Can I do my nursing preceptor in any state?

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I was wondering if anyone had any information about doing their nursing preceptor in a different state from which they attended nursing school. I am currently in a BSN program in Maine and my advisor told me I could not go back home to California to complete my preceptor. However, today, someone told me their advisor said they could go back to California for their preceptor. I was wondering if the nurse licensure compact had anything to do with preceptors, as I know California is not on the list.

Thank you for any information

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Specializes in Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery.

Typically preceptorships are arrangements between the school and the facility. The school you are attending has no relationship with the facilities in California. So I would say no, you probably could not go home to California to completely your preceptorship.

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Specializes in orthopedic/trauma, Informatics, diabetes.

Need to check with your school and state. NC is really weird about online schools. A friend was doing her RN-BSN online from a school outside of NC. She had to go to the state where the school was to get credit. A few people know had quite a mess because of this.

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Specializes in Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery.
Need to check with your school and state. NC is really weird about online schools. A friend was doing her RN-BSN online from a school outside of NC. She had to go to the state where the school was to get credit. A few people know had quite a mess because of this.

The OP is not in NC. Also, she is in a pre-licensure program, not an RN-BSN program.

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Specializes in Trauma ICU.

The only place to get the correct answer to this question is at your school.

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