program page. Your NP Program Chair, your course faculty and the College have the final word.
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Tell us your WilmU program, where you live and when your next practicum starts. Whether WilmU's faculty help with your placement or you are starting the search yourself, we find preceptors who fit the course, check the health system's own intake steps, and organize the preceptor's license and credentials well before the first day.
- Preceptors matched to the course: family practice across the lifespan for
GRN 7121toGRN 7124, psychiatric mental health forGRN 7221toGRN 7224, doctorally prepared for the DNP - Clinicians who meet Delaware's rule for APRN program preceptors: an active APRN, PA, pharmacist or physician license in a comparable focus
- Close to home, in a state where you hold an RN license, with each system's onboarding mapped out early
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