Academic Student Preparation

To help emerging providers and clinicians grow their skills, we offer more than 5,000 academic opportunities each year in areas such as Advanced Practice, Allied Health, Nursing + more!

The below resources will provide processes to identify, request and onboard for clinical rotations.

  1. Allina Health only accepts students from schools that have an active Clinical Experience Agreement between the Academic Affiliation and Allina Health.
  2. Background Study: Allina Health requires the Minnesota or Wisconsin DHS (based on opportunity location(s)) for all academic students.
  3. Immunizations: All students and onsite faculty, including Allina Health employees, must meet the Allina Health student requirements for immunizations:
  4. Must complete all onboarding requirements as listed in Clinician Nexus for the opportunity. 

Additional Requirement for Nursing Degree Programs: Nursing Faculty Licensure Requirements (Onsite and Remote/Out of State):

The faculty of record for students in nursing degree programs (RN, MSN, DNP, CNS, etc.) must be licensed as RN and APRN to match the student degree in the state/s where the experience/opportunity is occurring (see Board of Nursing: 6301.2340 - MN Rules Part and Wisconsin Board of Nursing - N.108 (3)). This applies whether faculty is on-site or out-of-state.

  • Academic experiences/opportunities in Minnesota require an unencumbered Minnesota Nursing license/s with current registration and Minnesota DHS Background Study.
  • Academic experiences/opportunities in Wisconsin require an unencumbered Wisconsin Nursing license/s with current registration and Wisconsin DHS Background Study.

 

Additional Guidelines:

  • Allina Health Employees - It is required that the opportunity/preceptor is outside of the Allina employee team.
  • Shadow Observations and Tours outside an academic experience/opportunity are not managed through our Allina Student Experience Team. These requests are managed at the site level.

If you are a new coordinator using Allina Health Clinician Nexus, please:

  1. Allina Health only accepts students from schools that have an active Clinical Experience Agreement between the Academic Affiliation and Allina Health.
  1. Allina Health's Academic Opportunity Request & Approval Processes:


  1. Follow the Allina Health School Coordinator Guide for using Clinician Nexus.

 

  1. Allina Health only accepts students from schools that have an active Clinical Experience Agreement between the Academic Affiliation and Allina Health
  1. Must comply with Allina Health's Academic Opportunity Request & Approval Processes:

Nursing Specific: APRN and MSN Student Project Applications must be submitted in Clinician Nexus with a 60 to 90-day lead time. See https://app.cliniciannexus.com/search/rotations/79058. The school must verify the application accuracy. The Nursing Clinical Inquiry and Research Council will use the applications to determine approval decisions. 

 

  1. Following opportunity approval in Clinician Nexus, must complete all requirements listed in Clinician Nexus.

 

These resources are also available on Clinician Nexus under the specific requirement. 

Nursing Specific: 

Respiratory Protection and Fit-Testing:

Site Specific Documents (Not all sites have a site specific document):