Troy University online nursing with clinicals in North Carolina
Troy University's online nursing disclosure puts North Carolina in its Yes column for clinical experiences across its three online programs, on a row stamped December 15, 2020. Because the state's nursing board leaves licensed graduate students outside its program approvals, the steps that decide a Charlotte or Raleigh placement are Troy's: a license Troy accepts and a preceptor your faculty sign off on.
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Troy's position on North Carolina, source by source
The disclosure speaks only to whether Troy can run clinicals somewhere. It makes no licensure finding, and North Carolina's line in it is close to six years old. Put the question to Troy's Coordinator of State Authorizations, and to the Clinical Placements Specialist, before you phone a single practice. Every state's line, and the caveats that go with them, appear on Troy's clinicals by state.
| Troy source | North Carolina entry |
|---|---|
| Online Nursing Programs disclosure (12/15/2020) | Yes for RN to BSN, MSN and DNP clinicals; no condition listed |
| State authorization page | Cleared through the University of North Carolina System, one of Troy's state-agency authorizations instead of SARA |
| MSN and DNP manuals | RN license, unencumbered, for the state hosting your clinicals, kept active from the first week to the last |
Where the NCBON steps in, and where it steps back
North Carolina's Board of Nursing treats RN to BSN, master's and doctoral programs taken after licensure as beyond its reach, and it passes no judgment on them, in-state or out. Its rule on visiting programs, 21 NCAC 36 .0233, covers pre-licensure students only; under it, the chief nurse at the host agency files with the Board at least 30 days ahead of the rotation.
One Board step can still apply to you. Graduate students who hold neither kind of license, North Carolina or compact, are pointed to the NCBON Licensure Department, which explains what they need before training in the state. The Board adds that the state became a SARA member in June 2016; Troy, for its part, lists its North Carolina clearance under the UNC System.
Physician agreements shape the preceptor pool
On AANP's three-tier scale, North Carolina lands in the restricted tier. A North Carolina NP stays bound to a physician by agreement for an entire career, and NP licensing answers to a joint subcommittee whose members come from both the nursing board and the medical board. In practical terms, every NP you ask to precept works next to a physician who could also take you, since Troy's FNP preceptor rules accept MDs and DOs.
Among North Carolina's biggest health systems you will find ECU Health and Duke Health, UNC Health and Novant Health, plus Atrium Health, now under the Advocate Health umbrella. The four biggest metro areas are Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro and Winston-Salem. Each system runs student requests by its own rules, so read these as a map rather than a list of open doors.
Your RN license for North Carolina clinicals
Since January 19, 2018, when its compact membership took effect, North Carolina has recognized multistate RN licenses. A nurse whose primary residence is in another compact state can practice in North Carolina on that home-state license, and a North Carolina resident gets a multistate license from the NCBON. Troy's manuals speak of licensure in the clinical state and say nothing about compact licenses, so settle with your faculty advisor what Troy accepts.
No APRN Compact law exists in North Carolina, and that compact is not operating in any state yet. Until your license proof reaches Troy, a request for a North Carolina preceptor stays parked; the RN license page walks through that rule.
Why Troy students in North Carolina choose us
We work from Troy's rulebook outward. Wherever you are, from Asheville to the coast, we recruit preceptors who fit your course, sit outside your own work setting and have never precepted you, then assemble what Troy's preceptor paperwork calls for (the information form, the biosketch, the license copy), well ahead of the form deadline. Sites needing a fresh formal agreement with Troy get flagged at once. How it works walks through each step we take.
Questions Troy students ask
Can I do Troy FNP clinicals in North Carolina?
On Troy's 2020 disclosure, North Carolina sits under Yes for all three online programs, with nothing attached. The table has not been refreshed since December 2020, and Troy's MSN page cautions that the online MSN is not offered in every state. Get a current answer from the Clinical Placements Specialist first.
Does Troy need NCBON approval for my graduate clinicals?
The NCBON considers licensed graduate study outside its program approvals, and its 30-day agency filing is for students who are not yet licensed. Troy's process is what governs you: your faculty must clear both preceptor and site, after which the School of Nursing mails the preceptor and agency agreements for signature.
Is Troy SARA authorized in North Carolina?
Troy does not place North Carolina on its list of 40 SARA states. It lists the state with its separate agency authorizations, granted through the University of North Carolina System. North Carolina itself entered SARA in 2016. The Coordinator of State Authorizations answers questions about Troy's standing in any state.
Can a North Carolina physician precept my FNP courses?
Yes. Alongside NPs with a year or more of NP practice, Troy's FNP courses take MDs, DOs, nurse midwives and physician assistants. Given North Carolina's practice rules, the physician holding an NP's agreement is an obvious second name to ask, which helps in NSG 6666, where Troy wants two preceptors.
Related pages
Last checked 2026-09-27
We check these pages against Troy's own 2026-27 MSN, DNP, AMSN and RN to BSN orientation manuals, program pages, degree maps and state authorization pages. Your faculty advisor, your course faculty and the School of Nursing have the final word.
Troy asks you to recruit your preceptor. We make that the easy part.
Tell us your Troy program, where you live and which semester your next clinical course starts. We find preceptors who meet Troy's rules for the course, check the setting against Troy's limits, and prepare everything the Preceptor Information Form and biosketch ask for, well ahead of the form deadline.
- Preceptors matched to the course: a graduate-prepared NP or physician for
NSG 6619, pediatrics and women's health forNSG 6666, adults and older adults forNSG 6668 - Preceptor Information Form details, a biosketch and a copy of the preceptor's license, ready for your faculty advisor
- In your own area, in Alabama or a state where Troy can offer clinicals, never in your own work setting
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