Oregon: an open board, and a closed row in Post University's NP table
Post University's current NP disclosure marks Oregon No for the NP license and for prescriptive authority, across all three MSN specializations, and Post keeps its NP recruiting and enrollment away from Oregon residents. That surprises people who know Oregon's nursing board, which lets NP programs from other states place students without its sign-off. The two facts answer different questions, and this page pulls them apart.
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Oregon's row in Post's disclosure
| Post specialization or item | Post's answer for Oregon |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| License title | Nurse Practitioner |
| Other requirements Post lists | Unencumbered, active Oregon RN license; national NP certification; DEA number optional for prescribing |
| Governing body | Oregon State Board of Nursing |
Oregon's asterisk links it to Post's footnote, which covers every state where the program falls short of the educational requirements for NP licensure. Post's Yes or No is narrow on purpose: it says whether Post's completed coursework meets what Oregon requires for the license, and Oregon's answer on both counts is No.
Why Oregon's open placement rules leave the answer unchanged
Oregon's board has stepped out of the approval business for NP placements. Its APRN FAQ poses the question directly, whether a school from another state needs the Board's sign-off before sending APRN students to Oregon sites, and replies No. Until July 1, 2021, when its repeal took hold, a rule (OAR chapter 851, division 50) had NP students from graduate schools outside Oregon obtain Board authorization before their practicums. The only notice the Board still collects comes from PN and RN pre-licensure schools. APRN programs skip it, and so do programs that end in no license at all, RN-to-BSN, non-APRN master's and DNP programs among them.
That openness concerns where students may stand, not what the coursework is worth for licensure. Post's table asks whether its coursework meets Oregon's educational requirements for the NP license, answers No, and Post's clinical rule follows that table, so Oregon hours sit outside a Post NP plan.
Licenses: Oregon keeps its own
Oregon's legislature has no compact bill in play, the state is not a Nurse Licensure Compact member, and it has not taken up the APRN Compact either. Post's row fits that picture: it asks for an active Oregon RN license and offers no multistate alternative, so a nurse holding a multistate license from Idaho would still need Oregon's own license to work there. AANP places Oregon in its full practice group. For how Post's approved-state rule treats compact licenses where they do apply, see the RN license guide.
Portland, Vancouver and the Northwest map
The Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro spans two states, and both sit on Post's No list: close to 2 million of its people live in Oregon and roughly 545,000 in Washington. For a Post student in the Northwest, the nearest open states are Idaho, Nevada and, for the FNP and AGPCNP only, California.
Inside Oregon, Salem, Eugene-Springfield and Bend round out the larger metros, and the systems students of eligible programs know best include OHSU, Legacy Health, Samaritan Health Services, Providence Oregon and Kaiser Permanente Northwest. None of them figures in a Post NP plan.
Who we help from here
Our placement desk serves Post NP students in Yes states, and for this corner of the country that means Idaho, Nevada and California. If you live in one of them, we find preceptors near home in the setting your course calls for, primary care for the FNP and AGPCNP or mental and behavioral health for the PMHNP, verify each against Post's standards, and have the complete packet in front of the Clinical Coordinator well before Week 1.
Thinking of moving to Portland or Bend mid-program? Ask admissions first: Post makes residence in an approved state a condition of the NP tracks and publishes nothing on a move to a No state. While you wait, your current state stays the base for every preceptorship we plan. Oregon RNs cannot start Post's NP tracks from home, though Post's DNP and non-NP MSN have no state table, and Oregon's Board asks nothing of non-licensure programs. Tell us your state to get started.
Questions Post students ask
Can Oregon residents enroll in Post University's PMHNP?
No, according to Post's current NP disclosure, which marks Oregon No for the PMHNP and the two primary care tracks on both the license and prescribing questions. The asterisk on the row brings in Post's footnote, which puts Oregonians outside its NP recruiting and enrollment. Where another Post page reads differently, the disclosure guide walks through it.
Does Oregon require approval for out-of-state NP clinical placements?
Not anymore. Oregon's board dropped its prior-authorization rule for NP students of outside programs as of July 1, 2021, and its APRN FAQ now tells schools no approval is needed to place APRN students. That still leaves Oregon off Post's approved list, which is what decides where Post NP students may train.
Can I work in Oregon on a multistate RN license?
No. Oregon stayed out of the compact, and no bill is pending, so RN work there takes an Oregon license, the one Post's row lists. There is no APRN Compact route for NP licenses either.
Which nearby states are open to Post NP students?
Idaho, bordering both Oregon and Washington, is a Yes state for every Post NP track, as is Nevada. California answers Yes for the FNP and AGPCNP, with the PMHNP not listed. Washington, like Oregon, is marked No.
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Last checked 2026-09-27
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