Happy nurses week! Failed BSN by .81 points

Excelsior is not an option if you have any nursing grade less than a C. Even if a border state permitted you to challenge the NCLEX PN you would not be able to endorse the license back to NY. I it's not an option in NJ.

Try looking at requirements for licensing by examination for LPN while you wait for BoN offices to open.

...Even if a border state permitted you to challenge the NCLEX PN you would not be able to endorse the license back to NY....

No? Are you sure about that?

Yes. Someone just had that issue trying to endorse a challenged LVN license from CA to NY.

And CT required PN candidates to graduate from a school of practical nursing just like NJ & NY

So, as 2 failing grades are Cs, I'll have a shot at Excelsior?

The current policy is

Individuals who have completed at least 50% of the clinical nursing credit hours with a minimum grade of C within 5 years of enrollment into Excelsior College will be reviewed on a case-by-case appeal basis. Only applicants who are currently employed in a clinical capacity and maintained good academic standing (minimum grade of C in all nursing courses) throughout their nursing program will be considered in this appeal process.

Source: http://www.excelsior.edu/special-requirements-associate-degree

It depends if you were dismissed that may not be considered "good academic standing " plus it's an associates not a BSN.

The other criteria is you must be currently be working in a clinical capacity (CNA, etc)

...The other criteria is you must be currently be working in a clinical capacity (CNA, etc)....

Well, that there isn't an issue, but the "dismissal" bit is worrying. Man, the punches don't stop coming.

I have to ask, why does every person who fails out a US RN programme feel that they are entitled to the "consolation prize" of becoming an PN?

I have to ask, why does every person who fails out a US RN programme feel that they are entitled to the "consolation prize" of becoming an PN?

Consolation prize? I think you are projecting your insecurities here, or something along those lines. I started working as a CNA, decided I like the work, applied to a nursing school, finished almost all of a BSN program and failed right at the finish line. I am have invested a lot of time, money, blood, and tears into this and am simply trying to salvage as much as I can right now using every available route.

Why not go back and retake what you failed?

You certainly owe it to yourself to seriously look at the possibility of repeating the failed course(s). I failed out of my program once and was allowed to re-enter the following semester. My Final Exam is coming up in a little over a week and I will then graduate from the very program that I failed out of. It would take a very seriously bad couple of exam grades (Final included) for me to fail out again.

Seriously, look into it.

I agree c the others about trying to re-take the class that you failed. Good luck!