daisymay07

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1. CO nurses-is Excelsior to get an RN OK???

   daisymay07 replied to daisymay07's topic in Online Learning

   Sorry-should have said, I am not an LPN. However, when I called the CO Board of nursing, they said I had to do 350 hours of extra preceptorship (is that the right term?) if I was already an LPN, and 750 if I did the full 2 year program to become an ...

2. CO nurses-is Excelsior to get an RN OK???

   daisymay07 posted a topic in Online Learning

   I'm in a rural area of CO, and am too far away from any brick and mortar nursing programs. The nearest LPN program is over 2 hours away, and to get an RN would require at least a 3 hour drive...With 2 small kids and a self employed husband who works...

3. Too old for nursing school?

   daisymay07 replied to Sassy66's topic in Career Support

   I'm 35 and just got serious about finding nursing programs to apply to. I've got a bachelors in Biology and a MS in Env. Sci, and have been a SAHM for the last 5 years. I don't think my former field is a great fit for me now, as a parent (the workl...

4. about reputable online LPN to RN programs...

   daisymay07 replied to daisymay07's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the replies. I am going to call the technical college to get more info about the slower track 2 year LPN program (I'd prefer to do the faster track year program, instead, but family obligations & the distance make it pretty much impos...

5. about reputable online LPN to RN programs...

   daisymay07 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I live in western CO, in a fairly far flung town... I have a degree in Biology and a MS in Env. Science and have been considering nursing off and on, for the past few years. I did get certified as a CNA (to see if nursing was at all a fit, and I enj...