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

I encourage all of you that can attend that meeting to do so, so your voices will be heard. You all can share the points/concerns you wish to voice to the board, so you'll all be on the same page. Wear your scrubs, too. Good luck to you all.

In reading the wording of the bill, it looks as if the BON's hands may be tied if this ends up being the final wording of the document. They are required to administer BON related business as the laws allow.

How do we get this ammended? Anyone here NOT sleep through high school Civics class? Anyone play golf/hunt/fish/go to church with the Governor?

If this is the case then we definitely have to get in contact with the house members and push for an amendment. We will have to get the addresses both physical and electronic of the representatives involved.

I Was Told Today From Ec That Gbon Is Meeting In Macon On Sept. 17,18,and Final Decision On The 19. About The Endorsement Of Rn's From Excelsior. They Have No Clue How It Will Turn Out, The Dean Also Stated That It Is Possible For Them To Waiver People That Are Already Enrolled, Or Ask For Clinical Hours For The State That You Are License With, Ec Is Encouraging Everyone To Please Aid In Stopping Any Action Via E-mail(slbon@sos.ga.gov),call(478-207-2440)fax(478-20701354)or Attened The Meeting To Be Heard In Stand Up ,we Can Not All Depend On Others To Respond, If You Attend Ec Just Take The Extra Time And Contact And Voice. A Lot Of People Can Not Afford To Relocate Or Go To A Traditional School Daily. We All Do Ec For Various Reason , Let Us Not Be Subjected To No Licensure At All. This Will Have A Definite Impact On Healthcare And Countless Families, All I Ask Whatever State You May Be In Please Respond Or Try To Attend, I And All The Alumni Believe It Will Make A Bigger Difference Than No Response From Students At All, Thanks

I'm sorry I can't help u w/ ur ? re: GA's laws, but I had a question about EC if u don't mind. What did u have to do with the clinical part to pass. I'm currently an LPN going to a traditional college for my RN degree. Just curious about EC.

To all our Georgia students:

IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!!

Please contact the stateboards office at Excelsior College for all information regarding applying for your RN license in the state of Georgia...

Paula
Adm. Asst.
Excelsior College
State Board Office

888-647-2388; prompt 1-3-1-5
stateboards@excelsior.edu

To me the wording of the bill is as clear as mud so as to allow the BON to include or exclude whomever they choose. I'm sure these changes were initiated by the BON and pushed through the legislature by the BON lobbyists.
Why they have such a problem with EC is beyond me when it seems that most of the nursing programs in N. Georgia have waiting lists. Does Georgia want RNs or do they just want to control everything? Why don't they make their traditional programs more accessible to non-traditional students instead of spending all of their efforts fighting Excelsior? I tried to enroll at two state schools where NO ONE could give me straight answers re: credits and requirements. I was in another traditional LPN-to-RN program where they kept changing clinical schedules and throwing in extra "orientation", etc. days to make it as difficult as possible to coordinate work and school. "We really don't want you to work while you're in school." Yea, me neither, but not many of us are doing so by choice! GRRRRR!

This is wonderful!!! (NOT) I just returned from a 10-day vacation in New Hampshire to find out that I can not work in the state I live in!! I passed my CPNE 6/30/08 and now I am screwed. It is my understanding that EC knew about this for a long time and never forewarned any of the Georgia students!!! I am so upset with this situation and have no idea where to begin as far as fixing this problem. EC wants Georgia student to come to the GBON meeting in Sept to support EC. I say we all go and support ourselves and screw EC like they screwed us. They did not forewarn us because they wanted us to continue to pay them money!! You can all go online and read the bill that Georgia passed regarding this issue!! Just type in Georgia Bill 1041!!! But we should all stay positive if possible!! "When life gives you Lemons, make lemonade." That always sounded better when my Grandma said it!!!

I don't know if I'm frustrated with EC but I know I am definitely frustrated with GABON. I've seen nothing to the effect of HB 1041 posted on the licensing website unless I overlooked it and not only that; I called GABON last week and was told by an employee that EC grads could apply for licensure by endorsement. It is ultimately the responsibility of GABON to provide us with accurate information either by mouth or via their website.