Liberty practicum in Missouri: who can precept you
Missouri is open to every Liberty online nursing program and accepts multistate RN licenses. The detail that sets Missouri apart sits on Liberty's own Missouri page: a rule on who qualifies to precept NP students. Check any preceptor against it before you ask.
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Missouri at a glance for Liberty tracks
| Liberty program | Missouri practicum | Missouri note |
|---|---|---|
| DNP – FNP | Approved | Liberty's Missouri preceptor rule applies |
| DNP – PMHNP, Post-BSN and Post-MSN | Approved | Liberty's Missouri preceptor rule applies |
| PMHNP post-graduate certificate | Approved | Liberty's Missouri preceptor rule applies |
| DNP (post-master's) | Approved | Missouri or multistate RN license |
| MSN tracks, MSN/MBA, MSN/MSHA | Approved | Missouri or multistate RN license |
| RN-to-BSN | Approved | Missouri or multistate RN license |
Every track needs an active Missouri or multistate RN license. The state restrictions page lists the places where Liberty won't place practicum at all.
Liberty's Missouri rule for NP preceptors
According to Liberty's Missouri page for its NP tracks, a preceptor qualifies in one of two ways: as an APRN with prescribing authority, or as an MD or DO with no restriction on prescriptive authority. Only Missouri and Oregon carry a preceptor rule like this on Liberty's state pages, so treat it as a filter you apply before the first conversation, not after.
Missouri itself is restricted practice, according to AANP. Throughout their careers, Missouri NPs practice through a physician collaborative practice arrangement, and the arrangement comes with limits touching controlled substances, chart review and ratios. So an NP preceptor you approach will already work alongside a collaborating physician; what you need to confirm for Liberty is their prescribing authority. See preceptor requirements for the rest of Liberty's rules.
Ask a Missouri NP about prescribing authority before you ask them to precept. Liberty's Missouri page requires it for NP students.
What Missouri's board says about out-of-state programs
Our research turned up nothing the Missouri State Board of Nursing has put out, in rule or guidance form, that asks a program headquartered in another state for prior approval, or even notice, ahead of its students' Missouri training. The board keeps its program rules in 20 CSR 2200-2, and they govern programs carrying its own approval. Supervised practice by students of approved schools of professional nursing is permitted under RSMo 335.081(6)(a), yet the statute says nothing about where out-of-state programs fit.
The board wasn't contacted, so this is an absence of findings, not a ruling. Liberty's lookup shows Missouri as approved; for anything specific to your track, ask the practicum team.
Missouri's preceptor tax credit leaves NPs out
Missouri does have a preceptor tax credit, the Community-Based Faculty Preceptor Tax Credit under RSMo 135.690. The credit has been available since January 1, 2023, to physicians and physician assistants with a Missouri license who serve as primary care preceptors for Missouri medical or PA students, without direct compensation. It leaves out nurse practitioners, APRNs and nursing students, so it can't reward anyone for precepting a Liberty nursing student.
Licensing: Missouri or multistate
The Nurse Licensure Compact is written into Missouri statute at RSMo 335.360 and following, effective July 20, 2017, and the state implemented it on January 19, 2018. The board's RN licensure page points to the compact's primary-state-of-residence and uniform licensure requirements. Liberty's rule is met by an active Missouri license; any other compact state's multistate license qualifies too. Missouri hasn't enacted the APRN Compact. Our RN license guide has more.
St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield and Columbia
The St. Louis metro holds about 2.1 million Missourians and the Kansas City metro about 1.3 million, with Springfield and Columbia after them. Among the large systems are CoxHealth, MU Health Care, SSM Health, Mercy and BJC HealthCare; none is a known Liberty partner. For Community Health, one starting point is the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
Both big metros cross state lines. A St. Louis-area site across the river in Illinois calls for an Illinois RN license; see the Illinois page. For the Kansas side of Kansas City, check the Kansas page.
Why Missouri students choose us
We search for Missouri preceptors who meet Liberty's rule for your track and assemble the preceptor and site paperwork the Gate course asks for. Working alongside the practicum team, we make sure Liberty sees every Missouri lead complete.
Questions Liberty students ask
Who can precept a Liberty NP student in Missouri?
Per Liberty's Missouri page, an APRN who holds prescribing authority, or an MD or DO holding unrestricted prescriptive authority. Liberty still approves each preceptor, and its other track rules apply; an older PMHNP FAQ, for example, names PMHNPs and psychiatrists as approved preceptors. Check both before you ask anyone.
Can my Missouri preceptor claim the state preceptor tax credit?
No. Missouri limits its Community-Based Faculty Preceptor Tax Credit to Missouri-licensed physicians and PAs who precept the state's medical or PA students. It excludes nurse practitioners, APRNs and nursing students, so a preceptor for a Liberty nursing student doesn't qualify, whatever their profession.
Does Missouri require Liberty to register before I start clinicals?
Missouri's board rules, as our research found them, ask nothing of out-of-state programs by way of approval or notice. The board's rules concern the programs it approves itself, and RSMo 335.081's student exemption doesn't address out-of-state programs. Liberty's lookup lists Missouri as approved; the practicum team at APRN.DNPPracticum@liberty.edu can confirm details for your track.
Is Missouri part of the Nurse Licensure Compact?
Yes. Missouri law has carried the compact since July 20, 2017, its effective date, with implementation starting January 19, 2018. Liberty accepts a Missouri or multistate RN license for Missouri practicum. Your primary state of residence governs a multistate license, so report any license change to Liberty's Online Student Support Coordinator.
Related pages
Last checked 2026-09-23
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