Canadian Transcripts

[brashy]

Hello. I have a question for anyone educated outside the U.S. regarding admission to excelsior college. If one were educated at a hospital diploma RN program in Canada, does Excelsior accept those credits earned in that program? ie: incorporated a&p, micro, etc. Also, credits for gen. Ed. courses taken at a university there? Hoping someone may have experienced something similar and post their experiences.

I have also emailed Excelsior directly (nothing back yet).

Thanks

[JustBeachyNurse, LPN]

Hello. I have a question for anyone educated outside the U.S. regarding admission to excelsior college. If one were educated at a hospital diploma RN program in Canada, does Excelsior accept those credits earned in that program? ie: incorporated a&p, micro, etc. Also, credits for gen. Ed. courses taken at a university there? Hoping someone may have experienced something similar and post their experiences.

I have also emailed Excelsior directly (nothing back yet).

Thanks

Try calling the admissions office. They have pretty helpful and knowledgable the only program I know that they do not accept international credits for us the LPN/RT/medic to ASN pre-licensure program. If I recall correctly, transcript evaluation will determine what credits if any are accepted. In addition you need a US RN license, as 30 credits are granted for passing the NCLEX-RN

http://www.excelsior.edu/international-student-admissions

https://my.excelsior.edu/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=32bbcd62-218f-46b0-8c15-83e23fc27e62&groupId=78666

I know some US BoN's treat Canadian RNs differently than other IENs (I think VA & PA are two) due to some similarities in our nursing eduction and protocols.

[brashy]

Thanks Beachy. I will call if I don't get a response from them via email. I'm asking for my wife who went to a hospital based diploma RN program. Hopefully they take the credits she earned. She's been an RN in the U.S. for 15 years.

[JustBeachyNurse, LPN]

Looks like from the degree requirements (second link) most of the credits for nursing are issued s. result of passing the NCLEX-RN. Good luck

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[brashy]

Thanks!

[NurseGrape3000]

I completed an LPN program in Canada and they took all of my credits. I think some may have to be no older than 5 years.. i.e. A&P.. but EC is very very helpful.

Good luck!