Excelsior College Nursing / LPN to RN / Advice

Lundazi · May 6, 2013

SO WHERE DO PEOPLE DO THE CLINICAL CAUSE THE BVNPT SAY THAT IN CALIFORNIA Ecelsior should provide the clinical needed.Do people take Ecelsior here in california and how are they doing it.

Thank

JustBeachyNurse, LPN · May 6, 2013

Those who are in CA cannot gain licensure as an RN in CA either by examination or endorsement if their initial qualifying education was from Excelsior College.

The BVNPT has nothing to do with it as the BVNPT only licenses LVN's and psychiatric technicians.

There is no option to make up the clinical component that is required by CABRN/state regulations to be completed concurrently with the classroom portion in CA. Excelsior is a challenge exam based program with a final clinical performance exam at the completion of all the required classes & exams. It is not possible to have a challenge exam with a clinical component as it is simply not a part of the Excelsior College program and thus not acceptable as per the CA Board of Registered Nursing regulations.

If a CA resident gains an RN license in another state after successful completion of the Excelsior College LPN to ASN/RN program, they can work for a federal facility such as a VA hospital as federal facilities do not require a license in the state where the facility is located but just a valid US nursing license.

Lundazi · May 6, 2013

Thank you for the explaination.It is vey helpful

Thank you

KitkatPRN · May 15, 2013

KitKatPRN, Im using Sheri Taylor's online workshop...do you think this is sufficient?

I think her online workshop helped me pass the labs, no doubt. I would recommend taking the EC conferences for documentation and careplanning, as well. I didn't take them the first time around and failed, took them the second time and passed with no repeats !! :-) I did not buy Sherri's workbook for careplanning, though ... that may have helped so I can't really say. I do think that what really helped me the second time was that I carried the PCS packet in my pocket for quick reference vs. setting it down on a "clean" surface. I also didn't write out a "grid", I instead wrote my mnuemonics on the Kardex next to each AOC I was assigned, worked much better for me on my second time.

JustNursn · May 15, 2013

I wish the Excelsior naysayers didn't post their negativity here. With that being said to the negative poster...since you don't attend Excelsior and are hearing one side of a story probably best not to say anything since you don't have personal experience with CPNE. This forum should be used for questions and encouragement not negativity!