Moving during your ETSU nursing program

What ETSU requires when you move

ETSU's DNP, certificate and RN to MSN pages set the rule for graduate students. Continuing after a move out of Tennessee depends on the board of nursing in the state where you are physically present allowing it. When your physical residence changes, you notify the College of Nursing and the records office.

The test is where you physically live. It runs alongside ETSU's rule for clinicals in other states, which require sign-off from the relevant regulators and an individual review; that rule is covered on clinicals outside Tennessee.

Undergraduate tracks are tighter. ETSU says LPN to BSN clinicals cannot be placed outside Tennessee at all, and RN to BSN students who live outside Tennessee may be required to do their clinical hours in Tennessee. A move out of state during either track deserves a conversation with the College before you sign anything.

Between semesters or in the middle of one

Timing shapes everything. A move between terms lets you search for the next preceptor in your new community and run the usual steps before the practicum begins: the Preceptor Intent Form, the ProjectConcert entry, faculty approval, Student Services' credential review and a signed contract with the new site.

A move partway through a practicum is harder. Your preceptor, site and contract stay behind, and a replacement has to clear the same approvals before you can log another hour. ETSU's pages do not say how hours already logged in a course carry over to a new site, so ask your course faculty before you go, and bring your ProjectConcert logs, patient journal and evaluations up to date through your last day.

If the term cannot be finished, an Incomplete is possible only when at least 75 percent of the work is done and the circumstances are beyond your control. The rest must be finished within one calendar year or the I becomes an F, and a nursing student holding more than one I cannot progress.

Changing pace while you settle

A move can be the right moment to slow down. To change between full-time and part-time status, you send a written request to the Office of Student Services, and the decision weighs your academic record and whether clinical slots are open.

A single graduate leave request can run as long as three terms in a row, counting summer, and has to be filed by the term's census date. Military leave adds up to three semesters to ETSU's time limits; other leave does not stop the clock. The full rules are on incompletes, leave and time limits.

Whatever you choose, get the resulting plan of study in writing from your advisor. It sets which practicum you need a preceptor for next, and in which term, which is the first thing a new search in a new place depends on.

Why students on the move choose us

A move sends your preceptor search back to the start, often in a place where you know no one yet. We search your new community for a preceptor and site that fit the ETSU course you are in, check the new state's board rules first, and assemble the Intent Form details and ProjectConcert documents so the College can approve and contract in time. If you move mid-semester, we treat it as urgent and look for a replacement right away.

Faculty approval and the College's credential check still decide; we see that both receive everything they need at once, so the move costs you as little time as possible. Tell us your new city and your next course with the contact form.