Excelsior and Texas

I would hopefully think that TX BON would grandfather those of us in who have already begun Excelsiors program.
I also just receieved an email from TX BON about that same matter and it was said to me that at THIS TIME TX BON does recognize Excelsior but they are possibly going to review their program. But they could not give me a time frame or any other details.
If I were you I would just contact TX BON with any of your particular questions and find out if they provide you with any specific answers.
I really hope Texas does not take this option away because if they do, they will REALLY be lacking in the nursing dept. as there is really no Nursing programs as is.

The best thing you can do for yourself is to waste no time completing the program. You can not count on being grandfathered in and you know that there is a delay in getting a date for the CPNE. While they are busy twiddling around deciding what to do and when to do it and how badly they are going to screw over nursing students in the process, you can be efficiently knocking off those course requirements so that hopefully, you reach your goal before they act. Good luck.

You have hit the nail on the head.

Well. . .how dedicated are you to living in Texas? What about travel nursing companies?

The problem I see with Excelsior (and I graduated from Excelsior in March 2006) is that their requirements for admission are loose. Excelsior College should be for LPNs or RTs with several years of experience. As it is now, you can jump out of LPN school and into their program. The program is not set up to be used this way.

A lot of people have tried to use it as the quick and easy way to become an RN. It's understandable to want to be done quick but this is not the way it should be used.

Excelsior needs to implement CLINICAL'S into their program, period point blank!!!!!! We are going through the same thing here in GA. First, cail, then maryland, VA, GA now Texas, and not to mention the other states that have more stipulations. The program needs to change in order to stay viable. I know it's been this way for 30+ years, but since the national council of nursing, put out their, opinion on what a nursing school should be, states have started turning their backs on EC, for the lack of clinical's. Here in GA we have until DEC 2010, to get endorsed into ga. I am just going to finish this program as fast as I can ( hopefully still getting A's) so I can transfer to a BSN program at a more respected school. This is crazy

EC plainly states that it is an assessment program and not a teaching program. It was never set up to be a teaching program. Like other schools, EC provides the type of program that those who run it want and each state can choose to accept or stop accepting their graduates for licensure. The info is there. Students make their own choices to meet their needs.