CNA to RN

[Jonathan Whatley]

Just a reminder, you can't get a California RN or LVN license if you graduate from Exclesior.

Well, here was a report of a graduate whose qualifying pre-service credential in nursing was from Excelsior being admitted as an RN in CA through a new 'case-by-case basis' door opened within the past few years. The original blog post I linked to to, public at the time, is now private.

This person's case was pretty awesome, though – which is to say exceptional, which is to say we shouldn't generalize too much from him to the larger population of Excelsior graduates: former U.S. military medic, prior license as a California LVN (this would not have been earned through the Excelsior degree), experienced LVN instructor, with two master's degrees, etc.