Vermont students and Troy University's online nursing programs
Two questions decide a Vermont clinical plan: whether Troy University will place you there at all, and who may precept you. Troy's online nursing disclosure records Vermont as Not yet determined for clinical experiences, on a row last updated 12/15/2020, and Vermont's own board draws a tighter circle around APRN preceptors than Troy does. Confirm the state with Troy, then pick preceptors who sit inside both circles.
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Where Vermont stands with Troy
The table predates Vermont's current nursing rules, which took effect in 2023, and Troy has not revised it. The Clinical Placements Specialist and the Coordinator of State Authorizations can tell you what holds today; what happens once they say yes is set out under out-of-state preceptor requests, and Vermont's neighbors appear on clinicals by state.
| Record | Vermont status |
|---|---|
| Online Nursing Programs disclosure, 12/15/2020 | Clinical experiences Not yet determined (RN to BSN, MSN, DNP) |
| State authorization page | SARA authorized |
| Graduate manuals | RN license valid in Vermont for the entire semester before a Vermont preceptor request is processed |
Vermont's rules on programs from elsewhere
Start with who regulates. Vermont's nursing board reports through the professional regulation office of the Secretary of State, and its 2023 rulebook makes Board approval a precondition for running a nursing education program inside the state. The single written exception is an online-only program cleared by Vermont's Agency of Education.
What the rulebook does not do is walk through the case of an out-of-state school placing one student with one Vermont preceptor, and the statute's exemption for nursing students is tied to Board-approved programs. On paper, then, the Troy case is unresolved, which is why Troy's written answer is the starting point rather than your own reading of Vermont law.
Who may precept an APRN student in Vermont
Vermont's Board FAQ narrows APRN precepting to two professions: APRNs and physicians. Three more conditions follow for either one: a Vermont license in good order, a practice that matches the student's role and population, and a working line to the school's faculty.
Troy's FNP criteria are broader: nurse practitioners with at least a year of practice, MDs and DOs, nurse midwives and PAs (Troy's FNP preceptor rules). At a Vermont site, then, the workable pool is the overlap: NPs and doctors licensed by Vermont whose patients match the population your track trains you for.
On the Vermont Board's reading, PAs are not eligible to precept APRN students, whatever Troy's FNP list says.
Practice climate, licensing and the map
Full practice, in AANP's terms, arrives in Vermont after a waiting period. Newer NPs, short of 24 months and 2,400 hours, keep a collaborating agreement in place with a physician or APRN holding a Vermont license, so expect that collaborator's name to come up when a recently licensed NP considers precepting.
Compact licensing began in Vermont on February 1, 2022. Under Rule 4.1 of the Board, nurses who live in another compact state may work in Vermont on their home multistate license, while Vermont residents hold a Vermont license. The APRN Compact is not law in Vermont, and the preceptor FAQ asks your APRN or physician preceptor for a Vermont license regardless.
Burlington-South Burlington is Vermont's single metro; Rutland and the Vermont slice of Lebanon-Claremont are small. UVM Medical Center, Central Vermont and Porter all belong to University of Vermont Health; Rutland has its regional medical center; Southwestern Vermont Medical Center is part of New Hampshire-based Dartmouth Health. None reserves places for Troy students.
How we search in Vermont
Vermont's preceptor pool is small and its rules are specific, so every name counts. Once Troy confirms Vermont for your program, our search stays inside the overlap described above, checks each candidate against Troy's criteria and the Board's, and assembles the forms your faculty advisor needs. Share your town and program in the form below.
Questions Troy students ask
Is a physician assistant an option for a Vermont preceptorship?
Troy's FNP list includes physician assistants, but Vermont's Board FAQ leaves them out for APRN students. At a Vermont site, look to APRNs and physicians licensed by Vermont whose practice matches your population focus, and let course faculty confirm the final choice.
Is a Vermont RN license required for Troy clinicals in Vermont?
It depends where you live. Nurses based in another compact state may use their home multistate license in Vermont; Vermont residents need a Vermont one under Rule 4.1. Troy separately requires licensure valid in the clinical state for the entire semester, so confirm your situation with your faculty advisor.
Are New Hampshire or Massachusetts easier for Troy clinicals?
Troy's 2020 table lists both as Not yet determined and New York as No, so no neighbor offers a clear Yes. Massachusetts is also missing from both of Troy's authorization lists. Ask Troy about each state you are weighing before you recruit there.
Could my preceptor draw on Vermont's preceptor grant?
A 2022 Vermont law, Act 183, funded grants for a single year, fiscal 2023, and limited it to nurses at critical access hospitals teaching students from Vermont's own nursing programs. A preceptor for a Troy student would not have fit those terms, and the appropriation was one-time.
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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