ArmstrongLPN
has 3 years experience and specializes in Psych; Substance Abuse.
NYC born and raised. Current VB transplant. Current LPN to RN student at Excelsior College with dreams of possibly traveling in the future. Husband to a great photographer guy and cat daddy to Lady :)
I am currently doing Excelsior's ASN Program. I have made lots of progress this year and plan to be finished sometime mid 2015 god willing:bookworm:. My partner and I moved to Virginia Beach a year ago from NY thinking it would be a great move for ...
Let me decide for you, RN lol. Seriously though, if you have the time and money I would suggest doing a RN program because of the employment climent for LPN and RNs alike. Though some new Associate degree RNs may be feel pinch, as a newer LPN with ...
Hi RN-DC I hope all is going well in your first year as a RN! I wanted to know if you ended up going this way once you graduated. If you did (or did not), how did it all work out for you. I'm not yet done with the program but I am plugging away her...
ArmstrongLPN replied to Ayele's topic in Indiana (ISU)
Hi lpntorn2be I am also in South eastern Virginia. If you don't mind telling, what hospital are you doing your clinicals in and was it easy to set up. I saw that Sentara Leigh is listed and I live within 5 minutes from there so that would be so per...
ArmstrongLPN replied to mattke07's topic in Indiana (ISU)
Hey Matt Sorry I don’t have any information for you but I am going to bump your post because I am also interested in this program and live in Virginia. I originally was doing Excelsior while living in NY and decided to switch to a distance learning p...
ArmstrongLPN replied to ArmstrongLPN's topic in Career Support
@CrunchRN - Lubbock @Itzvalerie - thanks for the info. I figured they would have ignored my app because of lack of acute experience. I was really shocked to get a call back for a interview.
This is going to be a long one. I am originally from NY. I was a Technician in L&D prior to becoming a nurse and I always wanted to work on a acute nursing unit. I became a LPN in 2011 and was abruptly awoken from my dream and took the first job...
ArmstrongLPN replied to ArmstrongLPN's topic in Excelsior
Yes guys, I had to share this because I thought it was quite bizarre. Although there are times I get annoyed with the fact that it is taking ME forever to finish my degree through excelsior, I understand the concept of self paced and self study. A...
ArmstrongLPN replied to UlanaD's topic in Excelsior
Thanks for the review. I have a couple of the text guides and I have been on the fence about rebuying the audio versions but I just may give in due to convience. Good thing they are soo cheap.
ArmstrongLPN replied to nursemae86's topic in Virginia
Im at a major hospital in Norfolk, VA and I am hoping that when I finish the program that they allow me to work here provisionally. I called the Bon the other day and I was told that I would have to work in every area taught in nursing school (ie: p...
ArmstrongLPN replied to a4patch's topic in Excelsior
Hey a4patch, what did you decide? Are you doing the program? I'm trying hard to get through but I keep running into financial road blocks. What part of Virginia are you in?
ArmstrongLPN replied to ArmstrongLPN's topic in Virginia
Thanks for your responses guys. I just realized that I read the licensing information wrong. VA will license provisionally for initial licensing so I’m out of the woods for now.