Bradley University NP clinicals in Missouri
Bradley University's state table now marks Missouri as meeting requirements for all four online NP specialties, where the March 2025 copy said NO for PMHNP, AGACNP and AGPCNP. Missouri NPs practice alongside a physician for their whole careers, and the compact decides which license you train on.
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Missouri's row in Bradley's table
Missouri reads YES in the Family Nurse Practitioner column of Bradley's online licensure table, the Nursing link on its State Disclosures page, and now in the other three NP columns. The change is in Psy/Mental Health, Geriatric - Acute and Geriatric - Primary: an archived copy from March 28, 2025 showed NO in all three, and Missouri is one of nine states to flip since.
| Bradley program | Answer for Missouri | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Family Nurse Practitioner | Meets | Unchanged |
| Psychiatric Mental Health NP | Meets | Was NO in March 2025 |
| Adult-Gerontology Acute Care NP | Meets | Was NO in March 2025 |
| Adult-Gerontology Primary Care NP | Meets | Was NO in March 2025 |
| MSN Nursing and Healthcare Leadership | Not listed | Outside the table |
| DNP Nursing Leadership | Not listed | Ask the Office of Online and Distance Education |
If an older copy ruled Bradley out for your specialty, look again, and recheck the undated table before you apply. The state disclosures guide shows how to read it.
Precepting in a restricted practice state
The AANP files Missouri under restricted practice, its strictest label. Missouri NPs never move past physician collaboration: the collaborative practice arrangement lasts a whole career and sets rules on how many NPs a physician may take on, how charts are reviewed and how controlled substances are handled. Any Missouri NP who agrees to teach you brings a physician partner along, and on some days that physician may be the one in the room.
Bradley's model accommodates that. In 2017 Bradley's webinar on preceptors allowed physicians (MDs and DOs) as well as NPs, with NPs expected to carry most of the hours, so a collaborating pair can carry a course if the NP keeps the larger share. Check the current wording in your track's clinical packet in MyOnline; preceptor requirements summarizes the public rules.
Missouri systems, and a board that asks little of Bradley
Big names cluster by metro: BJC HealthCare and SSM Health on the St. Louis side, CoxHealth in Springfield, MU Health Care in Columbia, and Mercy across several regions, with Kansas City to the west. None has a published Bradley tie, and each screens student requests its own way.
Our state research found nothing in the Missouri board's published rules asking a school from another state for approval or notice before its students train in Missouri. The Board's program rules in 20 CSR 2200-2 deal with schools it approves itself, and the Board was not asked directly. For you, Bradley's rules decide: a license valid in Missouri and clear of encumbrance, an agency agreement arranged by the Office of Online and Distance Education, and the DocuSign preceptor packet in on time.
Which license, on which side of the river
Missouri's compact statute, RSMo 335.360 onward, took effect on July 20, 2017, and NCSBN puts the working start at January 19, 2018. A nurse whose primary home is Missouri can hold a multistate license that covers Missouri clinics and the other compact states, but not Illinois.
St. Louis is where this bites. In 2025 Census estimates, about 672,000 of the metro's 2.8 million people live on the Illinois side. A Metro East nurse cannot hold a multistate license while living in Illinois, so a St. Louis rotation takes a license issued by Missouri itself, and the handbook's rule on cross-border rotations means clearing the plan with your advisor or the department chair first. A Missouri nurse heading east needs an IDFPR license. The RN license page covers both directions.
Why Missouri Bradley students choose us
Missouri rewards a search that is exact from the first call. Your placement advisor finds NP preceptors near you whose setting fits your Bradley course, confirms every license, and asks early how the collaborating physician shares your days. We pull together the preceptor's license copy, current CV, proof of malpractice insurance and site address, so the packet reaches Bradley whole. Metro East students see Illinois-side options first, with St. Louis added once the advisor agrees. Tell us your town and track below.
Questions Bradley students ask
Did Bradley's PMHNP used to exclude Missouri?
It did in the March 28, 2025 archived copy of Bradley's state table, which read NO for Missouri in the PMHNP and both adult-gerontology columns. The live table reads YES in all four NP columns. The document is undated, so open the live copy from bradley.edu before applying and ask admissions if an older answer shaped your plans.
Can I live in Illinois and do Bradley clinicals in St. Louis?
Possibly. Bradley's handbook lists a rotation in a neighboring state among the plans to settle with your advisor or the nursing chair ahead of the term. Missouri would have to license you directly, as multistate licensing is closed to Illinois residents, and the site's agreement with Bradley and its liability coverage must also line up.
Can a Missouri NP under collaboration precept me?
Yes, on Bradley's published terms. Missouri offers no full practice route, so every NP there works with a collaborating physician. Bradley's public rules look at role and license standing rather than practice authority. Bradley sets no public floor on years in practice; your track's packet in MyOnline is where to confirm whether a newly certified NP qualifies.
Do Missouri NPs get a tax credit for precepting nursing students?
No. Missouri's preceptor tax credit, under RSMo 135.690, is limited to physicians and PAs precepting medical and PA trainees in primary care fields. An NP teaching a nursing student falls outside it. What persuades a Missouri NP is a clear ask: the course, the hours it needs, your schedule and the experience you bring.
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Last checked 2026-09-25
We check these pages against Bradley's own catalog, online program pages and Graduate Student Handbook. Your clinical packet, course faculty and academic advisor have the final word.
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Tell us your Bradley track, your city and your next practicum course. We line up preceptors who fit the NUR course and gather the license, CV and malpractice details the DocuSign packet asks for, well before the midterm of the semester before you start.
- Preceptors matched to the course: primary care for FNP and AGPCNP, acute care teams for AGACNP, mental health settings for PMHNP
- Preceptor license, CV, malpractice coverage and the site address ready for the packet
- Every practicum in your sequence planned together, close to home in your approved state
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