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This is a long shot.

Hello to all,

I know this is a long shot but, I need to find a place to get clinical hours for RN. I am currently in Fredericksburg, VA and going to school at Excelsior University. I have experience in nursing through the military. Just need to get that 500 hours started. Thanks for looking.

Carl Sergent

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    I know nothing about excelsior...you have to find your won clinical hours?

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    Is this the post graduation clinical hours to gain licensing as a graduate of Excelsior College? (I cannot find an Excelsior University in the US)

    This is the current licensing requirement per Excelsior for VA BoN

    Virginia

    Initial Licensure:: Graduates applying for direct licensure will be issued a provisional RN license with requirements to work for a predetermined number of hours before being issued an RN license. For graduates who were LPNs upon enrollment with Excelsior College, the required number of hours to work with a provisional RN license is 250. For all other graduates, the required number of hours to work with a provisional license is 400.

    Endorsement: Graduates applying for licensure by endorsement must have 960 hours of RN experience.

    August 12, 2013

    Source: Excelsior College | State Board Requirements

    Have you spoken with the representatives at Excelsior or the VA BoN? Were you an LPN, you only need 250 hours of supervised practice as a provisionally licensed RN, non-LPNs need 400 hours. Not sure where you got 500 hours from...

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    The Excelsior grads I have known have needed to leave Virginia to get their clinical experience. They were unable to find any hospital in VA willing to take them on with a provisional license (since they are turning away hundreds of applicants with full VA licenses). One Excelsior moved to NC for a year to obtain the required RN clinical experience to be able to petition to get a regular RN license back in Virginia (the NC hospital required a 12-month contract as a condition of taking him on).

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    I agree with UVA Grad Nursing -- you will likely need to work outside of Virginia for the required 960 hour minimum required to endorse your license back into Virginia. Your other possibility is working in a Federal facility: http://www.usajobs.gov.

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