How do I get trained in PRP injections as a nurse practitioner?

Written by Oscar Tellez, founder of Regen Med Academy. Oscar is not a clinician. This post is education for licensed providers and is not medical advice. Last updated November 2, 2026.

You get trained in PRP injections as a nurse practitioner the same way any licensed provider does. You learn the theory first, and then you do the work with your own hands on a consenting patient, under supervision. What you may do after the training is set by your state, your license and your board of nursing. So PRP training for nurse practitioners has two parts, and the scope part comes first.

Where does a nurse practitioner start with PRP training?

You start with your license, before you look at a single course. A course teaches a skill. It does not give you the right to use that skill on a patient, and no trainer can change that.

So the first step costs you nothing. It is your responsibility to confirm the modality is legal in your state for your license. Do that before you book.

Who answers the question? Your board of nursing does. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing, or NCSBN, explains where a board gets that power: “All states and territories legislated a nurse practice act (NPA) which establishes a board of nursing (BON) with the authority to develop administrative rules or regulations to clarify or make the law more specific.”

In plain words, your state has a law for nursing, and that law set up a board to apply it. The board’s reading is the one that counts. The authority on your own scope is your licensing board, not us.

Providers ask us whether they can take any course in their state. Taking a course and performing a procedure are two different questions. What you may perform is set by your own state license and board. A Certificate of Completion does not extend it.

What are the three practice environments for nurse practitioners?

The American Association of Nurse Practitioners, or AANP, sorts the states into three groups. It calls them practice environments, and it keeps a map of them that was last updated in May 2026. Here is the key sentence for each group, in AANP’s own words.

• Full practice: “State practice and licensure laws permit all NPs to evaluate patients; diagnose, order and interpret diagnostic tests; and initiate and manage treatments, including prescribing medications and controlled substances, under the exclusive licensure authority of the state board of nursing.”
• Reduced practice: “State law requires a career-long regulated collaborative agreement with another health provider in order for the NP to provide patient care, or it limits the setting of one or more elements of NP practice.”
• Restricted practice: “State law requires career-long supervision, delegation or team management by another health provider in order for the NP to provide patient care.”

In plain words, the three groups differ on who else has a say in your practice. In the first group, the board of nursing is the only licensing authority over you. In the second, state law calls for a collaborative agreement with another provider, or it limits the setting. In the third, state law calls for supervision, delegation or team management by another provider.

Now read those three sentences again and notice what is missing. None of them mentions PRP, and none of them mentions any single procedure. The map tells you who else is part of your practice by law. It does not tell you whether a PRP injection is inside your scope.

So use the map for one job. Find your state’s group, and you will know whether your questions go to the board alone, or to the board and another provider as well. We do not name states in this post, because the map changes and your board has the last word.

State law in this field changes, sometimes more than once a year. Our reading of each state, with its sources and the date we checked, is on the rules by state page. It is a starting point, not legal advice.

What should I ask my board of nursing about PRP?

Ask in writing, and ask about the exact procedure. A loose question gets a loose answer, and a loose answer will not help you later. Here are the questions to send.

• Is drawing blood, preparing PRP and injecting it within my scope as a nurse practitioner in this state?
• Does the answer change with the area injected, such as a joint, a tendon, the scalp or the face?
• Does the answer depend on my role and my population focus?
• Does the board ask for specific training or records before I begin?
• Has the board published a rule, a position statement or an opinion that covers this procedure?
• Who else has to be involved, and in what way?

Why ask about population focus? NCSBN describes the national model for advanced practice nurses this way: “APRNs are educated and certified in both their role and one of six population foci.” Your board can tell you whether that matters for an injection procedure in your state. We cannot.

Say the off-label part plainly in your letter, so the answer fits what you plan to do. FDA lists PRP systems as a “platelet and plasma separator for bone graft handling.” The devices that prepare PRP are FDA cleared for use with bone graft material. Injecting PRP into joints, tendons, ligaments, skin or scalp is an off-label use.

Keep whatever the board sends back. If the answer comes by phone, write down the date and the name of the person, and ask for an email that says the same thing.

What should I ask my collaborating or supervising physician?

This part applies only if your state calls for an agreement, supervision or a protocol. If your state does not, your questions stop at the board. AANP’s words are “another health provider.” We say physician here to keep it short, so use whatever your state’s law names.

If it does, sit down with that physician before you pay for any course. Bring the board’s answer with you, and go through these questions together.

• Does our written agreement or protocol cover this procedure, or does it have to be changed first?
• Does the physician need to be trained in the procedure too?
• Does the physician need to be on site, or reachable, when I perform it?
• How will we handle chart review and follow-up for these patients?
• Does each of our malpractice carriers need to hear about it?

