Question about license by endorsement

kaydensmom01 · Jul 10, 2013

Was the school where you graduated with your ADN nationally accredited?

ToothFairy(5) · Jul 10, 2013

yes it is nationaly accredited

jadelpn, LPN, EMT-B · Jul 10, 2013

You worked as an LPN, then got your ADN, but didn't ever work as an RN? But you have an active RN license but not in Georgia?

Then, it would be as if you are a new grad if you didn't ever work as an RN.

Seems unfair, however, things have changed a great deal in 11 years.....

ToothFairy(5) · Jul 10, 2013

11 years as a RN working full time. I still am working.

DookieMeisterRN · Jul 10, 2013

Sounds like you went to Excelsior College. If you want to work in Georgia I think you have to jump through those extra hoops. Washington State is the same way and California would not let an Excelsior grad work in their state regardless of the RN's experience.

xoemmylouox, ASN, RN · Jul 10, 2013

Georgia's BON is a pain. We were going to move there, but the BON is one of the reasons we decided not to. They are very difficult to deal with. They never get back to you, and some of their requirements are absurd. I wish you the best of luck.

ToothFairy(5) · Jul 10, 2013

Just got an e-mail with an apology and that they are looking into the situation. After a couple of weeks I was not expecting that. Yes, I did go to Excelsior. I knew there would be some issue but did not expect over 11 yrs of nursing experience to not be enough.

nurseprnRN, BSN, RN · Jul 10, 2013

Another cautionary tale about checking very carefully before one chooses a school of nursing. "Non-traditional" means that it may well lack accreditation sufficient to be acceptable to all BoNs in the US. It seems like a sure thing at the time but never say, "Oh, I'll never move to _____ so it doesn't matter," because guess what? You can never tell when a situation like this arises.

ToothFairy(5) · Jul 10, 2013

I completely agree GrnTea. Well said.

jadelpn, LPN, EMT-B · Jul 10, 2013

From my understanding, some of the non-traditional schools have no clinical time. It is a clinical exam. Which doesn't satisfy the clinical requirements in some states. Regardless of clinical skills since in a RN position. Which seems odd, but never the less, it is that way in GA and a couple of other states.

The circumstances have changed since the time you went to a non-traditional school. At least one of them at the time you could be anything or nothing and get into the nursing program. Then they changed it to reflect that only LPN's or Paramedics (and a couple of other disciplines) could be part of a bridge program. I would be clear with the BON that you were an LPN who bridged as opposed to someone with no experience who had no clinical time but the test. That coupled with 11 years as an RN should be enough--there were some odd "rules" about clinical time that was not job related or some other such blah, blah, blah.

I had a former coworker who went non-traditional as a high school graduate. When he wanted to get a job in Georgia (after 3 years as an RN in another state) he was told that he needed a "refresher" clinical experience off the time clock, as a student in state. Which I am not sure how one gets that.....

Good luck, and hopefully your experience as well as the fact you were a former LPN will help! Here's a blurb I found from a non-traditional college's website--link to Georgia's BON.....only an interpretation, apparently, and per TOS not meant to be any sort of legal advice, just interesting how your LPN experience may help...

Preceptorship required for selected graduates. In April 2011, the requirements for RN licensure were revised. The State Board Requirements for Georgia contains a link to a chart on how to interpret those statutory changes.

Endorsement: Stipulations vary based on prior health care experience; LPN’s with one year experience as an RN will license with no preceptorship; LPNs with less than one year RN experience, Paramedics and Corpsmen will do a preceptorship.

July 3, 2013