GRN 7123 Family Practicum III: 525 hours in, one course to go

Q: How many hours are left after GRN 7123?

225, all in GRN 7124 Family Practicum IV. With three practicums done you have 525 of the MSN-FNP's 750 clinical hours, and the last practicum is 50 hours longer than each of the first three, so it needs a preceptor with more clinic time.

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

GRN 7123 Family Practicum III is the third of Wilmington University's four FNP practicums, with 175 hours of direct patient care across 4 credits. Once it ends, 525 of your 750 hours are done and only GRN 7124 remains. The catalog says little else about it, so this guide covers the planning questions that come due at this point: the range of patients you have seen, where you now live, and how much time you have left.

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175direct care clinical hours in GRN 7123

525of 750 FNP hours done once it ends

5years WilmU allows to finish the MSN-FNP

GRN 7123 in the sequence

The 2026-27 graduate catalog sets GRN 7123 at 4 credits and 175 direct care hours and slots it third, once GRN 7121 and GRN 7122 are complete. Its topics, assignments and evaluation are set out in the syllabus that course faculty share in Canvas.

After it, one practicum remains, and it is the largest: GRN 7124 at 225 hours. That makes GRN 7123 the right moment to plan both remaining courses together, because the preceptor for the last one has to carry more hours than any before. If your GRN 7123 preceptor could also take GRN 7124, ask now, while there is time to find someone else if the answer is no.

The standing conditions carry on as before: credentialing clearance, a CPR card that stays current, and a license matching wherever the site is. The sections below cover what is new at this stage.

Take stock of the patients you have seen

WilmU prepares FNP students for national certification through ANCC or AANPCB, and its FNP coursework is framed across the lifespan, starting with the lifespan health assessment course, GRN 7104. Two practicums in, list which patient groups your hours have covered and which they have not.

WilmU's public pages set no patient-age or visit targets for the practicums; if your course has any, the syllabus holds them. Where your record is thin, for example in pediatrics or older adults, a third setting in GRN 7123 can fill the gap before the last course.

The license question comes with it. Delaware's rule for APRN program preceptors asks for a comparable practice focus, and faculty approve preceptors. Whether a pediatric, women's health or urgent care clinician counts as comparable for a family practicum is your course faculty's decision, so ask before you commit to a specialty site.

If you have moved, or plan to

A move between practicums changes your preceptor search more than anything else. Because WilmU links each clinical experience to RN licensure in that site's state, a site in your new state needs a license that covers it before your first hour there.

WilmU's pages publish no rule for students who relocate during the program. Tell the NP Program Chair before you move rather than after, and if you will now study from another state, raise it with WilmU's Online Learning office, the contact for state authorization.

Where you plan to practice after graduating matters as well. On WilmU's State Licensures by Program page, seven states, New York and Tennessee among them, show the MSN-FNP as Not Determined Yet; those entries concern licensure education, not clinical placement. See licensure by state and out-of-state clinicals.

Pauses and time limits

If GRN 7123 has no preceptor when the term opens, the pressure lands on the calendar. WilmU gives the MSN-FNP a five-year completion limit, and anyone away from study for more than a year has to retake selected courses. A single semester's delay stays inside that line; a gap of more than a year crosses it and can mean repeating courses you already passed.

Withdrawal choices matter too. Withdrawing in time earns a W that leaves your GPA untouched; miss the deadline and the FA that follows pulls it down, in a program that expects a 3.0 GPA the whole way through. Incompletes, withdrawal and time limits and delayed graduation go further.

Before you sit out a term waiting for a preceptor, ask the NP Program Chair how the pause affects your plan and the one-year rule.

What to confirm for GRN 7123

By the third practicum you know the routine, so the questions shift to the exceptions. Put these to course faculty before the term:

Whether a specialty clinician counts as a comparable focus for this course, if you want to fill a gap in your hours.
Whether you may split the 175 hours between two sites, and how hours from each are recorded.
What WilmU needs if your site is now in a different state from your earlier practicums.
Whether GRN 7123 is one of the FNP courses with an associated fee.
How your running total across the first three practicums is checked before GRN 7124.

Where the public pages stop at hours and sequence, the program handbook and your course faculty fill in the rest. Keep their answers with your hour records.

How we help with GRN 7123

Whoever begins the GRN 7123 search, you or your faculty, a well-chosen site pays off twice: it fills gaps in your experience and can lead straight into your GRN 7124 placement.

We search around your record so far and your current address: clinicians whose patients cover what your earlier hours missed, a license that fits Delaware's rule, and a site your RN license reaches. After a move, we start in your new area and map the site's intake before your term. Each preceptor and site is WilmU faculty's call, and the file they receive from us is complete. If the search has already stalled, see when you can't find a preceptor, or tell us about the move or the gap in the form below.

Questions WilmU students ask

How many hours are left after GRN 7123?

225, all in GRN 7124 Family Practicum IV. With three practicums done you have 525 of the MSN-FNP's 750 clinical hours, and the last practicum is 50 hours longer than each of the first three, so it needs a preceptor with more clinic time.

Can a pediatric nurse practitioner precept GRN 7123?

Possibly. WilmU publishes nothing on NP preceptor credentials. Delaware's Board rules want an active license with no encumbrance and a practice focus comparable to the course, and they leave approval of each preceptor to faculty. Whether a pediatric clinician is comparable for a family practicum is your course faculty's decision, so ask before you accept the placement.

What if I move to another state before GRN 7123?

Your clinical site needs an RN license that covers its state, because WilmU ties clinicals to RN licensure in the site's state. WilmU publishes no relocation rule, so tell the NP Program Chair about the move early and get the answer in writing. Our search then starts in your new area.

What happens if I sit out a semester before GRN 7123?

One semester off stays short of the one-year gap that triggers repeated courses in WilmU's MSN-FNP, but it moves your graduation back and uses time from the five-year limit. Ask the NP Program Chair how a pause affects your plan before you register for the later term.

Can I split GRN 7123 hours between two sites?

WilmU's public pages do not say. Two part-time sites can make 175 hours easier to reach, but each preceptor would need faculty approval under Delaware's rules and each site its own onboarding. Ask course faculty whether GRN 7123 allows it and how hours from each site are recorded.

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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 7121 to GRN 7124, psychiatric mental health for GRN 7221 to GRN 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
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