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

   North Georgia replied to zimsaint's topic in Excelsior

   Good Morning, Here is what I see; The Georgia General Assembly passes house bill 1041 (as passed house and senate). There is nothing specific in this bill that leads to the conclusion that the Georgia Board of Nursing can no longer accept licenses t...

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

   North Georgia replied to zimsaint's topic in Excelsior

   Hi serenity67, I want to know why the NCSBN's representative "gleefully" owns up to lobbying for this legislation to be in place across the U.S. I have just started looking into why the ncsbn has a problem with excelsior. As of yet--there are meet...

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

   North Georgia replied to zimsaint's topic in Excelsior

   Did the representative ever explain why they are lobbying for this kind of legislation in place?

4. Alert! GA Excelsior students

   North Georgia replied to consciouscuttie's topic in Georgia

   Looking at my last message, I may be misguided myself. I think that it is really the lobbyist who basically make the rules and they are the ones who convince the legislature to follow. I can now see the value in joining a nurses organization, not t...

5. Alert! GA Excelsior students

   North Georgia replied to consciouscuttie's topic in Georgia

   I feel very idle right now---I am reduced to lurking around or being some sort of voyeur on this site. I'm not normally in front of a computer for this amount of time so this is awkward. I am unable to locate something I read in one of these threa...

6. Alert! GA Excelsior students

   North Georgia replied to consciouscuttie's topic in Georgia

   I think you are right. Someone out there really doesn't like "EC" for whatever reason. I would really like to know who would lobby for this kind of thing to happen. If this has happened in other states prior to GA then there must have been some so...

7. Excelsior students and grads

   North Georgia replied to sarajane318's topic in Louisiana

   I am absolutely sick about this. I am seeking out all options and the loss of this avenue for becoming an RN in GA. I need to quit wallowing and do something. I just keep thinking I am going to wake up from this nightmare. I spoke to a college-ne...