Indiana nurses in Post University's NP programs
If you live in Indiana, all three of Post University's NP specializations are open to you, each marked Yes for Indiana in Post's current disclosure. Indiana's board keeps its hands off graduate programs, so the clinical plan runs on Post's rules and the site's, and your Indiana or multistate RN license covers the hours at home.
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Indiana in Post's NP disclosure
Indiana's row has an unusual License cell. Where most states show an NP title, Post writes "APRN Prescriptive Authority". Both of the table's questions, about the NP license and about prescribing, are answered Yes, and all three tracks appear.
| Post specialization | Post's answer for Indiana |
|---|---|
| MSN, Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) | Yes |
| MSN, Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP) | Yes |
| MSN, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) | Yes |
| License cell in Post's table | APRN Prescriptive Authority |
| Other requirements Post lists | Unencumbered, active Indiana or multistate RN license; collaborative agreement with a physician; for prescribing, a CSR and a DEA number |
Two things set this row apart. The DEA number carries no optional tag, and Post adds a CSR, the state controlled substance registration, for prescriptive authority. The collaborative agreement matches AANP's reduced-practice rating for Indiana: some element of every Indiana NP's practice stays tied to a state-regulated physician collaboration. All of it comes after graduation, not during your clinical courses.
Clinicals in Indiana, with no board approval step
Housed in the Professional Licensing Agency, Indiana's nursing board accredits Indiana schools that turn out new RNs and LPNs. The board's education page puts graduate nursing programs, like RN-BSN completion programs, outside its review, and 848 IAC 1-2-4, the administrative rule on which programs qualify, stops at schools preparing new RNs and PNs. For a Post MSN student, then, the approvals that matter are the Clinical Coordinator's sign-off and the site's affiliation agreement.
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood is the state's big metro, at more than two million residents, with Fort Wayne a distant second. Indiana's northwest counties count toward Chicago's metro, and a strip along the south toward Louisville's. Indiana University Health is one of the large systems. Parkview Health runs a big network too, as do Ascension St. Vincent, Franciscan Health and Community Health Network, each with its own student intake.
Whatever the system, the setting has to fit the course. Family and adult-gerontology students log every hour in primary care. Psychiatric students need behavioral health settings that see children as well as adults and older adults; our PMHNP site guide explains what counts.
An Indiana multistate license, and where it stops
Indiana nurses have had compact licenses since mid-2020, so an Indiana resident can hold a multistate RN license, and Post's Indiana row accepts one. Indiana has not passed the APRN Compact, which means your eventual NP authority will be Indiana's alone.
The border states split down the middle. Ohio and Kentucky are compact members with Yes rows in Post's table; Illinois and Michigan are outside the compact. For a student in Indiana's slice of the Chicago metro, an Illinois practice means holding an Illinois license too, and Illinois regulates visiting programs in a way Indiana does not; the Illinois guide explains. Hours anywhere outside Indiana also need Post's prior approval; RN license and clinical states covers it.
Why Indiana students in Post's NP tracks choose us
With the board out of the picture, your timeline runs on Post's clock, and that clock is what we plan to. We find a preceptor near your home, from Indianapolis to Fort Wayne to the Louisville side of the state, favoring NPs as Post recommends, and we keep Chicago-area students on the Indiana side unless they already hold an Illinois license.
Every preceptor file we hand over is whole: credentials gathered, agreement letter signed, affiliation request already moving, so the Week 1 packet closes before your first day. Send us your county and track.
Questions Post students ask
What does "APRN Prescriptive Authority" mean in Post's Indiana row?
It is simply the label Post put in the License column for Indiana, where most rows name an NP title. The answers that matter sit beside it: Post says its coursework satisfies Indiana's education requirements for both licensure and prescribing, in every track. For the exact title Indiana issues today, check the Indiana State Board of Nursing's own pages.
Do I need a CSR or DEA number while I am a Post NP student in Indiana?
No. Post lists the CSR and the DEA number under requirements outside education, for prescriptive authority once you are licensed. During clinical courses you train under your preceptor's supervision, so plan both registrations for after graduation and national certification, and check the board's current steps then.
Can I do clinicals in Louisville with my Indiana license?
Possibly. Kentucky is a Yes state in Post's table and a compact member, so your Indiana multistate license reaches it. Post still requires prior approval for hours outside your state of primary residence, and the catalog does not say whether a multistate privilege meets its license wording, so ask the Clinical Coordinator before a Louisville preceptor signs anything.
Does Indiana's board need notice before my Post clinicals start?
Nothing on the board's pages asks that of graduate programs, since its approval work covers pre-licensure RN and PN programs. Post's catalog cautions that a few boards want to hear about a clinical plan as much as 60 days before it starts, so ask the Clinical Coordinator, who checks state rules with Post's compliance officer.
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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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