Kentucky: Troy University lists online nursing clinicals as not available
In Troy University's 2020 disclosure for its online nursing programs, clinical experiences in Kentucky are listed as not available, with the note that the Kentucky Board of Nursing (KBN) does not approve out-of-state nursing education programs. That row was last updated 12/15/2020. Kentucky residents, and anyone about to move there, should get Troy's current answer before enrolling or recruiting.
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Troy's Kentucky record
Kentucky's place on Troy's SARA list sits uneasily beside that No, and Troy offers no explanation of the gap. For Troy's position today, go to the Coordinator of State Authorizations and the Clinical Placements Specialist. Every state's 2020 entry appears on clinicals by state.
| Troy page or manual | Kentucky |
|---|---|
| Online Nursing Programs disclosure | No; KBN does not approve out-of-state nursing education programs (12/15/2020) |
| State authorization page | SARA authorized |
| Graduate manuals | Clinicals need an RN license valid in Kentucky, first day to last day of the term |
The same fact, read two ways
Open KBN's own overview of schools based elsewhere and you find Troy's note confirmed, then extended. KBN does not approve such schools, and, in its telling, they do not need its approval, not even when a Kentucky clinical placement is their only tie to the state. KBN's approval work is limited to pre-licensure programs rooted in Kentucky. It claims no jurisdiction over RN to BSN study, and of graduate programs it oversees only the ones that end in licensure.
The overview also cites a statutory carve-out (KRS 314.101): a nurse licensed elsewhere may rotate through a Kentucky clinical site if the home institution is a SARA participant or holds a Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education license.
Troy's 2020 note and KBN's overview begin from the same statement and lead in different directions. Troy has not published a revised position, so Troy's answer, not your reading of KBN, is the one to act on.
Licenses Kentucky expects of faculty and preceptors
KBN is specific about licenses for online APRN programs at the master's and doctoral level. Any faculty member supervising students at a Kentucky site, and every preceptor there, is expected to carry Kentucky APRN licensure plus a Kentucky RN license, both active and unencumbered, though a faculty member whose residence is in a different compact state needs only the APRN credential. RN to BSN oversight in Kentucky calls for a Kentucky RN license, again with a compact-residence exception.
Troy's own criteria then apply on top. For the FNP, that means a nurse practitioner at least a year into NP work, or else an MD, DO, PA or nurse midwife, as detailed under Troy's FNP rules. Every candidate still needs Troy faculty approval (how approval works).
Practice rules and where Kentucky students look
AANP rates Kentucky as reduced practice. Prescribing NPs there answer to two separate physician agreements, one each for controlled and non-controlled drugs, absent a Board exemption, and a new NP's first year comes with rules about the employer setting. Multistate RN licensing arrived in January 2018; the APRN Compact has not.
Louisville and Lexington hold the largest share of Kentuckians, followed by the northern Kentucky counties in the Cincinnati metro and by Bowling Green. Louisville is home to Norton Healthcare and UofL Health, and the University of Kentucky runs UK HealthCare; Baptist Health and St. Elizabeth are the other large systems. None of them hosts Troy students by arrangement.
Residents, movers and our role
Kentucky residents should settle Troy's answer ahead of any application. Students relocating to Kentucky in the middle of a program should brief their faculty advisor the moment the move firms up, since Troy has no published relocation policy. Tennessee, Alabama's neighbor, read Yes in 2020 with a Clinical Placements Specialist step, and Virginia and West Virginia also read Yes; a site in any of them needs a license valid in that state.
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Questions Troy students ask
Could Louisville or Lexington host my Troy FNP clinicals?
Troy's 2020 table lists Kentucky clinicals as not available, and Troy has posted nothing newer. KBN's overview treats outside programs as needing no KBN approval, but that does not rewrite Troy's entry. Check with Troy's placement and state authorization offices before planning anything in Kentucky.
What license would my Kentucky preceptor need?
For online MSN and DNP APRN students, KBN expects any preceptor practicing in Kentucky to be licensed there as both an RN and an APRN, in good order. Troy's approval packet also includes the preceptor's license copy, so verify it first.
Is the RN to BSN handled differently in Kentucky?
KBN places RN to BSN study outside its jurisdiction, though it still wants a Kentucky RN license from RN to BSN preceptors who do not live in a compact state. Troy's 2020 table, meanwhile, gives RN to BSN students the same Kentucky No as graduate students.
Does Troy's SARA membership open Kentucky clinicals?
KBN describes a state exemption for visiting nurses on clinical rotations whose school takes part in SARA, and Troy appears on the SARA list for Kentucky. Troy's clinical table still says No. Only Troy can tell you whether that has changed.
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Last checked 2026-09-27
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