Clarkson College clinicals in Missouri
Clarkson College's 2026-27 workbook marks Missouri Meets for Graduate Nursing and CRNA, so MSN, certificate and DNP students living here can do their clinicals in the state; the RN-BSN tab is the exception, reading Does Not Meet. Missouri pairs each NP with a collaborating physician, which shapes who can precept you. Kansas City and St. Louis also reach across into Kansas and Illinois.
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Missouri's row in the workbook
Missouri carries no footnote, and the licensing link Clarkson lists beside it is the Missouri State Board of Nursing. A single Graduate Nursing answer covers FNP, AGACNP, PMHNP, the certificates and the DNP.
| Clarkson tab | Answer for Missouri |
|---|---|
| Graduate Nursing (every MSN, certificate and DNP track) | Meets Requirements |
| CRNA | Meets Requirements |
| RN-BSN | Does Not Meet Requirements |
Clarkson gives its online RN to BSN a Meets in only seven states, and Missouri is not among them; the questions below take that up. Policy OG-33 ties all of these answers to the permanent address you keep in MyCC.
Collaborative practice and your preceptor pool
On AANP's scale Missouri is restricted. Think of the NP you hope to learn from as one half of a pair: Missouri keeps each NP linked to a physician by a collaborative practice arrangement, the link lasts the whole career, and it comes with ratio caps, chart checks and extra controls on controlled substances.
That pairing can work in your favor. Clarkson's November 2023 sheets let an MD, DO, PA or NP precept FNP and AGACNP courses and barred PAs only in Florida, Oklahoma, Arizona and Maryland. In one Missouri office, then, the NP, the collaborating physician and a PA could all be eligible, provided each has practiced two years in a field that fits the course. The preceptor requirements page has the track rules.
The state's preceptor tax credit, summarized below, leaves NPs and nursing students out entirely.
| Question | Answer in the statute |
|---|---|
| Who can claim it | Missouri-licensed physicians and physician assistants |
| Which students count | Missouri medical and PA students, precepted without direct compensation |
| NPs, APRNs and nursing students | Not included |
What Missouri says about students from out of state
Missouri is quiet on this point. Research into the Board's published rules and guidance located no step for an outside school to ask permission or send notice ahead of its students' Missouri clinical hours; the Board was not contacted. The two nearest texts are these.
| Missouri text | What it covers |
|---|---|
| 20 CSR 2200-2, the Board's program rules | Programs the Board itself approves |
| RSMo 335.081(6)(a) | Supervised practice without a Missouri license by students in approved schools of nursing; silent on programs based in other states |
In practice your hours rest on your own RN license, effective in Missouri under Clarkson's rule, and on the clinic's contract with Clarkson; a clinic new to Clarkson may need one from the Compliance office first, as the affiliation agreements page explains.
Licensing across Missouri's state lines
| Question | Missouri answer |
|---|---|
| Nurse Licensure Compact | In statute from July 20, 2017 (RSMo 335.360 and following); multistate licenses honored since Jan. 19, 2018 |
| APRN Compact | Not enacted |
| Your RN license at a Missouri clinic | Missouri-issued, or multistate from any compact state |
Both of Missouri's largest metros cross a state line, and the line decides the paperwork. At a clinic on the Kansas side of greater Kansas City your multistate RN license still works, Kansas having joined the compact on July 1, 2019, yet the Kansas board wants your APRN preceptor licensed by Kansas, and in your role; see the Kansas page. In the metro's Illinois counties around St. Louis the compact stops altogether, since Illinois is not a member, so a Missouri multistate license carries no privilege there (Illinois page). The RN license guide explains both licenses.
Where Missouri NP students look for preceptors
Large Missouri systems include CoxHealth, BJC HealthCare (BJC Health System), MU Health Care, Mercy and SSM Health, each writing its own student terms. Clarkson's former resources page gave request routes only for systems in Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota, so a Missouri search tends to open with independent practices, community health centers and other departments of your employer.
| Metro | All residents | Missouri residents | Also reaches |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis | 2,814,421 | 2,142,468 | Illinois |
| Kansas City | 2,270,682 | 1,332,399 | Kansas |
| Springfield | 500,694 | 500,694 | Missouri only |
| Columbia | 219,062 | 219,062 | Missouri only |
Why Clarkson students in Missouri choose us
Clarkson students in Missouri choose us because we build each search around the collaborative practice model rather than against it. Your placement advisor looks for practices from St. Louis to Springfield and Columbia where an experienced NP and the collaborating physician can share your course, confirms each provider's Missouri license and years in practice, and collects agreement details for all of them. If a promising clinic sits on the Kansas or Illinois side of a metro, we settle that state's licensing before anyone signs, and we plan your five clinical courses as one sequence.
Questions Clarkson students ask
Can I do Clarkson FNP clinicals in Missouri?
Yes. Missouri reads Meets on Clarkson's Graduate Nursing tab, which covers FNP along with AGACNP and PMHNP. You need an RN license effective in Missouri, a preceptor licensed in Missouri with at least two years of experience, and Clarkson's approval of the preceptor and site before you register for the course.
Can the physician who collaborates with my NP preceptor also precept me?
Under Clarkson's November 2023 sheets, yes, if that physician has two years of experience and a practice that fits the course. Each provider you see patients with needs a separate agreement, and going past two preceptors in one course takes written approval from course faculty.
Can a Missouri nurse enroll in Clarkson's RN to BSN?
Clarkson's 2026-27 workbook marks the RN-BSN Does Not Meet for Missouri, one of 43 states with that answer. Put the question to the program before applying and keep its written reply; the RN to BSN guide explains the program. Graduate Nursing, by contrast, reads Meets here.
Is Missouri part of the APRN Compact?
No. Missouri has not enacted it, and the compact is inert until a seventh state does. After graduation, NP practice in Missouri takes a Missouri license and, under the state's restricted model, a physician collaborator throughout your career there.
Related pages
Last checked 2026-09-27
We check these pages against Clarkson College's own catalog, program pages and published nursing documents. Your course faculty and Graduate Nursing advisor have the final word.
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Tell us your Clarkson track, your city and your next clinical course. We line up preceptors who fit the NRS course and Clarkson's rules, gather the details the site and preceptor agreement asks for, and flag early whether the site needs a new affiliation agreement.
- Preceptors matched to the course: all-ages primary care for FNP, acute care units for AGACNP, psychiatric providers for PMHNP
- License, experience and site details checked against Clarkson's rules before the agreement is filed
- Every clinical course planned in sequence, close to home in a state where Clarkson's graduate nursing meets requirements
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