Mississippi: Post University NP clinicals and preceptors
Yes: Post University's current NP disclosure lists Mississippi for all three nurse practitioner specializations, FNP, AGPCNP and PMHNP alike. The twist: Mississippi sends nursing programs from other states to its higher-education board, which wants months of notice before clinicals begin.
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Mississippi's row in Post's NP disclosure
Both of Post's yes-or-no questions come back Yes for Mississippi, in every specialization: the coursework satisfies the education side of the NP license and of prescribing.
| Post specialization or item | Post's answer for Mississippi |
|---|---|
| Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) | Yes |
| Adult Gerontology Primary Care NP (AGPCNP) | Yes |
| Psychiatric Mental Health NP (PMHNP) | Yes |
| License title | Certified Nurse Practitioner |
| Other requirements, NP license | Unencumbered, active Mississippi or multistate RN license; national NP certification; collaborative agreement with a physician |
| Other requirements, prescriptive authority | DEA number |
| Governing body | Mississippi Board of Nursing |
The extras in the lower rows come after graduation; the collaborative agreement is the one that will shape your first NP job. How Post built the table is on the disclosure guide.
Why clinicals here start with IHL, not the nursing board
Mississippi's Board of Nursing approves practical nursing programs only. Nursing degree programs fall to IHL, the state's Institutions of Higher Learning board, and IHL treats any clinical practicum held in Mississippi as physical presence. Programs from other states, graduate ones included, must satisfy Mississippi's standards through an IHL Nursing Education review of up to three months, plus SARA membership or, outside SARA, authorization through MCCA. Post belongs to SARA.
A four-month runway appears in Appendix S of IHL's August 2024 procedures manual, which asks programs run from elsewhere to file their request that far before starting. Our research did not turn up the status of Post's own IHL review, so ask the Clinical Coordinator before any preceptor holds a term open for you.
One IHL standard lands on the student: in an APRN clinical course you must hold a clean RN license that is good where the clinical is held. Post's rule says much the same, as the RN license page explains.
Four months is about two of Post's 8-week terms: start a Mississippi search well before the course that needs the hours.
Precepting in a collaborative-practice state
AANP rates Mississippi reduced practice. Every NP there needs a collaborating physician (or dentist) in a relationship the board has approved. Post takes an MD or DO preceptor as well as an NP; see who may precept a Post NP student.
Names that come up first are Forrest Health, the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) and Singing River Health System. North Mississippi Health Services is another, and Memphis-headquartered Baptist Memorial Health Care runs Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson. They are search territory for NP students, not Post partners, each with its own student rules. Independent primary care and mental health clinics around Jackson, Gulfport-Biloxi and Hattiesburg count too. The research found no Mississippi preceptor incentive.
Your license, the compact and two closed neighbors
Mississippi's compact participation dates to January 19, 2018, on NCSBN's table. The Board explains that nurses whose primary state of residence is in the compact, and who stay in good standing, can work across member states on one license. No APRN Compact exists in Mississippi law, so your eventual NP license remains a single-state credential.
Post's table narrows the map further. Tennessee and Louisiana both answer No, which leaves them outside Post's approved clinical states. That bites hardest for the roughly 278,000 Mississippians in the Memphis metro, whose nearest large practices sit over the Tennessee line. Alabama and Arkansas answer Yes, but hours there need Post's prior specialization approval first.
Why Mississippi's Post students choose us
A long lead time is where our head start pays off. We look for primary care or mental health preceptors near your home, from Jackson to the coast to the Mississippi side of Memphis, and check every site against Post's table before anyone is asked.
We raise the IHL timing with you on day one, gather what Post wants on each preceptor (license report, national certification, CV), return the agreement letter signed and file the affiliation request with room to spare, so nothing in the Week 1 packet is open on the first Monday. If your preceptor bows out mid-term, the hunt for a replacement begins that week. Send us your track and county to start.
Questions Post students ask
Can I enroll in Post's online PMHNP while living in Mississippi?
Yes. Post's current NP disclosure names the PMHNP for Mississippi, along with the FNP and AGPCNP. Its 630 precepted hours go to psychiatric and behavioral health sites whose patients range from children to older adults, and the rest of the program runs online, with no trip to Waterbury. The PMHNP program page lays out its five preceptorship courses.
Does the Mississippi Board of Nursing approve Post's clinicals?
Not in the usual way. For degree programs, including those based in other states, the gatekeeper in Mississippi is IHL, and that review runs between Post and IHL. What falls to you: ask the Clinical Coordinator early whether a Mississippi site can be used in your term, and keep your RN license current with nothing against it.
My home is in the Mississippi part of greater Memphis. Could my hours be at a Memphis practice?
Not under Post's current table. Tennessee is one of the states Post closes to NP students, with both disclosure answers a No. Your multistate license may let you take RN shifts in Memphis, but that privilege does not make Tennessee an approved clinical state. Look for a preceptor on the Mississippi side, or in another Yes state once Post gives prior approval.
Do I need a collaborative agreement while I am still a student?
Post lists the collaborative agreement among the requirements outside education for Mississippi's Certified Nurse Practitioner license, which ties it to practice after licensure rather than to your preceptorships, where you work under your approved preceptor. Expect it in your first NP job search, since every Mississippi NP practices with a board-approved collaborator.
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Last checked 2026-09-27
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Post asks you to select your own preceptor. We make the search the easy part.
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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