UofM nursing for students who live in Texas
Texas made the partnerships office's list of 16 states, carrying UofM's own footnote that LCON is not regulated in Texas under Chapter 132 of the Texas Education Code. The Texas Board of Nursing's clearance process for schools from other states is built for pre-licensure education. For a UofM NP student in Texas, what remains is a compact license, a preceptor who suits UofM's rotation rules, and LCON's go-ahead before applying.
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Tell us your UofM program and where you live. A placement advisor replies with the preceptor and site options that fit your UofM course.
Where the BON's out-of-state rule stops
Texas wants certain out-of-state schools approved before their students begin clinical learning there. The Board's rules, read with Education Guideline 3.1.3 (May 2026 revision), reserve that step for pre-licensure education, meaning vocational nursing and the diploma, associate, baccalaureate and entry-level master's routes into RN practice. NC-SARA participation is no substitute, and applications go in four or more months ahead.
Neither graduate APRN study nor RN-to-BSN completion falls under those rules, which makes the Board's public roster of approved outside schools a pre-licensure list. A UofM NP student is already an RN, so the requirement was not written with you in mind; LCON can confirm how it handles Texas practicums.
How Texas pictures APRN precepting
Chapter 219 holds Texas's APRN program standards and governs programs seeking the Board's own approval; national accreditation places a program beyond that process. Even so, section 219.10 shows what Texas treats as normal: APRNs, or other licensed professionals able to teach, serve as preceptors, and program, preceptor and agency put the arrangement in writing. UofM adds its own layer: a nurse practitioner precepting at least one rotation per NP track, family practice time and a family practice or internal medicine residency for the FNP, and inpatient practice for AG-ACNP preceptors (rotation rules).
Texas in UofM's program-by-program sources
| Program | Texas in UofM's sources | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| MSN: FNP, AG-ACNP or PMHNP | On the 16-state list with the Chapter 132 note; MSN disclosure says yes | Confirm with LCON in writing |
| NP graduate certificates | Certificate disclosure says yes | Same confirmation |
| Nursing Education or Leadership | On the 16-state list | Ask about immersion sites |
| RN to BSN, online | Only California residents excluded | Check with UofM Global |
| Traditional or Accelerated BSN | Campus programs in Tennessee | In-person study |
Even with Texas listed, UofM's residency page asks each out-of-state student to verify that an advanced-licensure program suits their state. The authorization guide compares UofM's sources.
Compact license, delegated practice
Multistate licensure has been open to Texas nurses since January 2018, and Tennessee sits in the same compact. A Texas multistate license therefore satisfies UofM's call for RN eligibility in Tennessee or in the approved state hosting your clinicals (RN license guide).
Under AANP's restricted label, a Texas NP needs a physician's delegation and supervision, signs career-long written protocols with that physician, and prescribes Schedule II drugs only in certain settings.
Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Austin and beyond
Practicums run in person near home. The 2025 Census estimates count some 8.48 million people in the Dallas and Fort Worth metro, 7.9 million around Houston, 2.81 million near San Antonio and 2.62 million around Austin. Houston Methodist, UT Southwestern, University Health in San Antonio, Texas Health Resources and Baylor Scott & White operate in the state; they appear for scale, not as sites reserved for UofM students.
Every NP track also brings up to three short campus trips, and the January 2027 intensive is mandatory for all of them (campus intensives).
Why Texas UofM students choose us
With or without UofM's involvement in your placement, we line up a Texas preceptor and site that meet its rules, whether that is a family practice for FNP hours or an inpatient service for AG-ACNP work. Credentials and practice details for the preceptor agreement form, along with your Complio and myClinicalExchange items, are organized ahead of the term, and if a preceptor drops out, the next search begins right away (how it works).
Questions UofM students ask
Must the Texas BON approve UofM before my NP clinicals in Texas?
The Board's clearance for outside schools concerns pre-licensure education only. Graduate APRN programs such as UofM's NP tracks, whose students already hold RN licenses, are not part of it. Ask LCON whether it takes any Texas-specific step before your first practicum.
What does UofM's Chapter 132 note about Texas mean?
The partnerships office lists Texas as authorized and adds that LCON is not regulated in Texas under Chapter 132 of the Texas Education Code. UofM gives no further explanation there, so if the note bears on your plans, ask LCON, and confirm your Texas address before you apply.
Is there a Texas incentive for the NP who precepts me?
Texas's clinical preceptor exemption program, set out in the Education Code and board rules, applies to RNs precepting undergraduates in public programs leading to initial RN licensure. It does not extend to preceptors of graduate or NP students, and no Texas tax credit or dedicated grant for NP preceptors appears on the Coordinating Board's grant pages.
How early should a Texas student start lining up a preceptor?
Each NP track's first precepted practicum falls in a Spring term, roughly 12 months after a Spring start or 17 after a Fall start, and the preceptor agreement form must be approved before day one. Starting the search well ahead leaves room for a Texas site's own onboarding. The first clinical course guide shows the timing.
Related pages
Last checked 2026-09-27
We check these pages against UofM's 2026-27 catalog, the LCON Academic Bulletin, program pages and licensure disclosures. Your clinical faculty and your plan of study have the final word.
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Tell us your UofM concentration, your next practicum and the town you train near. We find preceptors and sites that fit the course and prepare what the preceptor agreement form needs, early enough for approval before the first clinical day.
- Preceptors matched to the rotation rules: an NP preceptor, family practice for FNP, inpatient and critical care for AG-ACNP
- License, certification and site details ready for the preceptor agreement form, with your Complio items in order
- Across the Mid-South, Tennessee and the states UofM serves
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