School of Nursing Professional Licensure Disclosure
| Board of Nursing Website by state | Initial Licensure RN Meets Requirements |
Advanced Licensure Meets Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama* | yes | yes |
| Alaska** | yes | yes |
| American Samoa | undetermined | undetermined |
| Arizona | yes | yes |
| Arkansas | yes | yes |
| California | yes | yes |
| Colorado | yes | yes |
| Connecticut+ | yes | yes |
| Delaware | yes | yes |
| District of Columbia++ | yes | yes |
| Florida | yes | yes |
| Georgia^ | yes | yes |
| Guam | undetermined | undetermined |
| Hawaii | yes | yes |
| Idaho | yes | yes |
| Illinois | yes | yes |
| Indiana | yes | yes |
| Iowa | yes | yes |
| Kansas^^ | yes | yes |
| Kentucky | yes | yes |
| Louisiana | yes | yes |
| Maine | yes | yes |
| Maryland | yes | yes |
| Massachusetts | yes | yes |
| Michigan | yes | yes |
| Minnesota | yes | yes |
| Mississippi | yes | yes |
| Missouri | yes | yes |
| Montana | yes | yes |
| Nebraska | yes | yes |
| Nevada | yes | yes |
| New Hampshire | yes | yes |
| New Jersey | yes | yes |
| New Mexico | yes | yes |
| New York | yes | yes |
| North Carolina | yes | yes |
| North Dakota | yes | yes |
| Northern Mariana Islands | undetermined | undetermined |
| Ohio | yes | yes |
| Oklahoma | yes | yes |
| Oregon | yes | yes |
| Pennsylvania | yes | yes |
| Puerto Rico | undetermined | undetermined |
| Rhode Island | yes | yes |
| South Carolina | yes | yes |
| South Dakota | yes | yes |
| Tennessee | yes | yes |
| Texas | yes | yes |
| US Virgin Islands | undetermined | undetermined |
| Utah | yes | yes |
| Vermont | yes | yes |
| Virginia | yes | yes |
| Washington | yes | yes |
| West Virginia | yes | yes |
| Wisconsin | yes | yes |
| Wyoming | yes | yes |
* APRN - must hold Alabama RN license
**ANP program must have 500+ clinical hours
+Connecticut requires completion of 30 hours in pharmacology for advanced practice nursing; this is not included within the DNP programs.
++Must hold DC RN license to apply for APN
^Must hold Georgia RN license to apply for APRN, program must be approved by the board
^^APRN - a three credit hour course in advanced pharmacology is required
±UIndy is not approved to teach online courses to students residing in Tennessee
±±Must pass the Texas nursing jurisprudence examination prior to being issued an authorization to test (ATT) for the NCLEX® examination