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

Hey All,

I aM floored. I just received notice from GA Board of Nursing that they denied the endorsement of my MN RN license because I did not meet clinical practice requirements . When I called the board, they transferred me to a their Legal Nurse Consultant who stated that effective July 1, 2008 GA would no longer endorse RN license from Excelsior College students with no previous RN experience. She suggested that I go to my licensed state and work for a while then try again, but she could not give me a time frame.

Has anyone else experienced this. I thought we should at least have gotten some sort of notice/warning before this type of rule be adopted by the board. I am going to file a motion for reconsideration using an Attorney. Before I entered Excelsiors program I called GA Board to verify acceptance. I had been accepted to a traditional LPN to RN bridge program; I could have been almost finished their too. I am so sad right now. I have been crying for two days. I think I will need to see my doctor for Zoloft.

I have been an LPN for over 13 years doing Med/Surg for at least 10. I work on a hospital unit right now. THIS IS SO UNFAIR!!!

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.

Probably would be better to send individually (even if we come up with a sample to do variations of). Big pile of mail on someone's desk will be much more of a squeaky wheel than one letter. Also would give them an idea of all the areas of the state that will be missing out on RNs.