We cannot tell you what your state asks of that physician. Your board can tell you, and your own attorney can read the agreement with you.

What if the physician has never seen the procedure done? Then think about bringing the physician to the training. Our training is private, so you can train alone or with your own people in the room. Tell us who is coming when you ask for a quote.

Is there a PRP certification for nurse practitioners?

No. There is no official PRP certification for nurse practitioners, and there is none for any other license either. We explain why in our post on whether an official PRP certification exists.

The word can confuse nurse practitioners, because certification already means something real in your career. The national model that NCSBN describes lists “National Certification” as one of its parts, with this line: “APRNs must pass a nationally accredited certification exam.” That exam is tied to your role as a nurse practitioner. The model is guidance for the states, so your own state’s law is what applies to you.

A PRP course certificate is a different kind of paper. It comes from a training company, and it says you took a training. It does not come from a board, and it does not change your license.

Ours is called a Certificate of Completion. It says you trained with us. It is not a license, it is not a board certification, and it does not extend your scope of practice.

We also do not offer CME, credit hours or accreditation of any kind. If you need continuing education hours to renew, ask your board which hours count, and take a credit course for those.

What does PRP training cover for a nurse practitioner?

It covers the same ground for a nurse practitioner as for any licensed provider. We publish our training in four stages: learn the science, assess and select, perform, and continue.

The science comes first, and it comes online. The teaching material, the videos, the protocols and the consent templates reach you before you travel, so the in-person day is not a lecture.

Next comes patient selection. We help you with patient selection before the session, and the curriculum is built around your own cases and your specialty.

Then comes the stage we call perform. The training is hands-on with a consenting patient, under supervision, and every licensed person in the room performs, within their own scope. One instructor runs the whole session. We do not promise a set number of injections, because each session depends on the patients in the room that day.

The science stage has to include what the guidelines say, and not all of it favors PRP. In its 2026 update, the American College of Rheumatology wrote, “In people with knee and hip OA, we strongly recommend against PRP treatment.” OA is short for osteoarthritis. That line covers two joints and one condition, and a nurse practitioner who plans to inject joints should read it before the first consult.

The last stage is the part that continues after you go home, and we come back to it below. If your cases are mostly joints and tendons, the course to look at is the Introduction to PRP for Musculoskeletal Injuries. If your practice is aesthetic, see PRP for Aesthetics and Hair Loss.

What should I bring to PRP training?

Bring five things, and three of them are already in your practice.

Bring your cases. Tell us what you see in a normal week, because the session is built around that. A family practice and an aesthetic practice do not need the same day.

Next is your PRP system. We are not tied to any vendor. Bring the system you already own. We work with several suppliers, and we take no commission.

If you have not bought a system yet, read our post on the PRP equipment a clinic needs to start before you spend anything.

Bring your staff, if you want them to learn the visit with you. Licensed staff perform within their own scope. Staff without a license do not inject, but they can learn the room setup, the consent steps and the follow-up calls.

Bring your board’s answer in writing. If you have a collaborative agreement or a protocol, bring a copy of that too.

Last, bring your carrier’s answer. You are responsible for your own coverage. Talk to us and we will help you work out what to ask your carrier.

Is PRP training for nurses the same as for nurse practitioners?

The training room is the same, and the scope questions are different. A registered nurse and a nurse practitioner are not regulated as the same role. In the national model that NCSBN describes, an advanced practice nurse “Holds an APRN license.”

So a registered nurse on your team has to put the question to the board for the RN license. Your answer as a nurse practitioner does not cover theirs, and theirs does not cover yours.

A nurse who is looking for a PRP course for nurses should begin where you began, with the board and the nurse practice act. We go through registered nurses, PAs and other license types in a separate post. Who on your staff may draw, spin and inject is a separate post as well.

Do PRP courses welcome nurse practitioners?

Not all of them do. Providers tell us that nurse practitioners, PAs and naturopathic doctors get left out of many programs.

So ask three things before you pay any program. Ask whether nurse practitioners are accepted, and ask whether you will perform the procedure or only observe. Then ask whether the program tells you to check your scope before you book.

We do not leave nurse practitioners out. Anyone legally able to provide the service can train with us. Our instructors are practicing clinicians who do these procedures in their own practices, and the roster is mixed: MD, DO, ND, NP and RN, plus science and regulatory faculty. You can read about them on the instructors page.

Being welcome in the room is not the same as being cleared to perform at home. What you may perform is set by your own state license and board, and that sentence holds for every person we train.

