The BSN has no national clinical-hour count. What you need depends on your path.
Wagner College BSN planning

BSN field-experience planning for Wagner College

When a student's current baccalaureate nursing course explicitly permits or requires the student to propose a community field-experience site, preceptor, or mentor, we help Wagner College students identify and document a candidate for program review. Wagner College controls approval, and accreditation alone does not establish the pathway, hours, or placement model.

Last updated July 2026

Wagner College BSN students in New York: not an NLC member. RN-to-BSN field experience is RN-level with no national clinical-hour standard.
Wagner College sits in New York, which is not an NLC member. Not a member of the compact.

Wagner College BSN program snapshot

  • Program: Bachelor of Science in Nursing
  • School: Wagner College
  • Directory location: Staten Island, New York (NY)
  • Accreditation evidence: ACEN
  • Roster verified: July 21, 2026
  • Approval authority: Wagner College

This evidence snapshot should not be stretched into a school-policy claim. It confirms a nationally accredited baccalaureate nursing degree at Wagner College on the verification date, while all placement and curriculum questions remain for the current program.

Confirm the current Wagner College BSN requirements

The ACEN source included Wagner College in its accredited baccalaureate nursing records when this roster was checked on July 21, 2026. That establishes degree-level accreditation only. It does not establish a pathway, delivery format, field-experience requirement, hours, deadline, mentor rule, or placement model.

The student's current program materials should answer the questions the accreditation listing cannot. Gather the catalog year, course instructions, degree audit, objectives, approved locations, mentor or preceptor criteria, site forms, affiliation language, and program contact before defining a search.

Separate program-coordinated and student-proposed experiences

If the student's confirmed pathway leads to initial RN licensure, the program generally coordinates clinical experiences. Begin with Wagner College's assigned-placement process. An external search is suitable only when the current course documents explicitly allow the student to propose a site or preceptor for program review.

If the current program confirms a post-licensure or RN-to-BSN pathway and a student-proposed field experience, the work may focus on community health, population health, education, leadership, quality, care coordination, or another applied objective. This conditional example does not claim that Wagner College offers that pathway or requires outside placement.

Match the person and setting to the applied work the course actually requires. An experienced RN may fit many community or systems experiences, while another qualified professional may fit when the program permits. Clinics, public programs, schools, employee health, home services, nonprofits, quality, and coordination teams remain conditional examples.

Confirm BSN hours instead of assuming a total

A baccalaureate nursing degree does not carry one universal clinical or field-hour requirement. The student's pathway, course, curriculum version, state, and catalog year can affect what applies. Confirm the current Wagner College handbook and degree audit instead of treating a generic number as a school rule.

The BSN clinical hours guide explains why pathway and state matter without assigning an unsupported total to this institution. Once the program confirms the course requirement and placement ownership, planning can focus on the setting, person, objectives, location, and documents that actually need review.

Plan an approval-ready proposal in New York

The directory records Staten Island, New York as the institution location. It does not determine the student's eligible placement area or authorize a site. Ask Wagner College to confirm state and setting boundaries, then evaluate a candidate for relevant work, credentials, availability, paperwork, and site participation.

The New York BSN field-experience guide describes the wider planning landscape. Use it to understand possible settings, not to bypass the program's pathway, authorization, affiliation, credential, or approval requirements.

An approval-ready file states who the proposed person is, what role that person would perform, where the work would occur, which course objectives the setting supports, and when supervision is available. It also includes the credentials and forms requested. Wagner College may separately require agreements, compliance checks, or other review steps.

Use a current-course readiness checklist

Before a candidate is contacted, verify the pathway, course, applied purpose, required hours, term dates, location authorization, eligible setting, candidate role, credentials, affiliation process, compliance checklist, forms, and school deadline. Confirm explicitly that the student may propose a person or site.

Independent BSN sourcing support for Wagner College students

If the confirmed course allows a student-proposed person or setting, send the pathway, objectives, dates, geography, role criteria, site criteria, and forms through the matching request. Our process guide explains how screening supports, but never replaces, program review.

BSNPreceptor works independently and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wagner College. School names are used descriptively. A sourcing request creates no guarantee of a candidate, placement, approval, graduation, licensure, or another outcome.

Questions

Frequently asked

When does BSN placement support apply to Wagner College students?

It applies only when the student's current baccalaureate nursing course explicitly permits or requires the student to propose a community field-experience site, preceptor, or mentor. Wagner College makes every approval decision.

Does accreditation show which BSN pathway Wagner College offers?

No. The accreditation evidence establishes a baccalaureate nursing degree on the verification date. It does not prove prelicensure, accelerated, RN-to-BSN, modality, hours, field requirements, or placement policy.

How many BSN clinical or field-experience hours does Wagner College require?

There is no universal BSN clinical or field-experience total. Required hours vary by state, program, pathway, course, and catalog year. Confirm the current handbook, degree audit, course instructions, and placement office.

Should a prelicensure BSN student find an outside placement?

Traditional and accelerated prelicensure placements are generally program-coordinated. Use the school's current placement process. Outside sourcing is appropriate only if the program explicitly permits the student to propose a person or site for the current course.

Is BSNPreceptor affiliated with Wagner College?

No. BSNPreceptor is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wagner College. We source and document possible candidates only when program instructions permit it, and we do not guarantee placement or approval.

Request a preceptor

Tell us the current BSN course. We'll review the fit.

Outside sourcing applies only when the current program explicitly permits or requires a student-proposed preceptor, mentor, or site. An advisor reviews the course instructions before candidate sourcing begins.

We do not guarantee placement. Final approval rests with your program.