Ohio clinicals for Samford nurse practitioner students
Ohio residents and license holders can apply to any Samford NP track, and Samford's disclosure rates those tracks sufficient for Ohio licensure. Ohio law sets no gate for schools based elsewhere. It exempts APRN students who train under their program's auspices, and the wording is worth reading closely: the supervisor it names is an advanced practice registered nurse.
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Ohio in Samford's disclosure
Ohio appears unmarked in the NP licensure disclosure Samford dated September 3, 2025, and the NP pages' Out-of-State Applicants tables omit it. The Ohio row sends readers to the Ohio Board of Nursing.
| Samford program | Ohio applicants | Licensure finding |
|---|---|---|
| FNP MSN and ADN to MSN | Accepted | Meets |
| PMHNP MSN and ADN to MSN | Accepted | Meets |
| FNP BSN to DNP, FNP or PMHNP MSN to DNP | Accepted | Meets |
| FNP and PMHNP post-graduate certificates | Accepted | Not published |
| Nurse Anesthesia DNP | No state bar published | Meets (August 28, 2025) |
| Online RN to BSN | Accepted | Meets (BSN disclosure) |
Ohio's student exemption and its APRN supervisor
No section of the Ohio Revised Code asks a school from elsewhere to secure Board approval or send notice before its students train in Ohio. Instead, section 4723.32(F) lifts Ohio's licensing requirement for APRN students whose studies make them eligible to sit a recognized national certification, or earn a qualifying graduate degree, as long as the work happens under the school's auspices.
The condition that matters is who supervises. The statute ties the exemption to oversight by an APRN, whether that APRN serves the school as faculty, as a teaching assistant or as the preceptor. Alabama's preceptor definition for APRN programs includes physicians, but if your strongest Ohio option is a physician, ask your program coordinator how Samford reads 4723.32(F) before you commit. Ohio's higher education authorization rules were not checked in our research.
In Ohio, favor an experienced NP as your preceptor where you can. The state's student exemption is written around APRN supervision, and a physician-only plan raises a question worth settling early.
Standard care arrangements and your clinical courses
AANP rates Ohio reduced. Throughout their careers, Ohio NPs practice within a standard care arrangement, their partner being a physician or a podiatrist, and where they may prescribe Schedule II drugs depends on the setting. The collaborating physician is part of the practice you join, so ask early whether that practice sees the ages your course needs: adults for NURG 723, patients across the lifespan for NURG 724, and mental health patients for NURG 788 through NURG 790. The preceptor requirements page lists what else to confirm.
Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Dayton
In 2025 Census estimates, Columbus counts 2,242,028 people and Cleveland 2,165,775, while the Ohio share of the Cincinnati metro is about 1.76 million and the Dayton area holds 826,554. Names you will recognize include Cleveland Clinic, the University Hospitals system based in Cleveland, Columbus's OhioHealth, Ohio State's Wexner Medical Center and Bon Secours Mercy Health, based in Cincinnati. Use them to orient a search. Any of them, or a smaller practice, still has to clear Samford's approval, and with Samford's agreements concentrated in the Southeast, an Ohio site may call for a fresh affiliation agreement. Research found no Ohio preceptor incentive.
Licensing along Ohio's borders
Ohio switched on the compact at the start of 2023, on January 1, and its Board reports how many nurses work in Ohio under another state's multistate license. So if your home state issued you a multistate license, it meets the license half of Samford's rule, which asks for a valid, unencumbered RN license both where you work and where you train.
The borders are where Ohio students need care. The Cincinnati metro spills into Kentucky and Indiana, both compact states whose boards say they do not review out-of-state graduate programs, though Kentucky asks preceptors of APRN students there to hold a Kentucky APRN license. Michigan, north of Toledo, is outside the compact. Pennsylvania and West Virginia fall inside Samford's 16-state NP exclusion; clear any rotation there with your program coordinator first. See the Kentucky and Indiana guides and our RN license requirements page.
Why Ohio students choose us
We look first for experienced NPs near your home, match each to your Samford course, and confirm Ohio licensure and the standard care arrangement before an introduction. Your placement advisor drafts the preceptor and site facts Samford reviews in a rotation request, builds in time for a new agreement, and lines up someone new when a preceptor exits partway through. Request your match.
Questions Samford students ask
Does Samford accept Ohio nurses into the FNP BSN to DNP?
Yes. The FNP BSN to DNP starts in May, with a March 1 deadline, and asks for three on-campus sessions in Birmingham of two to four days each. Its plan of study lists NURG 716 and NURG 717 at 225 hours, then NURG 718 and NURG 730 at 300, for 1,050, while the program page says a minimum of 750. Our BSN to DNP page explains the gap.
If Ohio exempts APRN students, do I still need an RN license valid in Ohio?
Plan on it. The exemption covers the advanced practice work you do as a student, while Samford's handbook separately requires a current, unencumbered RN license for each clinical state. An Ohio license, or the multistate privilege that comes with a license from your home compact state, meets that requirement for an Ohio clinic.
Is there an Ohio tax credit for preceptors who take Samford students?
Research found no Ohio preceptor incentive. Alabama's credit is tied to rotations in Alabama's underserved rural areas, which puts an Ohio preceptor beyond its reach, whether the practice is in Columbus, Dayton or Toledo. Our for preceptors page explains what taking a Samford student involves.
Can I do a Samford rotation in northern Kentucky if I live in Cincinnati?
Possibly. Kentucky is a compact state, and its Board says it does not approve out-of-state programs, even those with a Kentucky clinical component. It also cites an exemption for visiting nurses in clinical rotations when the school takes part in SARA, as Samford does. Your Kentucky preceptor would need a Kentucky APRN license, and Samford still reviews the rotation request.
Related pages
Last checked 2026-09-25
We check these pages against Samford's own program pages, plans of study, the 2026-27 Graduate Nursing Student Handbook and Alabama rules. Your course, your program coordinator and Graduate Student Services have the final word.
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