Familiar with Excelsior?

[StudentNurseOH]

Hello. I have 2 more classes to take to complete my associates degree - RN. No schools in this area of Ohio will accept my clinical credits. I've been looking at Excelsior. Does anyone know about this school? What about the final clinical examination you must take to graduate? The advisior said you must spend the weekend at a Columbus hospital taking the clinical finals. I am very depressed that I may have to give up all by work and start all over again - not to mention the waiting lists.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you for your help!

[suebird3]

welcome to allnurses.com! i moved your post to the distance learning forum for better responses.

suebird3

[traumahawk99]

there's a wealth of threads here regarding excelsior. read away! :)

[jenny031]

I finished with Excelsior, although it was Regents at the time. I had been an LPN for 9 years, so I found the clinical weekend pretty easy. Out of 6 of us there that weekend only 3 passed. 2 of us were LPNs and the other was a medic or EMT I believe. I had spent all but 1 of my years as an LPN in a hospital, so I was fortunate. Having good nursing skills in general made it easy. They were pretty big on care plans, placed alot of emphasis on them. It was very low-stress I thought. I did have some aggravation from time to time trying to contact them and get info, but it was well worth it. Overall it was a good experience. The best part of that program is that you get to do it at your own pace. That was a big factor for me since I was working full time. If I can help anymore let me know.