Post University nurse practitioner clinicals for Virginia RNs
You can. Post University's current NP disclosure puts a Yes beside Virginia for each MSN specialization (FNP, AGPCNP, PMHNP), so a nurse living here can enroll in any of the three and log clinical hours near home. Virginia adds no board paperwork for a graduate program based in Connecticut; your RN license and a preceptor Post accepts are what decide the plan.
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Tell us your Post program and where you live. A placement advisor replies with the preceptor and site options that fit your course.
Virginia's line in Post's NP disclosure
In plain terms, Post's coursework covers the education half of a Virginia NP license on each track. Classes run online with no Waterbury visit; the hands-on part, completed in Virginia, runs to 540 precepted hours in primary care for family and adult-gerontology students and 630 in psychiatric care for PMHNP students.
Post's cell reads collaborative agreement. AANP is more specific: a Virginia NP signs on with a patient care team physician through a practice agreement and can step out of it only after attesting to the full-time equivalent of three clinical years. That is a post-graduation question for the Board of Nursing.
| Post specialization or column | Post's answer for Virginia |
|---|---|
| MSN Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) | Yes |
| MSN Adult Gerontology Primary Care NP (AGPCNP) | Yes |
| MSN Psychiatric Mental Health NP (PMHNP) | Yes |
| License title | Nurse Practitioner |
| Education met for the NP license / for prescriptive authority | Yes / Yes |
| Other requirements Post lists | Current, active Virginia or multistate RN license; national NP certification; collaborative agreement with a physician; for prescribing, a DEA number (optional) |
No board filing, but Post's approvals still apply
Out-of-state schools, and post-licensure education in general, fall outside what Virginia's Board of Nursing approves, per the Board's education programs page. Its 80% rule for in-state clinical time, together with the 18VAC90-27 site standards, governs the pre-licensure schools it approves, not a Post MSN student. The gatekeeper for your Richmond or Roanoke practice is Post: the practice and preceptor are yours to find, approval of both rests with the Clinical Coordinator, and an affiliation agreement between Post and the practice has to be in place.
Under AANP's restricted rating, many Virginia NPs practice inside patient care teams. That opens a second door, the team physician, since MDs and DOs are acceptable preceptors in Post's catalog even though NPs are favored; Post's preceptor standards set out the rest.
Large employers are useful search landmarks and nothing more: Sentara Health, Inova, VCU Health, UVA Health and Carilion Clinic among them. Most Virginians live in four places: the state's share of the Washington metro, the Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Chesapeake corridor, Richmond, and Roanoke. Family and adult-gerontology students should look only at primary care offices.
Preceptors may bring up the Nurse Preceptor Incentive Program. Since SB 405 (signed March 31, 2026) it sits with the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority's nursing workforce center, for hours from July 1, 2026 on. It is limited to students of Virginia schools, so precepting a Post student falls outside it.
License, compact and border checks
Multistate RN licenses have come out of Virginia under the compact since January 19, 2018, and a multistate RN license from here fits the Virginia-or-multistate line in Post's row. The APRN Compact, a separate agreement, has no Virginia enactment.
State statute is more generous than Post. Va. Code § 54.1-3001 exempts an enrolled advanced practice student licensed as an RN in another state, provided that license is current and unrestricted, for the clinical work the curriculum requires. Post's rule is narrower and it is the one you follow: train only in approved states where you are actively licensed, and get approval before any clinical outside your home state. See license rules for clinicals.
Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky and North Carolina are Yes states in Post's table. DC and Tennessee are marked No, so an office across the Potomac or over the Tennessee line cannot host your hours.
Why Virginia's Post students choose us
We search your corner of Virginia, from the DC suburbs to Norfolk and Roanoke, for preceptors who fit your Post course, and every address on your list sits inside an approved state. Each preceptor gets a finished ask: your track, your hours and a preceptor agreement letter ready for signature. The affiliation request goes in early so your Week 1 packet is done before day one, and should a preceptor step away mid-term, the replacement search starts right away. Tell the placement desk your track and town.
Questions Post students ask
Is the PMHNP open to Virginia residents at Post?
Yes. Post lists all three tracks for Virginia, the PMHNP included. Its 630 precepted hours are psychiatric, with patients from children to older adults, so your search targets psychiatric practices and behavioral health clinics instead of family medicine. Admission still asks you to live in Virginia and hold an active Virginia or multistate RN license.
Do I need Virginia Board of Nursing approval to train in Virginia?
The Board runs no approval route for a graduate program based in another state. Post's approvals do the work: the Clinical Coordinator signs off on your site and preceptor, the site signs an affiliation agreement, and the Week 1 packet must be complete. Because some state boards expect early notice of a clinical plan, check with the Clinical Coordinator anyway.
Can a Northern Virginia student do hours in DC?
Not under Post's current table, which marks the District of Columbia No for NP licensure and prescribing. Maryland answers Yes for every track, yet crossing into it takes Post's prior approval and an active license that reaches Maryland. A practice on the Virginia side keeps the paperwork shorter.
Does Virginia's preceptor incentive cover someone who precepts me?
It does not. Virginia's Nurse Preceptor Incentive Program serves preceptors of students enrolled in Virginia nursing schools, and Post is based in Connecticut. Knowing that up front, open with what precepting you involves: weekly hours and Post's short approval steps.
Related pages
Last checked 2026-09-27
We check these pages against Post University's own catalog, program pages and published nursing documents. Your course faculty and the Clinical Coordinator have the final word.
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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