Moved to New York...trouble with online dnp

[LookForward]

So I accepted a job in New York but realized my post masters dnp program does not have an agreement with New York in doing clinical in the state...however, I can take the lecture classes but trouble may come when I have to begin my capstone.....I will have to do my capstone in another state instead of my workplace. My clinical won't start until after one year in the program. Anyone in the same position? Any advice?

[rnkaytee]

I hope others have some words of wisdom - I had to really be careful of the same thing in my state. You can ask if your state would consider accepting your program, but it's somewhat of a long process and the program has to be willing to put in the effort and fulfill NY's requirements.

[pro-student]

Around 2011 NYS implemented rules meant to crack down on diploma mills and disreputable online schools. For any school to conduct any portion of a program in NY (including clinicals) the school must be approved by the state.

This is a very involved process which many schools are unwilling to undertake or unable to fulfill. While I was a student at a top ranked MSN program, they abandoned their effort to get approved. You can find which programs are approved here:

Office of College & University Evaluation home page--NYS Education Department

Your options are really limited. You can either complete the requirement in another state (like NJ or CT) or you can transfer to a program that is already approved. The only out of state schools with approval that I know of are Rush, Yale, UPenn, Frontier, U of Cincinnati, and UConn. Schools are generally not trying to get approved in NY and many have disclaimers that, while they will admit students from NY, your clinical requirements must be completed outside the state.

[elkpark]

Around 2011 NYS implemented rules meant to crack down on diploma mills and disreputable online schools. For any school to conduct any portion of a program in NY (including clinicals) the school must be approved by the state.

This is a very involved process which many schools are unwilling to undertake or unable to fulfill.

(Just FYI, this is a Federal law that requires states to determine and certify that online programs meet the same requirements the state requires instate B&M schools to meet. Some states have come into compliance with the law earlier than others (NC was also an earlier adopter, I know), but, eventually, all states will have some process in place to comply with the law. It's not unique to NY, or something NY thought of by itself.)