GA BON no longer accepting Excelsior education; Speak up Cont. Updates!!

I hope it's not because that would mean uprooting my dh and child and leaving both our families behind. We were both born and raised here, it's so unfair if relocating is the case.

Is there a VA hospital anywhere near you? EC grads can work at the VA in ANY state.

Closest VA hospital is in Lake City, FL I believe. That's about 2 or more hours away from here. I guess there would be the option of working in nearby Kings Bay but that's only if they have openings. Either way, it's a battle.

I know it sounds frustrating. You may have to do that if you don't want to relocate.

For the record, does this means that GA will not accept EC grads as travel nurses in their facilities unless it's in the VA?

Hello...

We are appreciative and thankful for who give good advice in this forum however; the best advice would come directly from the State Board office at Excelsior College; please call 888-647-2388; at the prompt 1-3-1-5

thank you

Pauliegirl

Sorry about the spelling errors, but I was too mad to keep my fingers in the correct spot on the keyboard.

Definitely will be there! I wish we had a more definitive date/time so that I could go ahead and make arrangements with the hospital I work for.
BTW great job dsmith! Maybe we should all call the governors office.

ohhhhh.. my stomach is starting to hurt.. THe administrator at my job hired me because she is a grad of excelsior college.. she graduated back when it was regents and my position is based on my licensure in October...... I am sick i just dont know what to do... i am calling the board in the am to get some clarity and then call excelsior... there are quite a few states that have "clauses" i did a search excelsior college and the nclex. and some interesting stuff came up...... i am soooo stressed i am writing a letter today..

here is my letter..
i used one of my fellow classmates opening and closing and added my info.
Dear Ms. Bond:

I was recently informed that the Georgia Board of Nursing will no longer accept Excelsior College nursing graduates through reciprocity. With this news, all sorts of information has been bounced around between the large number of students this will affect. I wanted to make sure that I was correct in hearing that the Georgia Board of Nursing will not accept Excelsior nursing graduates under any conditions effective immediately.

If this is the case I am deeply disappointed. This has been a practice for I believe the past twenty-five years and many of us, LPN's and Paramedics, and Military Corpsman have spent large amounts of money in good faith with that practice. I currently work for a surgery and healthcare clinic and my administrator hired me based partly on the fact that i was a grad from Excelsior. (She graduated from there years ago when it was called Regents college .) Every day i draw blood ,complete histories and Physicals and assist in surgical procedures at our surgical center. I have thousands of hours of clinical time (many of which are in the clinic working with RN's) and thousands of hours of patient care doing a job very similar to RN's (assessments, IV's, medication administration, I am an ACLS,PALS and BLS CERTIFICATION TRAINER). Not to mention the fact i have a Bachelors degree in public health and completed the rigorous Hospital Corpsman training set forth by the US NAVY. This program allowed me to raise my children and study at my own pace. This was no easy feat. I learned nursing diagnosis and learned to respect what being an RN really means. I am willing to gain the clinical hrs (500) which is stated on the GBON site,i would i even go through the refresher course. I am writing because there are many of us who have lost homes and other things to get through this program and to now be faced with NOTHING is a hard pill to swallow. Excelsior is not cheap nor easy and you must be disciplined and autonomous learner in order to be sucessful in this nursing program.

The Excelsior program has allowed those of us with extensive clinical health care backgrounds to learn the nursing theory while still working in our professions. It then challenges us to prove that our clinical skills meet or exceed the standards of all other new RN graduates. This program is not only a benefit to us the students, it benefits the health care workforce by producing seasoned health care practitioners who chose nursing as their proud profession.

I hope that you will reconsider the decision, or provide some information as to additional requirements that you would like us meet. Excelsior nursing graduates are practicing in all fifty states in the nation. We hold positions as RN's, Managers, Nurse Practitioners, CRNA's, and many more. We have sacrificed thousands of hours and thousands of dollars to be able to serve as nurses in the great state of Georgia. Please allow us this privilege. Thank you for your time and consideration.


Respectfully

i'm in the exelsior program and my question is are we still required to pay them even though georgia won't be accepting us?