cpne and program is bogus and unsafe

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I have spoken and worked with 5 nurses who studied with Excelsior and then took cpne. The 2 best nurses I have working for me failed along with 2 of the others. The one nurse that is good but does not outshine my top 2 passed. One out of five and not the employee who I would trust the most. I reviewed their coursework and the Cpne with these nurses and this type of nursing education is not safe for patients. Not to mention the system for grading the students who take the Cpne is inconsistent and unfair. There is far from enough hands on clinical skills performed. These students are not prepared RN's I have since fired the passing GN (las I heard she hadn't passed boards) because of error at work. The others are getting tuition reimbursement to attend a more effective nursing bridge program.

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This sounds familiar. Someone bitter back under another name?

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.

EC isn't for everyone, that's for sure.

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Nope RN here x 8 years. No need to be bitter. Just work in the real world with some of these "graduate nurses"

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And you just happened to amble into this site and, for your first post, slam the program most of us in this forum are following.

:chuckle

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Specializes in ICU, PICC Nurse, Nursing Supervisor.

i smell something stinky in here .......

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Specializes in pediatric, geriatric.

Everyone is free to their opinion so here is mine.

I am a nurse manager who has many LPN's and RN's who work under me even though I am an LPN. Let me address the RN's first since that is the topic at the moment. The RN's who I supervise range in their education such as from distance learning, two year programs, four year programs and from programs in other countries. I can tell you that in my experience the nurses who excel as a nurse have a combo. of qualities and that doesn't just come from education but includes common sense, great skills from on the job experience and wonderful critical thinking skills as well as a caring attitude who are advocates for their patients. I have had nurses with the best education but lack in the other areas so had to let them go. So instead of just judging someone on their education I would suggest taking all areas of nursing care into consideration. Also, would like to add that I have had some LPN's that even though they don't have their education as an RN could run circles around some of the RN's that have come through my workplace.

One more thing, even though I may be an LPN I was given the manager position over the RN's that had been working there for years but because of my skills, empathy and attitude I excelled.

THANKS for hearing me out.

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Specializes in Med/Surg Nurse, Homecare, Visiting Nurse.

I smell a..........I'll be nice. She's entitled to her opinion. The Distance Learning gang wants to welcome you to allnures.:D

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Specializes in ICU, PICC Nurse, Nursing Supervisor.

what is your purpose for coming here and slamming ec:scrm:? unless you have done the program then you are by no means qualified to negatively comment or slam anyone that is doing it. i'm feeling froggy today so lets discuss the cpne... tell me what you know....

let me mention here that you can be the best nurse for 100 years and walk next to jesus himself but if you don't prepare for this test ..you wont pass... :smackingfit has nothing to do with how good you are or how long you have been a nurse.... that is the first thing you need to know....:banghead:

nope rn here x 8 years. no need to be bitter. just work in the real world with some of these "graduate nurses"

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Specializes in ICU, PICC Nurse, Nursing Supervisor.

oh yeaaaah and :wlcmggrp:

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Specializes in Psych, LTC, Acute Care.

Welcome to Allnurses! So nice of you to come on this board to TRY and ruffle feathers. You have definitely made your point. Any more scholarly thoughts in your memory bank?:smokin:

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Specializes in Hem/Onc, LTC, AL, Homecare, Mgmt, Psych.

Sorry to hear about your bad experiences. Different strokes for different folks I guess. I know several EC grads personally that live near me. All are excellent nurses and wonderful people in challenging careers-- Ranging from Internal Medicine, PACU, L&D, to DON's. You can see it in posts all over this board-- It takes dedication to be a good nurse and some people just don't have it, regardless of the institution the degree is from. Hopefully your nurses will do better in a more traditional program.

Sara

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