Training in Nevada as a Drexel nursing student

Nevada isn't on any of Drexel's exclusion lists, so Nevadans can apply to NP study at master's or certificate level, the doctorate or the bachelor's completion. What needs care is where and how the clinical hours happen once you're in.

NAC 632.703 reaches any nursing program running part of its work in Nevada. The school reports to the Board on its form, proves accreditation or approval, shows it follows Nevada's nursing law and files a yearly school report. Online and other nontraditional programs need the Board's approval first before any clinical teaching happens in Nevada, and faculty who teach there need Nevada licenses.

Nothing in the rule sets graduate study apart from pre-licensure. The Board's roster of schools from other states approved for clinicals only (dated 9/1/2026) holds ADN and BSN programs and no graduate programs, Drexel included. Our research doesn't show how Drexel handles Nevada graduate placements, so put the question to your track director and sara@drexel.edu before you approach a site.

In a practice decision, the Board says caring for patients who are in Nevada takes a Nevada license, and it counts hands-on nursing education as part of that. Nevada sits outside the compact, so a multistate license from Arizona, Utah or anywhere else earns no privilege there.

For Drexel's own license rule, that means Pennsylvania plus Nevada. The compliance page's alternative, a multistate license from your home state, isn't available to a Nevada resident, and the program pages ask for Pennsylvania before clinicals regardless. Our Pennsylvania RN license guide explains the two readings.

On Drexel's side, the preceptor is an NP, a CNM or a physician whose specialty Drexel approves, holding board certification after at least a year of practice (preceptor requirements). Nevada's 2005 practice decision on precepted clinicals adds structure. Faculty direct every student clinical experience and stay reachable by phone. A preceptor works on site with a two-student ceiling. The school orients its preceptors and hands them written objectives.

AANP rates Nevada full practice, with a catch for newer NPs: prescribing Schedule II drugs waits until two years of clinical experience or 2,000 hours, unless a physician-approved protocol is in place. An NP who has just cleared Drexel's one-year minimum may still be inside that window, worth knowing if your rotation is in a practice where Schedule II prescribing is routine.

Southern Nevada holds most of the state's clinical capacity. Around Las Vegas and Henderson, look at UMC (University Medical Center of Southern Nevada), the region's academic medical center; The Valley Health System, tied through a subsidiary to Pennsylvania-based Universal Health Services; HCA's Sunrise Health System; and the Dignity Health hospitals in both cities. In the north, Renown Health anchors the Reno metro, with Carson City nearby. Our research found no Nevada preceptor incentive.

If Nevada's approval question stays open, neighboring California and Arizona each run their own out-of-state rules, covered on their pages.

We raise the Nevada approval question with you at the start, then search for Nevada-licensed NPs and physicians whose schedules and caseloads fit your Drexel course. You get a preceptor file organized the way Drexel's clinical team reviews it, credentials and site contact included. Drexel makes the call; we make sure the file is complete the first time.