I was a student at Excelsior College.  I had finished all of my exams and only had my 3 days of clinicals to complete the program.  I would have been able to beat the deadline and become a RN in Virginia if I had not been hospitalized due to preterm labor during the time that I was suppose to complete clinicals.  Since I could not get clinicals completed, I am going to withdraw from the program.  I can't afford to pay for another annual fee to remain enrolled.  It does not make any sense to me to obtain my RN license in another state when I already work in Virginia as a RN.  If it had not been for this change I would have remained enrolled and completed clinicals, but who wants to work in another state for such a period of time.  Please reconsider this change.  Excelsiors Clinicals are very difficult to pass, just check pass rates.  This was one thing that scared me about Excelsiors program.  I will now have to go back to school for another year to obtain the same license that I would have gotten by completing Excelsiors program, but at least this way I can work in the state that I live in.

Amanda James