nys excelsior transfer to work as RN in another state

savagetrojan · Feb 6, 2011

Unless you have 960 clinical hours I would move Arizona to the bottom of your list. With an Excesior degree you can not endorse into Arizona without that many clinical or "work" hours. Florida and Texas do not have these requirments. Good Luck on the move!

ccaiazza · Feb 7, 2011

o wow i think excelsior had told me 120 preceptorship hours or something like that? and florida and texas is not the case huh?! well that's good! i wonder if you have to do the application by endorsement in those states as well tho?

savagetrojan · Feb 7, 2011

You can endorse into Texas or Florida. Apply, pay the fee, get the license. Most states require verification, cost is $20 to get NY to verify for you. Plan ahead, make sure you have your license in hand for the other states before you move to them, otherwise you could have a long lapse in income. Take my word for it. Been there...done that. Unfortunately NY isn't in the nurse compact so the only place you can work on your NY license is NY.

NurseCubanitaRN2b, BSN, RN · Feb 7, 2011

Have you graduated from Excelsior yet? If not, then you may want to have Excelsior College set up the preceptorship with Arizonas approved facilities. It's 120 hours of clinical preceptorship before you're allowed to sit for the NCLEX-RN. At least there's hope for Arizona, Florida, or Texas, but if you were looking into CA all I can say is GOOD LUCK on that one.

ccaiazza · Feb 7, 2011

o no i know calis out of the ?!! i did graduate from ec taking my boards in like a week tho...so idk i emailed them so hopefully i'll get a response soon. they did mention the 120 hrs but idk where that is or anything so who knows. im thining texas or fla at this point:)