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!!!:banghead:
this came in the email. i guess they have decided to allow examination and direct licensure.
as a result of the new law signed in april 2009, the georgia board of nursing (ga bon) now allows excelsior graduates who were lpns/lvns, paramedics, or military corpsmen to apply directly for rn licensure by examination. these graduates do not need to apply for initial licensure by endorsement as was previously the practice of the board.
there is a link on the ga bon website for instructions for nontraditional nursing education program applicants. the link is to a chart indicating various categories of candidates for licensure and what the additional stipulations may be for obtaining an rn licensure in ga.
there are 4 basic steps to apply for direct licensure in georgia as we presently understand them:
1. send the certification by nurse administrator page to us with a signed request with your id number asking us to complete it. we will have it signed by the dean. this will be returned to you so that you may include it with your application to the board. 2. request your official transcript to be sent to you so that you may include it with your application to the board. the transcript will be sent to you on graduation day if all fees to the college are paid. 3. once you have submitted all documents to the ga bon they will determine your eligibility to take the nclex-rn. 4. depending on your previous health care background and when you graduate you may be required to complete a preceptorship. you will need to identify a health care facility that will allow you to do the preceptorship and then the bon will issue the temporary permit.
please contact me at [email protected] or at 888-647-2388, ext. 1315 to discuss your specific circumstances and plans for applying for licensure in georgia.
Looks like it still excludes RTs and the 50% of a nursing program people. Also looks like the GA BON can still require clinical hours for any non-LPNs. But at least something concrete is in place!
Looks like it still excludes RTs and the 50% of a nursing program people. Also looks like the GA BON can still require clinical hours for any non-LPNs. But at least something concrete is in place!
the RTs would have to practice in another state for a full year then get endorsement. That's how I read it. Could be wrong though.
That's one option working in another state for a full year but the other option for RT's is to just do clinical hours...around 500 for most I'm told. Which still sucks but those are the options right now.
you can only get the clinical hours if your application was at the board before they changed the law. If did not you will have to work out of state for a year.
you can only get the clinical hours if your application was at the board before they changed the law. If did not you will have to work out of state for a year.
no you do not. if you will read the posting that in on the gbon web site pat attention to the dates and the information at the top
K. so I meet all of the requirement stipulated in hb475 and I'm still asked to do the 350 precepted hours. has anyone started the preceptorship? I'm being denied hospital by hospital.
I started my preceptorship the beginning of august. I am doing at dekalb medical and ga regional. I work at both facilities. And I am going to middle ga medical center for my peds and obgyn. Call Gwen Dobson at the boardand she if she knows of any facilities. I am a RT and I have to do 500 hours.
you can only get the clinical hours if your application was at the board before they changed the law. If did not you will have to work out of state for a year.
That statement was for RT students who are now excluded in the law.
. 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.
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this came in the email. i guess they have decided to allow examination and direct licensure.
as a result of the new law signed in april 2009, the georgia board of nursing (ga bon) now allows excelsior graduates who were lpns/lvns, paramedics, or military corpsmen to apply directly for rn licensure by examination. these graduates do not need to apply for initial licensure by endorsement as was previously the practice of the board.
there is a link on the ga bon website for instructions for nontraditional nursing education program applicants. the link is to a chart indicating various categories of candidates for licensure and what the additional stipulations may be for obtaining an rn licensure in ga.
there are 4 basic steps to apply for direct licensure in georgia as we presently understand them:
1. send the certification by nurse administrator page to us with a signed request with your id number asking us to complete it. we will have it signed by the dean. this will be returned to you so that you may include it with your application to the board.
2. request your official transcript to be sent to you so that you may include it with your application to the board. the transcript will be sent to you on graduation day if all fees to the college are paid.
3. once you have submitted all documents to the ga bon they will determine your eligibility to take the nclex-rn.
4. depending on your previous health care background and when you graduate you may be required to complete a preceptorship. you will need to identify a health care facility that will allow you to do the preceptorship and then the bon will issue the temporary permit.
please contact me at [email protected] or at 888-647-2388, ext. 1315 to discuss your specific circumstances and plans for applying for licensure in georgia.
patricia casey, senior state board advisor