Louisiana in Post's NP table: No for licensure and prescribing
Louisiana is on the short No list in Post University's NP disclosure. The table says Post's coursework meets neither the NP license nor the prescriptive authority requirements there, for any of the three MSN specializations, and Post takes no NP applicants whose home is in Louisiana and does no recruiting there. Below: the row, Louisiana's detailed rules for schools based elsewhere, and what a Post student in Texas, Arkansas or Mississippi does instead.
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Post's Louisiana row, cell by cell
| Post specialization or item | Post's answer for Louisiana |
|---|---|
| MSN Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) | No for the license, No for prescribing |
| MSN Adult Gerontology Primary Care NP (AGPCNP) | No, No |
| MSN Psychiatric Mental Health NP (PMHNP) | No, No |
| License title | Certified Nurse Practitioner |
| License requirements outside education | Unencumbered, active Louisiana license; national NP certification; a collaborative agreement with a physician |
| Prescribing requirements outside education | LBP registration; DEA number; 500 hours of APRN practice in the last two years; a three-hour continuing education course on controlled substances |
| Governing body | Louisiana State Board of Nursing |
Louisiana's asterisk is the link to Post's enrollment footnote, and it carried the same marking in the 2023 version. The prescribing cell asks for recent practice hours and a controlled-substance course. Post's cells also have two small slips, a missing word after "active Louisiana" and a misspelled board name, so check the board's own wording.
How Louisiana regulates nursing schools from other states
Louisiana writes its expectations of outside schools into LAC 46:XLVII.3539, and they are demanding. Whether it trains undergraduates or graduate nurses, a program controlled from another state must secure Board approval first, for courses and for clinical experiences alike. The request is due six months before anything begins, names the agencies and units involved, and arrives with curriculum documents, faculty credentials and exam outcomes. Home-state approval, regional accreditation and a nursing accreditor the Board accepts are also required, and approval, good for three years at most, is renewed by petition.
The code shapes the preceptorship too. Faculty teaching there need Louisiana licensure as an RN or APRN, a graduate nursing degree and two years in clinical practice. They check in with each preceptor and student weekly, go to the site in person each semester or quarter at minimum, and oversee no more than nine APRN students on a given clinical day. Graduate placements also go on a Board spreadsheet, filed no later than two weeks into the experience.
Practice and licenses in Louisiana
AANP files Louisiana under reduced practice: an NP needs a physician collaborator, under a state-regulated agreement, for at least part of practice, which is why Post's row lists one. Louisiana's compact participation dates from mid-2019, and the state has no APRN Compact law.
A nurse holding a multistate license issued elsewhere can work in Louisiana as an RN, yet that license cannot reopen the state for Post NP hours, since Post's clinical rule follows its own approved list; the RN license guide explains it. The four biggest metros, Lafayette and Shreveport-Bossier City along with New Orleans-Metairie and Baton Rouge, are served by health systems that include Ochsner, Willis-Knighton and LCMC Health as well as FMOL Health and Baton Rouge General: context for Post students, not options.
Texas, Arkansas and Mississippi: where our search runs instead
Every state that borders Louisiana answers Yes for all three tracks in Post's table: Texas, Arkansas and Mississippi. For a Post student in any of them, we search primary care and psychiatric practices close to home, screen each candidate against Post's preceptor requirements, and gather the preceptor's credentials and a signed agreement letter early enough for a complete Week 1 packet. A student who once pictured a New Orleans rotation ends up with every hour on the approved side. Send us your track and term to begin.
For Louisiana RNs, and Post students thinking of moving there
Living and working in Louisiana puts Post's NP tracks out of reach. Post's DNP and non-NP MSN are post-licensure programs with no state table, but Louisiana's approval rule reaches any outside nursing program offering clinical experiences in the state, so ask admissions how practice hours would work before you apply.
If you are a current Post NP student eyeing a move to Louisiana, raise it with admissions and the Clinical Coordinator first; Post admits NP students on residence in an approved state, and nothing it publishes covers a mid-program move to a No state. Until you hear back, we keep your remaining preceptorships planned where you live now.
Questions Post students ask
Does Post University accept nurse practitioner students from Louisiana?
Post's current NP disclosure answers No for Louisiana on both licensure questions, and the footnote tied to it leaves Louisiana residents outside Post's NP recruiting and enrollment. A broader sentence on Post's State Approvals page is explained in the disclosure guide, and admissions can settle your case in writing.
What does Louisiana require before an NP can prescribe?
Post's row names four items: an LBP registration, a DEA number, 500 hours of APRN practice in the past two years and a three-hour course on controlled substances, all on top of the Certified Nurse Practitioner license. The state board's site carries the current version.
I'm a Post student in Mississippi. Can I log hours at a New Orleans clinic?
Not within Post's rule. Clinical hours belong in approved states where you also hold a license, with Post's sign-off for any state besides home. Louisiana is off that list, and its own code would also demand Board approval of the program. Mississippi answers Yes for all three tracks, so your search stays there.
How early must an outside school apply to Louisiana's board?
Six months before the first course or clinical experience, under LAC 46:XLVII.3539, and approval then lasts up to three years. For a Post NP student the question never arises, since Louisiana is not an approved state in Post's table.
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Last checked 2026-09-27
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