SB 187 for Georgia excelsior college nursing students

Published Mar 15, 2011

smiley2030

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Hi, everyone

Please help support SB 187. It will help all those Excelsior college nursing students in Georgia. I am copy pasting the letter that I received from Excelsior.

Dear Georgia Graduate:

We write to ask for your help in contacting members of the Georgia General Assembly regarding legislation that will help provide relief from the unnecessary restrictions placed on the ability of Excelsior College graduates to be licensed as an RN in the state.

Senate Bill 187 (SB 187) has been introduced that is designed to provide for a more rational approach to the current requirement that Excelsior students must complete a significant preceptorship after graduation, before they can receive a permanent nursing license in Georgia. If passed by the General Assembly, SB 187 will expand the definition of a health care facility and will provide for a more logical path to RN licensure that acknowledges your professional health care experience. The bill also reduces or eliminates the preceptorship requirement depending upon the healthcare background of our students and graduates. And, if a preceptorship is necessary, there will be many more facilities statewide in which this can take place.

If you believe in a more rational approach to becoming an RN in Georgia, this is what you can do to help. Below are the email addresses of the members of the Senate Higher Education Committee. Please send each of them an email telling them that you support SB 187 and that you want them to support it as well. So you can see it, here is a link to the bill itself:

The email should be in your own words and tell the legislators your story: why you wanted to become an RN and how important it was to you and your family, why you chose Excelsior College to earn your degree, and how your previous clinical experiences helped you to achieve your goal through Excelsior.

Please be sure to use your best professional writing style when communicating with your legislators. Remember, you are representing Excelsior College and yourself as a healthcare professional.

The Senate Higher Education Committee is expected to consider SB 187 this week so please send your email as soon as possible since time is of the essence.

As the bill proceeds through the legislative process, we will most likely be asking you to send similar emails to other legislators. Most important right now, however, is an email to the senators listed below asking them to support SB 187.

Thank you.

Laurie Nagelsmith, PhD, RN

Associate Dean

School of Nursing

[email protected]