Excelsior College Clinicals

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I am an Excelsior College graduate as of March 2008. The CPNE is what you are referring to and it is a 3 day TEST. They are there to see what you know, not to TEACH you anything. The first time pass rate is 64%, second time is 64% and the third time is 59%. After 3 attempts, you are dismissed from the program. I know that this seems impossible, but LOTS of us have done it. It is possible and for a lot of us, it is the quickest way to the pay for the job we are already mostly doing...that of RN. If I can help in any way, please PM me.

Good luck in your decision!

Make sure you check with you State board before proceeding to make sure they will accept Excelsior. If the "LA" of your location means LA, California, California does not recognize Excelsior.

To the Distance Learning Forum for more responses.

If the "LA" you referring to is Louisiana, YES, they do accept EC students to sit for NCLEX. I live in Louisiana and spoke to the BON when all of the news about GA came out to verify that I would still be eligible!

Beachcomber, I posted extensively of the workshop - it's in a sticky - and there's a thread tntitled "My CONE Experience" on this page. And there are a LOT of other threads by CPNE-takers and how they passed.