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Board hears that out‑of‑state NP programs are straining California clinical placements
Summary
Board staff told the California Board of Registered Nursing that more than 60 out‑of‑state nurse‑practitioner programs currently provide clinical placements in California while roughly 30 in‑state programs exist, raising concerns from in‑state programs about access to preceptors and clinical sites; staff will collect detailed in‑state enrollment and clinical placement data for further review.
The California Board of Registered Nursing was told Nov. 19 that out‑of‑state nurse‑practitioner programs are placing unusually large numbers of California students into clinical sites, and board members agreed staff should gather more concrete in‑state data before considering regulatory changes.
Executive Officer Loretta Melby said the board has approved more than 60 out‑of‑state programs to provide clinicals in California compared with about 30 in‑state programs, and several out‑of‑state institutions report hundreds of California students. Melby pointed to examples including Chamberlain and large online programs that have dozens or hundreds of California enrollees and…
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