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:
Specializes in Hospice,LTC,Pacu,Regulatory,Operating room.
ohhhhh.. my stomach is starting to hurt.. THe administrator at my job hired me because she is a grad of excelsior college.. she graduated back when it was regents and my position is based on my licensure in October...... I am sick i just dont know what to do... i am calling the board in the am to get some clarity and then call excelsior... there are quite a few states that have "clauses" i did a search excelsior college and the nclex. and some interesting stuff came up...... i am soooo stressed i am writing a letter today..:bluecry1:
Specializes in Hospice,LTC,Pacu,Regulatory,Operating room.
here is my letter..
i used one of my fellow classmates opening and closing and added my info.
Dear Ms. Bond:
I was recently informed that the Georgia Board of Nursing will no longer accept Excelsior College nursing graduates through reciprocity. With this news, all sorts of information has been bounced around between the large number of students this will affect. I wanted to make sure that I was correct in hearing that the Georgia Board of Nursing will not accept Excelsior nursing graduates under any conditions effective immediately.
If this is the case I am deeply disappointed. This has been a practice for I believe the past twenty-five years and many of us, LPN's and Paramedics, and Military Corpsman have spent large amounts of money in good faith with that practice. I currently work for a surgery and healthcare clinic and my administrator hired me based partly on the fact that i was a grad from Excelsior. (She graduated from there years ago when it was called Regents college .) Every day i draw blood ,complete histories and Physicals and assist in surgical procedures at our surgical center. I have thousands of hours of clinical time (many of which are in the clinic working with RN's) and thousands of hours of patient care doing a job very similar to RN's (assessments, IV's, medication administration, I am an ACLS,PALS and BLS CERTIFICATION TRAINER). Not to mention the fact i have a Bachelors degree in public health and completed the rigorous Hospital Corpsman training set forth by the US NAVY. This program allowed me to raise my children and study at my own pace. This was no easy feat. I learned nursing diagnosis and learned to respect what being an RN really means. I am willing to gain the clinical hrs (500) which is stated on the GBON site,i would i even go through the refresher course. I am writing because there are many of us who have lost homes and other things to get through this program and to now be faced with NOTHING is a hard pill to swallow. Excelsior is not cheap nor easy and you must be disciplined and autonomous learner in order to be sucessful in this nursing program.
The Excelsior program has allowed those of us with extensive clinical health care backgrounds to learn the nursing theory while still working in our professions. It then challenges us to prove that our clinical skills meet or exceed the standards of all other new RN graduates. This program is not only a benefit to us the students, it benefits the health care workforce by producing seasoned health care practitioners who chose nursing as their proud profession.
I hope that you will reconsider the decision, or provide some information as to additional requirements that you would like us meet. Excelsior nursing graduates are practicing in all fifty states in the nation. We hold positions as RN's, Managers, Nurse Practitioners, CRNA's, and many more. We have sacrificed thousands of hours and thousands of dollars to be able to serve as nurses in the great state of Georgia. Please allow us this privilege. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Specializes in Hospice,LTC,Pacu,Regulatory,Operating room.
The Board has agreed to allow GNA and Excelsior to address the Board at their September 17-19, 2008 meeting. It will be helpful to have students attend the meeting to lend their support to our efforts. If you are able to attend the meeting, please contact a staff member at the Southern Performance Assessment Center, GNA office at
404-325-5536 (toll free 800-324-0462) or [email protected]. They will let you know the exact date and time that we will be on the Board's agenda and the location of the meeting.
Same here ... when I first read his post, I was like, GRRRRR. LOL. Then I said hey, wait ... I remember interacting with him here, and isn't he an EC student? The internet is such an imperfect communication medium ...
Okay, if the poster was being sarcastic, I'm sorry for getting upset. I have never interacted with him before, so if he is a EC student I didn't know.:imbar
No problem, you can copy off me anytime. I really hope that these are getting through and not just thrown in the trash. I like the idea of the Gov. office. My wife was pointing out that I should start hitting the state leg. and find out which committee is responsible for the funding of the GBON.
Anyways, keep the thread alive! As painful as this all is I am finding some comfort from the comradery displayed here. I hope others are as well.
Okay, if the poster was being sarcastic, I'm sorry for getting upset. I have never interacted with him before, so if he is a EC student I didn't know.:imbar
It's alright mandasue. I had to read his post a couple of times to get the gist of it.
OK Guys.......We really need to send letters to the individual responsible for penning the bill in the first place; that would be House Representative Sharon Cooper from the 41st district. She is from Cobb County and happens to be a Master's Prepared Nurse in GA. I don't think these legislators considered the far reaching impact that this is going to have on GA. Just two nights ago there was a story on the news about the nursing shortage. This act is going to cause many nurses to leave ( my husband has stated that we will surely move it things don't change): Not to mention the many transplant and travel nurses who graduated from Excelsior will no longer be eligible to endorse: The salaries in GA will go through the roof; it is going to be a catastrophe.
. 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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KellyCCRN
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Definitely will be there! I wish we had a more definitive date/time so that I could go ahead and make arrangements with the hospital I work for.
BTW great job dsmith! Maybe we should all call the governors office.