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I am a nursing student enrolled in Excelsior colleges AS nursing program and am currently 5 tests from finishing their program. I recently received a letter from the school stating that the FL BON has changed their practice of granting endorsement or...

Hi all...Just got back from my meeting with Dr Coble, the previous director of FL BON. He was a very nice man, and is going to be attending the next board meeting in Jacksonville. He did verify that he endorsed "thousands" of EC grads while he was th...

I did make contact with the ex-director of BON and will be meeting with him in Tampa next week. If anyone else is interested in coming along for the meeting, he is more than willing to talk and share what he knows and help in any way he can. A Rick G...

Are you saying this was on the BON website back in 2002? The website was recently updated and I wondered if it was added. If thats what was on the website, why were they giving different information on the phone? Anyways, thanks for the good wishes!

Here's another communication from Garcia...If I have knowledge of anyone receiving endorsement in Florida that was a nonLPN graduate of Excelsior, it is my duty to report this person for investigation as per Florida state statutes 464.018 (1a) and 45...

I have found the ex-director of BON Dr.Coble. He is working in Tampa at a University and I would like to call him and request to meet with him. Anyone interested in coming with me when this happens? I havent called yet, will wait for any replies and ...

California wont definetly. Those of us in Florida are going through alot of crap with the BON here, if you arent an LPN to RN student. You should contact the BON of whatever state you want to work in and see. Arizona has a few stipulations I believe....

According to an email from Rick Garcia today that I received, Excelsior has not made a request to be put on the agenda for Octobers meeting. They have until the 28th of this month to request it. I will be faxing all my correspondence to Dean Nettleto...

I am confused as well to that "he acted on his own without the BON", how can the director of a board act on his own for years without being put in check by other members? And now what makes Rick Garcia the end all, say all on the matter. Does the dir...

I have written to all my reps in my districts, and only got one response from Mr Justice, which was more like a form letter. I replied again and haveent heard another word from him. None of the others have responded at all. I am so beyond frustrated ...

You know the first time I spoke with Mr Garcia, he said that the ex-director and staff misinterpreted the "laws" and that what they did by endorsing was not consistent with the Boards policy. Now the Board is backtracking and saying no non-LPN has be...

Hmmm..Interesting point as well...I wonder if we can find out who the past director of the BON was and contact him/her to see what they remember being the practice and whether they would suppport us on this?

I agree with mondragon that since we were given that information, that is what should govern our endorsement. I wonder if we can get a nonLPN graduate who was endorsed in FLorida to step up and support us on this. If we can find one person that was e...

If you've been following this thread and want an update, please see the thread in this catagory started by mondragon. Thanks...:angryfire

Well all, not so good news via Mr Justice in my opinion. He simply quoted the letter from the Asst Attn General Ms Gustafson, basically reiterating what the Board says has been their practice since 1996. He said he will communicate with Mr Garcia, bu...

I will. Senator Justice is one of the Senators from my district that I wrote to today.

I have been writing to all the representatives in my district today. Which Senator responded to you? I agree about the media as well, also I would hate to put someone's licensure on the line, Mr Garcia seems the type to try and revoke privledges to s...

Thanks Larry, so you were a LPN first which makes it different for you. I have found so many threads on here saying yes, FL does endorse licensure from other states. But this new diresctor is going to nix all that apparently.

So what has been your experience with Florida in the past concerning endorsement? What I was told when I started at Excelsior in 2004 and contacted the Board was endorement was the policy for non-LPN grads. Thanks

Wow...I am so sorry about your situation, I am in the same boat just not as close to finishing as you. i have contacted Mr Gacia, who happens to be out of the office until the 13th of Aug. and he insists Florida never endorsed and that has been in ef...

Just be sure to check which state you want to work in for licensure/endorement status being an Excelsior graduate. We here in Florida are having alot of problems...

Thank you , that is exactly what happened to me. When I spoke to Mr Garcia, he was very rude and stated that "this rule has been in effect since 1996 and noone would have told me that information about endoresement because it wasnt true"...I begged t...

I had to take other courses besides the nursing concepts classes, so I have not been dragging my feet by any stretch of the imagination. So you graduated from Excelsior recently and are working in Florida? Were you an LPN?

No, you can apply for school at Excelsior with experience in the military as a corpsman and also experience as an EMT as well.

Like I said I did call the BON before enrolling at Excelsior in 2004 and was told no problem. Excelsior just found out about this change that the new director has implemented and sent out letters to all Florida resident students that are close to com...