MSN preceptor and practicum support for California State University, Sacramento

• Program: Master of Science in Nursing
• School: California State University, Sacramento
• Directory location: Sacramento, California (CA)
• Accreditation evidence: CCNE
• Roster verified: July 21, 2026
• Approval authority: California State University, Sacramento

Use the snapshot as an identity and evidence check, not as a substitute for a handbook. The accreditor record supports an accredited master's nursing degree at California State University, Sacramento; it does not answer which pathways are active, how courses are delivered, how many hours apply, or who handles placement.

The current directory basis is CCNE evidence, verified July 21, 2026, for master's nursing education at California State University, Sacramento. The evidence does not publish a complete course plan for this student. Treat concentration, modality, practice hours, affiliation rules, placement responsibility, and approval criteria as separate facts that require current school sources.

Translate the current handbook and course instructions into a search brief before outreach. The brief should state the pathway, course, applied objective, dates, approved state, setting, population or project focus, supervisor criteria, site documents, compliance needs, and review process. Unconfirmed assumptions should be marked for the program to resolve.

Direct patient-care learning may need a population-matched nurse practitioner or physician plus a setting that can support the intended encounters and supervision. A title alone is not enough: the program may review credentials, active practice, site access, conflicts, and documentation. This conditional example does not establish an NP offering or policy at California State University, Sacramento.

Education and leadership experiences should not be screened as NP rotations. An education course may call for a mentor involved in teaching, simulation, professional development, or clinical instruction. A leadership course may align with operations, administration, quality, or executive practice. The current program must confirm the pathway, person, and site because accreditation establishes none of those offerings for California State University, Sacramento.

The word practicum can describe very different work. Informatics may involve technology and workflow; public or community health may involve population initiatives; quality, care coordination, and clinical nurse leader work may sit in other systems settings. The MSN pathway guide explains these distinctions without claiming that California State University, Sacramento offers all or any of them.

No fixed MSN practicum total can be assigned to California State University, Sacramento from accreditation evidence. Required hours vary by program, pathway, course, and catalog year. The current catalog, handbook, degree audit, course shell, and field placement office should resolve the total and how it is distributed before a preceptor, mentor, or site search is scoped.

The MSN hours guide can help a student ask better questions about pathway and course structure. It cannot calculate a California State University, Sacramento requirement. That calculation belongs to the current program, using the student's active curriculum, degree audit, and course sequence.

Use Sacramento, California as directory context only. A student's actual search area should come from current California State University, Sacramento guidance about authorized states, course location, site eligibility, and affiliation. Even inside an approved area, a willing professional or organization is not automatically an eligible match.

For broader setting context, review the MSN practicum guide for California. It can help identify categories of clinical, education, leadership, informatics, public health, and systems sites, while the student's current program remains the authority on what is allowed.

An approval-ready file states who the proposed person is, what role that person would perform, where the experience would occur, which course objectives the setting supports, and when supervision is available. It also includes the credentials and forms the program requests. California State University, Sacramento may separately require affiliation agreements, compliance checks, background items, insurance, or other review steps.

Confirm these items before outreach: the exact MSN pathway and course; whether an applied experience is required; the approved hours and dates; the eligible state and setting; the required preceptor or mentor credentials; the course objectives; any prohibited relationships; the affiliation and compliance process; every school and site form; and the submission deadline for the student's active term.

If the confirmed course calls for an outside person or setting, send the pathway, objectives, dates, geography, role criteria, site criteria, and forms through the matching request. Our process guide explains how candidate screening supports, but never replaces, the program's approval review.

MSNPreceptor is not affiliated with or endorsed by California State University, Sacramento and does not speak for its nursing program. Candidate sourcing is not school approval. We cannot guarantee availability, placement, affiliation completion, acceptance, course progression, or any other result, and the institution applies its own current rules.