Training in Missouri as a Loyola New Orleans student
Loyola University New Orleans gives Missouri a clean approval across its School of Nursing programs, and as a Nurse Licensure Compact member Missouri honors a multistate RN license at its clinics. What sets the state apart is its NP practice model: a physician collaborator stays attached to each NP's practice from first job to retirement, and that shapes which practices you approach.
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Missouri in Loyola's three sources
| Loyola source | Date | Result for Missouri |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced practice (MSN and DNP) licensure table | June 2, 2026 | Meets, no note |
| Pre-licensure BSN licensure table | June 2, 2026 | Meets |
| School of Nursing State Approvals Map | July 15, 2026 | Approved for all programs |
The catch is geographic: St. Louis and Kansas City both straddle state lines, so confirm which state a clinic sits in. The Kansas and Illinois guides cover the far sides of those metros.
Collaborative practice shapes the search
AANP lists Missouri as restricted. In Missouri, a collaborative practice arrangement with a physician is a permanent feature of NP practice, and the state adds rules on ratios, chart review and controlled substances. Every NP you approach therefore works inside a physician's arrangement, and hosting a student is often a practice-wide decision. The Wishlist has a field for the site's authorized legal signer beside your preceptor's details.
The same structure can widen your FNP options. Loyola's FNP guide lets physicians and PAs, as well as NPs, supervise FPCM I and II, so the collaborating physician down the hall may suit those courses if board certified in the specialty. Loyola's full conditions sit on the preceptor requirements page.
A preceptor tax credit written for physicians and PAs
Since January 1, 2023, a Missouri income tax credit under RSMo 135.690 has rewarded unpaid community preceptors. Only two groups can claim it: Missouri physicians and Missouri PAs, and only for core primary care rotations of 120-plus hours given to Missouri medical or PA students. DHSS and the Division of Professional Registration hand out a capped number each year, first come, first served.
Nursing is absent from the statute altogether: no NP preceptor and no nursing student counts, and a physician who precepts you gains nothing through you either, since only medical and PA learners qualify.
No Board filing stands in the way
Missouri's State Board of Nursing has published nothing that obliges a school from outside the state to ask permission, or to notify the Board, when its students train in Missouri. The program rules in 20 CSR 2200-2 concern schools under the Board's own approval. A student exemption in section 335.081(6)(a) covers supervised practice, unlicensed in Missouri, by those enrolled in approved schools, yet it says nothing about how a school approved by another state fits.
Loyola's rules close that gap: your RN license must be active where you train, and the site signs Loyola's affiliation agreement before any hour counts.
Compact licensing in Missouri
The compact became Missouri law on July 20, 2017 (RSMo 335.360 onward), and NCSBN's implementation table gives January 19, 2018. Live in another compact state, and the multistate license it issued you works at a Missouri clinic. Call Missouri your primary state of residence, and a Missouri multistate license covers the site and Loyola's enrollment requirement at once. Missouri has no APRN Compact law. More on the license page.
St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, Columbia
Per 2025 Census estimates, roughly 2.14 million of the St. Louis metro's residents live on the Missouri side, as do about 1.33 million of Kansas City's. Of the smaller metros, Springfield counts about 501,000 people and Columbia about 219,000. Large Missouri systems include BJC HealthCare, CoxHealth and Mercy, plus SSM Health and MU Health Care, the University of Missouri's system. Every one handles student requests its own way.
Before you call anyone, open Loyola's Explore Clinical Locations map and filter to Missouri, since an existing Loyola agreement at a site saves the slowest step.
Why Missouri students choose us
Missouri practices run on physician partnerships, so we work the practice as well as the preceptor: who signs, whether a Loyola agreement already exists, and which clinicians there fit your Loyola course. Each candidate's Missouri license and certification is checked before you are introduced, your Wishlist uploads are gathered for you, and a backup search starts at once if a preceptor withdraws mid-term. The final say belongs to Loyola's placement office and faculty, who get your request whole. Get started here.
Questions Loyola students ask
Are St. Louis and Kansas City clinics open to Loyola New Orleans students?
On the Missouri side of either metro, yes. Loyola's approvals map dated July 15, 2026 covers Missouri for every program, and the June 2026 licensure table says it meets requirements. The Kansas and Illinois parts of those metros answer to their own state rules, so check the clinic's address and read the matching state guide first.
Is Missouri's preceptor tax credit available to an NP who precepts me?
It is not. The credit is limited to Missouri physicians and PAs who teach the state's medical or PA students without being paid for it, and NPs are left out, as are nursing students. Whether an NP says yes comes down to schedule, the practice's willingness to sign Loyola's agreement and your fit with the course.
Does Missouri make Loyola register before I start clinicals?
No. Missouri's Board has no published step requiring a school based elsewhere to apply or notify it first. Your start still waits on Loyola's steps: a signed affiliation agreement with the site, compliance items cleared in Exxat, and a request marked Placement Approved. Begin at least three months ahead, as Loyola asks.
Does a multistate license issued by my home compact state cover Missouri?
Yes, provided the issuing state is where you legally live. Missouri has been part of the compact since 2018, so that license is active at a Missouri site, which is what Loyola's practicum rule requires. A nurse living in a state outside the compact holds a single-state license and would need Missouri's own.
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Last checked 2026-09-26
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