Idaho residents in Drexel nursing programs

Idaho appears on none of Drexel's exclusion lists. Whichever Drexel program you have in mind, NP master's, NP certificate, doctorate or RN-to-BSN, an Idaho address qualifies.

Idaho Code 54-1406 and Board rule IDAPA 24.34.01.150 deal with approving programs taught in Idaho; neither mentions placements by schools located elsewhere. The Board's page lists only an email contact for those schools, hp-licensing@dopl.idaho.gov, where they can ask about requirements or approval. That contact belongs to Drexel, not you, so ask your track director whether Drexel has made it.

Once you're placed, two provisions cover you. IDAPA 24.34.01.100.12.a lets a registered nurse holding an Idaho license or compact privilege, and matriculated in an APRN program with national accreditation, perform the APRN work the curriculum builds in. Idaho Code 54-1412 adds a general licensure exemption for students in approved programs doing work that is part of their instruction.

Idaho's compact membership dates to January 19, 2018, so an Idaho multistate license carries the privilege that APRN-student rule mentions. It also fits the route on Drexel's compliance page that accepts a home-state multistate license in place of Pennsylvania's. The catch is Drexel's program pages, which name Pennsylvania licensure as a pre-clinical requirement; Clinical Compliance has the final word, and our Pennsylvania RN license guide explains the gap.

An Idaho Board education policy adopted April 10, 2024 sets a floor: nobody precepts below the license level the student is training for. For an NP student, that means an NP or physician, which sits comfortably with Drexel, whose preceptors come from three groups (NPs, CNMs and approved-specialty physicians) and need board certification plus a year's experience (preceptor requirements). Under the same policy, faculty chiefly responsible for APRN role and population teaching need Idaho APRN licensure, which is Drexel's concern.

The Boise City metro is the largest market, followed by Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Falls and Twin Falls. Around Boise, the large systems are St. Luke's and Saint Alphonsus; Kootenai Health serves Coeur d'Alene. AANP rates Idaho full practice, so independent NP clinics in smaller towns are worth adding to your list. Our research found no Idaho preceptor incentive.

For north Idaho students, Spokane is close by. WABON's approvals for schools based elsewhere cover Washington residents, with exceptions judged one at a time, so read our Washington page before counting on a clinic across the line.

We search where Idaho students actually live, including the smaller markets outside Boise, for NPs and physicians who meet Idaho's licensing-level policy and Drexel's preceptor rules. You get a preceptor package Drexel can act on right away, credentials and site contracting details included. If your preceptor's plans change mid-quarter, we move straight to a replacement.