What does the path look like for an NP who owns a practice?

Let’s say you are a nurse practitioner who owns a small practice, and you want to add PRP. Here is the order we would walk through with you.

1. Find your state’s group on the AANP map, so you know who has to be part of the answer.
2. Write to your board of nursing with the questions above, and wait for the reply.
3. If your state calls for an agreement or supervision, go through the procedure with that physician and update the paperwork.
4. Call your malpractice carrier, describe the procedure, and get the answer in writing.
5. Choose your PRP system, or decide to train on the one you already own.
6. Choose how you want to train.
7. Plan your first patients slowly, with a clinician you can call.

Step six has two shapes with us. You can come to an instructor’s location and train inside a clinician’s own working practice, which starts at $5,000. Or the instructor can come to your practice and train you in your own rooms, which starts at $10,000 with travel and lodging inside the quote.

Both are starting figures, and every engagement is quoted. The quote depends on the discipline, the instructor, how many people are in the room, and how much of the curriculum is built for you. There is no class calendar, so your dates are set on demand.

Notice that training is step six and not step one. The first four steps decide whether the training makes sense for you at all. Our post on what you need to offer PRP injections covers the rest of what has to be in place.

What happens after the training day?

You go home with more than a certificate. You take your course materials and slide decks, and sample consent forms. Those forms are teaching templates, so your own attorney should review any form before you use it with a patient.

You also get a written practice roadmap after we review your practice. And you keep ongoing access to our clinicians, which matters most in the first weeks.

Here is what I tell providers about those weeks: “Your journey is only getting started. We have the support where you can call us.” When a question comes up back in your own rooms, that is the time to call.

We will also say plainly what one course does not do. A day or a weekend does not make a specialist. What a course gives you is enough supervised contact to begin, and people to call afterward.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need my own malpractice coverage for hands-on training?

You are responsible for your own coverage. Call your carrier before you book. Ask whether hands-on training with a patient is covered, ask whether the procedure is covered once you are home, and get both answers in writing. Talk to us and we will help you work out what to ask your carrier.

Can I book the training before my board answers?

We ask you not to. It is your responsibility to confirm the modality is legal in your state for your license, and that comes before a booking. If the board’s reply changes what you may perform, it changes what training you need. The free online course on the rules is something you can take while you wait.

What if I am licensed in more than one state?

Then you have more than one answer to get. NCSBN puts it this way: “Every nurse in the U.S. is responsible for knowing the state’s NPA and regulatory requirements for nursing for every jurisdiction in which they hold a license.” Ask each board the same questions, and do not carry one board’s answer across a state line.

Does it matter whether I want aesthetic PRP or musculoskeletal PRP?

It can, so ask your board about each use by name. Both are off-label uses of a device that is cleared for use with bone graft material. The area injected and the patients you see may change the board’s answer, and they change which course fits you. Tell us which cases you have in mind when you call.

Will the Certificate of Completion count toward my continuing education?

Do not count on it. We do not offer CME, credit hours or accreditation of any kind, and the certificate says only that you trained with us. Your board and your certifying body decide which hours count toward renewal, so ask them. If you need hours, take a credit course for them, and keep hands-on training as a separate step.

How long is the training, and when can I start?

There is no fixed length. A training may be one day, two days, or more, scoped to what you need. Two days is a common shape, not a standard. Dates are set on demand, and when you send a request, a person reads it and calls you back within one business day.

Key takeaways

• A nurse practitioner trains in PRP the same way any licensed provider does: theory first, then hands-on with a consenting patient, under supervision.
• Scope comes before training. Your board of nursing answers the scope question, and we do not.
• AANP’s three practice environments tell you who else has a say in your practice. They do not tell you whether PRP is in your scope.
• Put your questions to the board in writing, name the exact procedure, and keep the answer.
• If your state calls for an agreement or supervision, go through the procedure with that physician before you pay for a course.
• There is no official PRP certification for nurse practitioners. A Certificate of Completion says you trained, and it does not extend your scope.
• Injecting PRP is an off-label use of a device cleared for use with bone graft material.

RMA disclosure

Regenerative Medicine Academy (RMA) is an education company. We train licensed providers in some of the techniques this post covers. This post is education only. It is not medical, legal, business, tax or financial advice.

It is your responsibility to confirm the modality is legal in your state for your license. Do that before you book. The authority on your own scope is your licensing board, not us.

Your next step

Write to your board of nursing this week, and name the exact procedure in your letter. While you wait, get the free FDA course, which is self-paced and has five lessons. When you have the board’s answer, see how our private PRP training is set up, or request a date now.