Georgia nurses and Post University's nurse practitioner clinicals
Georgia is a Yes state on every line of Post University's current NP disclosure, covering family, adult-gerontology primary care and psychiatric NP study. Georgia's nursing board keeps graduate APRN education outside its approval process, so no Board filing stands in your way. Its licensure rules still reach you and your preceptor, and one education-page line shapes your choice of preceptor.
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Georgia's row, read closely
The prescribing cell is detailed: a supervising physician, a protocol agreement through the Georgia Composite Medical Board, and a DEA number, all post-graduation steps. For now, Post's coursework counts on every track. Classes stay online; the in-person work is precepted, 540 hours of primary care on the family and adult-gerontology tracks or 630 hours of psychiatric care on the PMHNP.
| Post specialization or column | Post's answer for Georgia |
|---|---|
| MSN Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) | Yes |
| MSN Adult Gerontology Primary Care NP (AGPCNP) | Yes |
| MSN Psychiatric Mental Health NP (PMHNP) | Yes |
| License title | Nurse Practitioner |
| Education met for NP license / prescriptive authority | Yes / Yes |
| Other requirements Post lists | Unencumbered, active Georgia or multistate RN license; national NP certification; collaborative agreement with a physician; for prescribing, a supervising physician, a Georgia Composite Medical Board protocol agreement and a DEA number |
| Governing body | Georgia Board of Nursing |
What the Georgia Board expects of you and your preceptor
The Board, which operates within the Secretary of State's office, leaves post-licensure education outside its approval and oversight and counts APRN programs in that group, so Post needs no Board application to place you here. Only pre-licensure schools face a wall: according to the Board, none from out of state or online is currently cleared for Georgia clinicals.
Licensure is where the rules bite. Georgians enrolled with an outside school must train on a Georgia RN license, or on a multistate license some other compact state issued. Anyone teaching you in Georgia, face to face or online, faculty and preceptors alike, is held to that same license test.
Now the line to read twice. The Board's education page puts clinical instruction in post-licensure APRN programs in the hands of an APRN whom Georgia has authorized. Post's 2025-26 catalog, by contrast, counts MDs and DOs among acceptable NP preceptors. If a Georgia physician is on your list, raise the Board's statement with the Clinical Coordinator before the preceptor agreement letter goes out; Post's preceptor standards cover the rest.
Georgia practices, delegation and the PTIP
AANP rates Georgia restricted. Each Georgia NP answers to a delegating or supervising physician, and Schedule II orders written by NPs are restricted, so a physician is close at hand.
Metro Atlanta, about 6.5 million people, dwarfs Savannah, Augusta and Columbus. Wellstar Health System, Grady Health System, Emory Healthcare, Northside Hospital and Piedmont Healthcare are names you will see often. They are map pins for finding clinics, not known Post sites. Family and adult-gerontology students log hours in primary care alone; PMHNP students need mental health settings serving all ages.
The Preceptor Tax Incentive Program (PTIP) offers a Georgia income tax credit to in-state licensed physicians, PAs and APRNs precepting in the community, but rotations count only for students of Georgia programs, so a Post student's preceptor gains nothing from it. HB 144 revised and extended the program, per Augusta University's AHEC, which adds that registration turns annual from 2026. The revenue department's page still carries the old terms, and neither source names a new end date.
Your license and Georgia's borders
Georgia nurses have held compact licenses since January 19, 2018; no Georgia law adopts the APRN Compact. Florida, Alabama, South Carolina and North Carolina all belong to the compact and all answer Yes in Post's table, so a Columbus student eyeing an Alabama practice, or an Augusta student looking into South Carolina, has real options once Post approves clinicals outside the home state. Tennessee, on the northern line, is marked No in Post's table and is closed to your hours. License rules for clinicals explains the approval step.
Why Georgia's Post students choose us
In Georgia we check each preceptor against two rulebooks at once, Post's standards and the Board's licensure line, so the name that reaches the Clinical Coordinator fits both. We search metro Atlanta, Savannah, Augusta, Columbus and the towns between, gather each preceptor's documents, and file the affiliation request early so Week 1 opens complete. Tell us your county and track.
Questions Post students ask
Does my Georgia preceptor need Georgia APRN authorization?
Georgia's Board expects a nurse with Georgia APRN authorization to lead clinical instruction in post-licensure APRN programs, while Post's catalog also accepts an MD or DO. For a physician preceptor, those two sources point different ways, so get the Clinical Coordinator's reading of the Georgia statement before you ask a physician to sign anything.
What license do I need for Post clinicals in Georgia?
Georgia's Board lets you train on either of two licenses: a Georgia RN license, or a multistate license issued by some other compact state. Post's own rule lines up: an approved home state, an active license there, and clinicals only where your license is active. A Georgia multistate license covers both.
Will precepting me qualify someone for Georgia's PTIP credit?
It will not. PTIP rotations must serve students enrolled at Georgia schools of medicine, dentistry, nursing (NP) or PA studies, and Post is a Connecticut university. Knowing that early lets you pitch the practical side instead: which course, how many hours a week, and how Post approves a preceptor.
Could someone in north Georgia do clinicals in Tennessee?
Not under Post's current disclosure, which answers No for Tennessee on both NP licensure and prescribing and takes the state off the clinical map for Post NP students. That holds even though Tennessee is a compact state your Georgia multistate license reaches as an RN. North Carolina, the other northern neighbor, is a Yes state.
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Last checked 2026-09-27
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Tell us your Post track, your city and your next preceptorship course. We line up preceptors who fit the course, collect the license report, certification and CV the Clinical Coordinator reviews, and start the affiliation agreement early so your Week 1 packet is complete before the term opens.
- Preceptors matched to the course: primary care for FNP and AGPCNP, mental and behavioral health for PMHNP, doctoral nurse leaders for DNP hours
- Preceptor agreement letter, license report, certification and CV ready for Post's approval
- Every preceptorship planned together, close to home in a state where you hold your license and Post's disclosure says yes
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