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

My concern is that once I get through Excelsior more and more states may exclude Excelsior grads and that I would not be able to get into a graduate program.

the independent study format of Excelsior makes you look like a really good candidate for BSN or grad school. This is because RN to BSN and grad school programs are a lot more independent and they want to make sure that you do not need to be spoon fed.

Helicoptergal,

I see on your profile it shows you being a paramedic for 10 years and a RN for 2 months. How are you able to practice in CA? Did you do all the schooling before they changed the rules or did you find a backdoor into that state?

Thanks for all the great feedback.

RN34TX - I realize that the states and universities are a separate issue however they kind of get rolled together for me when it comes to CRNA schools. With my wife's position I would need to apply to programs close to home. In speaking with these programs, especially UT - Chattanooga, where clinicals are held in multiple states I would have a problem if one of the states did not recognize degree. So at first I had the problem of not being able to apply to GA programs because of GA wouldn't except excelsior. Now I would have to worry about the surrounding states (TN, AL, SC, etc...) deciding to jump on this anti-Excelsior bandwagon. If that happens then I have problems with not being able to complete clinical time because the state of the clinical site won't recognize my license.

On a side note, one of my fellow medics just completed his CPNE over at Grady last week. It was quite humbling listening to his story. It is almost enough to scare you away hearing about the process. Although he failed two stations the first day he went on to ace the rest of it. The two he got snagged on were such minor almost subjective things but they don't give an inch on that evaluation.

Good luck to all and again thanks for the feedback.