New York residents in Bradley University's NP programs
Bradley University's state table marks all four online NP tracks YES for New York, meaning Bradley has judged each one to meet New York's education requirements for licensure. A footnote changes the logistics: New York students do their clinical rotations and DNP projects outside New York. Your practicums happen in another state, usually a neighbor, under that state's RN license and with your advisor's sign-off.
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Four YES cells and one footnote
New York's row in Bradley's online nursing table, linked from the State Disclosures page, reads YES across the NP columns, and every one of those cells carries two asterisks. The table has no date, so recheck the live copy before you enroll.
| Bradley program | Answer for New York | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Family Nurse Practitioner | Meets (YES**) | Clinicals and DNP project outside New York |
| Psychiatric Mental Health NP | Meets (YES**) | Same footnote |
| Adult-Gerontology Acute Care NP | Meets (YES**) | Same footnote |
| Adult-Gerontology Primary Care NP | Meets (YES**) | Same footnote |
| MSN Nursing and Healthcare Leadership | Not listed | Ask Bradley where practicums may happen |
| DNP Nursing Leadership | Not listed | Ask Bradley where the DNP project may happen |
The footnote reads in full: "New York students cannot do clinical rotations or DNP projects in New York." DNP students should note the second half; the project, its site and its practice mentor also belong outside the state. The District of Columbia carries a matching limit. See state disclosures for the whole table.
The New York rules behind the footnote
Bradley does not explain the footnote, but the state's own rules show the terrain. The New York State Education Department (NYSED) licenses nurses through its Office of the Professions. In NYSED's view, out-of-state and online nursing programs place nobody in a New York clinical rotation until NYSED has registered or approved them, federal VA and Armed Forces settings aside. NP students face that test at the level of their specific NP program.
NYSED goes as far as telling NP students that rotating in New York while enrolled in an unregistered NP program may break the law. A second NYSED office, the one that evaluates colleges, counts clinical placements in licensed fields as physical presence, and SARA membership does not spare a school from getting advance approval or an exemption. Bradley's footnote makes no federal-site exception, so count every New York site out unless Bradley tells you otherwise in writing.
Picking the state where you will train
Bradley's handbook expects rotations in your approved home or admission state, and it wants any rotation across a state line cleared with your academic advisor or the department chair before the semester opens. For a New York resident those two rules collide, so settle the plan with your advisor early, before your first practicum is on the calendar.
Geography sets the shortlist. Greater New York already spills over the Hudson into New Jersey; Westchester touches Connecticut; the Capital Region looks east to Massachusetts and Vermont; the Southern Tier and western New York sit along Pennsylvania. Every one of those neighbors reads YES for all four NP tracks. Their boards differ: New Jersey's and Pennsylvania's list no approval step for visiting programs, while the Massachusetts and Connecticut rules center on pre-licensure schools. The New Jersey and Pennsylvania guides go further.
Licensing when home is outside the compact
The compact has no foothold in New York and no pending bill to give it one, and a multistate license is reserved for nurses who call a compact state home. So a New Yorker training in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts or Vermont applies for that state's own RN license, active and unencumbered, before the first clinical hour. Build the board's processing time into your timeline; the RN license page has Bradley's rule.
After graduation the picture flips back home. New York counts as full practice in AANP's survey, yet newer NPs keep a physician collaborator on paper, through a written agreement plus protocols, until they pass 3,600 hours of practice. If you work for Northwell Health, NewYork-Presbyterian, Mount Sinai, NYC Health + Hospitals or UR Medicine in Rochester, your job can stay put while your practicum hours happen across the line.
Why New York students choose us
A New York plan starts across a state line, and that is exactly where we start. Your placement advisor searches within commuting reach in the neighboring state you and your academic advisor agree on, checks each preceptor's license and the site's readiness for Bradley's agency agreement, and times the DocuSign packet around your new license so it reaches Bradley complete, well before the midterm deadline. Begin with the contact form.
Questions Bradley students ask
Is a New York VA medical center an exception to Bradley's footnote?
Plan on no. New York's registration rule sets aside federal sites, VA and military alike, but Bradley's footnote draws no such line: New York students do their clinical rotations outside New York. Unless Bradley confirms in writing that a federal site in New York is acceptable, schedule your hours in another state.
Which license covers a Bradley rotation across the river in New Jersey?
A New Jersey RN license. New Jersey's compact membership took effect in November 2021, but as a New York resident you cannot hold a multistate license, since those go to nurses living in member states. Apply to New Jersey's board directly and have the license active before your packet's start date.
Where does my DNP project go if I live in New York?
Outside New York, under the same footnote. The project runs across NUR 841 to NUR 844 with a practice mentor you propose, so choose a mentor and an organization in the neighboring state where you already train. The DNP project hours page covers the hours and the mentor packet.
Do telehealth visits with New York patients count?
Bradley's handbook points FNP and adult-gerontology students to separate telemedicine guidelines that are not public, and the footnote itself says nothing about telehealth. Before you count any hour involving a New York patient or a New York site, get course faculty's answer in writing.
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Last checked 2026-09-25
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