Excelsior exam: Transition to the Registered Professional nurse Role

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I am studying for Excelsior exam: Transition to the Registered Professional Nurse Role. This test is unlike most tests; it is not illness-intervention based. Can anyone how has taken the test (and been successful) advise me to what to look for while studying. Thanks for your help I appreciate it. :uhoh3:

Do you have the exam content guide from Excelsior?

StudyGroup101 offers study guides for each Excelsior exam. I have found them to be very helpful, especially with how I study. The study guides are about $10 for each subject and you get a lot of info. They are digital PDFs and stuff. So, I downloaded mine from their site and got it right away. You can get it on a disc, too.

http://www.studygroup101.com/index.html

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Passing grade is a C. I used Chancellors study guide and I passed.:)

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Are there a lot of dates on this test? Do u think we need to know the dates of the wars? I take the test on Tuesday n I'm soooo nervous!!

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Are there a lot of dates on this test? Do u think we need to know the dates of the wars? I take the test on Tuesday n I'm soooo nervous!!

I don't remember there being any on the test. It's not a history exam. It's just a broad, not very deep, overview of nursing history (like Nightingale is famous for what?, etc.) & nursing theories, really. There are "what would an RN do" scenarios, too.

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Specializes in Geriatrics, LTC, Orthopedics, Pediatrics.

Can anyone shed some light on how to study for EC Transition to RN role. I am not a history buff so I find this information boring. There are some things in the notes that are interesting but the overall notes itself is not a pick-me-up if I want something to read.:eek:

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Specializes in med/surg, geriatrics, corrections.

Unfortunately....this exam is very dry subject material. The only advice is to study and memorize. If I had to pick out a good point for this exam it's simple. This is MEMORIZATION...plain and simple. No "what ifs" no, "two answers could be right"(when only one is), no critical thinking. You either know the stuff or you don't. That my friend is the cold hard facts, I wish I could tell you something different but I can't. IMHO this exam wasn't any harder than the other ones.

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Specializes in Geriatrics, LTC, Orthopedics, Pediatrics.

Thanks so much for the input. I guest I will have to tune up the old memory bank and get with it.

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Specializes in home health, LTC, assisted living.

thank you for this post, i am studying for this exam too, I just started with EC. I printed off the study guide online :nurse:and am typing outlines for each chapter, I rented the recommended textbooks, I was told by an advisor that the exams are written off the texts recommended. I broke it down into units, and have completed 2 of the 4. Hoping to take the exam by Nov. 1st.

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Specializes in home health, LTC, assisted living.
Unfortunately....this exam is very dry subject material. The only advice is to study and memorize. If I had to pick out a good point for this exam it's simple. This is MEMORIZATION...plain and simple. No "what ifs" no, "two answers could be right"(when only one is), no critical thinking. You either know the stuff or you don't. That my friend is the cold hard facts, I wish I could tell you something different but I can't. IMHO this exam wasn't any harder than the other ones.

Agreed! Very dry subject material! But valuable info as far as legalities, etc.

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Specializes in Psych-LTC-Home Health.
I took this exam a few weeks ago. I would study the major nursing theorists, the nursing associations/organizations, laws, rules of DNRs and delegating things. A lot of it is common sense with some historical and critical thinking questions mixed in. I just used StudyGroup101 along with the practice test and got an A.

I'm taking this next week! Have been studying with studygroup101 and the practice exams till my eyes cross! :bugeyes:

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Thanks for the tips. I am studying for Transition to nursing role also. Hope to take it next week. Just took the practice exam.Made a 59 in form A and a 71 in form B. Do I have a chance of passing?

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Thanks for the tips. I am studying for Transition to nursing role also. Hope to take it next week. Just took the practice exam.Made a 59 in form A and a 71 in form B. Do I have a chance of passing?

Mr Bee did you take it and what did you study? I just took Form A (without studying, I just signed up..) and got a 55 which I think is pretty good for not knowing what to expect..

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