Kansas and Post University's NP programs: from Yes in 2023 to No today
Kansas is the one state that crossed from Yes to No. Post University's 2023 NP disclosure answered Yes for Kansas on the NP license and on prescriptive authority; the current version answers No on both, adds the asterisk, and so moves Kansas into the group whose residents Post stops recruiting and enrolling for its nurse practitioner tracks. Below: the change, a Kansas licensing rule worth knowing, and the Missouri side of Kansas City.
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Then and now: Kansas in Post's table
| Post specialization or item | Post's answer for Kansas |
|---|---|
| MSN Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) | No (license) / No (prescribing) |
| MSN Adult Gerontology Primary Care NP (AGPCNP) | No / No |
| MSN Psychiatric Mental Health NP (PMHNP) | No / No |
| The 2023 version | Yes for the NP license and for prescriptive authority, no asterisk |
| License title | Nurse Practitioner |
| Other requirements Post lists | Unencumbered, active Kansas or multistate RN license; a DEA number for prescribing |
| Governing body | Kansas Board of Nursing |
With the asterisk comes Post's footnote, which applies wherever the program misses a state's educational requirements for NP licensure and takes those residents out of Post's NP recruiting and enrollment. Post prints no reason for the change. Anyone who read the older PDF, or Post's early-2024 NP program sheet, saw the opposite of today's answer; the disclosure guide compares the versions.
A Kansas rule that sits beside the change
Kansas skips up-front approval of online APRN programs based in other states. KSBN, the state board, waits until one of their graduates files for a Kansas APRN license and reviews the program then. Its list covers the three Ps at the advanced level (three credit hours each of pharmacology, health assessment and pathophysiology), a 45-credit minimum, national accreditation and a minimum count of clinical hours in the role and specialty. Students admitted before March 1, 2025 need 500 of those hours; later admits need 750.
Post's own totals are 540 precepted clinical hours for the FNP and AGPCNP, 630 for the PMHNP, and 42 to 45 credits in the two primary care tracks. Post has not said whether the Kansas list drove its decision, so read the numbers as context, not as Post's explanation; admissions or advising can connect you with a Post credentialing specialist.
Clinical supervision and licenses inside Kansas
KSBN wants whoever supervises an APRN student's clinical work in Kansas to hold a Kansas APRN license, ideally in the role the student is learning, and to receive an orientation and sign an agreement (K.A.R. 60-17-104). In the clinic the student relies on an RN license Kansas accepts, single-state or multistate, with K.S.A. 65-1124 supplying the student status. AANP rates Kansas full practice.
Multistate RN licenses have worked in Kansas since the compact took effect there in mid-2019, on July 1; the APRN Compact is another matter, and Kansas has not passed it. For a Post NP student the compact is beside the point: Post's clinical rule, set out on the license rules page, keeps hours in approved states, and Kansas no longer qualifies.
Kansas City, Wichita and the Missouri line
The Kansas City metro now splits between two answers. A little over 41 percent of its people live on the Kansas side, which falls outside Post's clinical map, while Missouri answers Yes for all three tracks, so a Post student living there can place every preceptorship in Missouri. The rest of the border works the same way: Nebraska, Oklahoma and Colorado are Yes states for the FNP, AGPCNP and PMHNP.
Students of programs able to place in Kansas look around Wichita, where HCA runs Wesley Healthcare, and at Ascension Via Christi, Stormont Vail Health and the University of Kansas Health System, with Topeka and Manhattan as smaller markets. Post students can treat those names as background only.
Where our help fits for Kansas readers
Our placement desk works for Post students in Yes states, and all four of Kansas's neighbors qualify. If you live in Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma or Colorado, we find a primary care practice or a mental health setting near home, confirm the preceptor fits Post's rules, and get the agreement letter and affiliation paperwork done well ahead of the Week 1 deadline.
Two situations need Post's answer before ours: you enrolled while living in Kansas under the older table, or you plan to move there mid-program. Ask admissions and the Clinical Coordinator in writing, since Post's public pages cover neither case; meanwhile, your remaining preceptorships can be planned in the Yes state where you live today. Tell us your state and track.
Questions Post students ask
Did Post University stop enrolling Kansas NP students?
Post's current NP disclosure marks Kansas No on both licensure questions and attaches the footnote that ends NP recruiting and enrollment of people living in states marked that way. The 2023 version said Yes with no asterisk. Post's State Approvals page still carries a broader sentence about enrolling students from any state, so confirm your own case with admissions.
I'm a Post student in Missouri. Could my preceptor's office sit just over the Kansas line?
Not under Post's rule. Kansas dropped off the list of approved states where NP hours may count, so keep preceptorships on the Missouri side, which is open to all three tracks.
Does the Kansas change affect Post's DNP or non-NP MSN?
Post's state table covers only the three NP specializations. The DNP and the non-NP MSN tracks are post-licensure programs with no state table, so the Kansas change says nothing about them; admissions can confirm how their practice hours work for a Kansas resident.
Where do I check whether Kansas changes again?
Download the live disclosure from Post's State Approvals page or an NP program page rather than trusting a saved copy, since the table carries no date. For the licensing side, KSBN publishes what it expects of out-of-state APRN programs and their graduates.
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Last checked 2026-09-27
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