I am writing in response to the petition to allow an RN to be exempt from the licensure exam for AL Administrator  I have been an RN for over 30 years and an LNHA for 4 1/2 years. Although my nursing knowledge base both from a management and clinical arena augment my ability to function as an Administrator,  it does not provide the comprehensive knowledge base required to be an administrator. There are multiple domains that an administrator must be knowledgeable of and expert at to be an effective administrator and many of these areas are not within the practicing base of an RN, such as food service, fiscal knowledge, physical plant operations, etc.  There should be recognition during the training period for the RN knowledge but I absolutely recommend that all professionals including RN's be held to a consistent standard and sit for the exam for the administrator license. There needs to be consistency in the standard of practice for any administrator.