My colleagues and I where in the break room congratulating one of our fellow LVN's who just got here RN-IP she has been an LVN for approx. over 10 years she did Excelsior College. I am too doing Excelsior. So that subject came up.
One of our RN's just graduated with here BSN from our local university. This new grad BSN is pretty neutral about Distance Learning she doesn't say anything bad about it but she prefers traditional school over it. Well she stated that in here school where she got her BSN from "they said that New York state are taking back the license of Excelsior Grads and making them re-take the Boards". I'm assuming "they" are her instructors or the Nursing Dept. I did a little bit of research but found nothing regarding this matter and if this was the case in New York for sure I would see this subject here in this bulletin board. If this is not true then the local university is making Excelsior College look real bad. Let me tell you guys where I am, I'm in California. In my own opinion I think that whole
Excelsior College not being valid in California is a conspiracy theory.I feel it has a lot do to with politics and money. But, I do agree that it's not for someone with limited experience. Pls. correct me if I am wrong I find this a bit Ironic. The Organization/People who complaint to the BRN about Excelsior are: 1.Kaiser Permanente, who has RN's working for them that are Excelsior Grads. 2.CNA (California Nurse's Association)-an RN union the voice of RN's a lot of those RN's that they represent are Excelsior Grads 3.Charles Frye- A business man who helps you to obtain your nursing degree through where else...... Excelsior.