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:
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.
Thanks. Dekalb Medical denied having any sort of program, but I guess since you work there your situation is different. I'll keep trying. :)
Are you being paid while you are doing your preceptorship? Or, is it non-compensatory? How did you only have to do 500 hours? I never saw that in the posted rules on GBON's website. I only saw 350 for LPN's, and 700 for Paramedics.
So, I got a letter from the college yesterday. It seems a group of LPNs are being denied endorsement into Georgia because we SHOULD have taken the boards FOR Georgia. We didn't know it was and option at that point because we were advised by EC to stick with standard endorsement procedure until GA set up guidelines for the new law. The group of us sent in our endorsement application in June or early July.
The letter said we're pretty much we're screwed unless we work in a neighboring state or work for the VA. Since we hold an RN license in another state, we are subject to every states endorsement policies.
Work in another state or work for the VA. After 1800 hours I can come into Georgia to work. The school flat out said that there are no places that are wiling to precept because we are alumni and aren't covered by school insurance. If I worked in an acute care facility I could get my precepted hours, but I don't.
Well this board is just crazy. I am working on my 500 hours right now. I can't believe that they are denying LPN's too. I am able to precept at my current hospital but it wasn't easy to get it all approved. I feel bad for all of you especially if you don't work at an acute care facility. I would look into finding a job at one and see if they have a nurse residency program that can help you get the hours the board wants. I didn't know they were still denying graduates and that the school isn't helping much either.
Reading this post just answered a question, I was just pondering. Can and should I still take my nclex, in another state, even through I live in GA. The reason why I was considering, is because I haven't worked in a acute care facility. I've only worked in hospice, home health, and as a school nurse. But from reading the above post, it seems as if they will deny me anyway, and i'll have to do more hours elsewhere.
I don't think you should blame the school, because they where just tring to be helpful, seeing as back in April GA stated
"Although the terms of HB 475 became law upon signing by the Governor, the Board of Nursing still needs to develop rules and procedures to put the details into effect, a process that could take months to complete. We have been told by the Board that until it issues these rules and procedures, the current process is still in effect."
So the school said isn't to blame, Ga is. In my eyes, that is.
I know the school is not at fault for this but how many times have you been contacted by them regarding the GA BON?? I can count a number of twice that they have contacted me. I took my nclex in oct 2008. I surely wouldn't have taken the nclex this year at all till a decision was made. I never got the decision about my 500 hours till May. I surely wouldn't have told the students to go ahead and take the nclex out of state. I surely would have waited for a decision to be made. That is a mistake on the schools part. Like I said in an earlier post, we are all in this together and finding clinical sites is difficult but it can be done. I am just floored that LPN's are being required to do clinical hours when in LPN school most do the hours that are required.
I've applied to the VA. If that doesn't work out I'm just going to work out of state and hope my husband finds a job out of state with me. The school made it clear to me that hospitals will not do this preceptor-ship because we are not covered under the school's insurance.
Georgia doesn't want me as a nurse?? Cool. I'm leaving.
. 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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Thanks. Dekalb Medical denied having any sort of program, but I guess since you work there your situation is different. I'll keep trying. :)