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LPN_92

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i am looking to start Excelsior in the next couple of months and i wanted to know if you had any updates on the nursing program? I also wanted to know what the website was that you linked because i try to go to it, it takes me somewhere else. lastly did you go on to further your degree after Excelsior somewhere else? if so did they accept your credits from the excelsior??

LPN_92

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To SeattleGirl -

I actually found Excelsior to be CHEAPER than the LPN to RN schools!

Here is why:

1 - If you already have all your pre-reqs completed, Excelsior charges $275 for each of the next 7 exams you will need before you can sit for the CPNE. That's about $2100.

2 - The CPNE is $2100.

3 - Enrollment fee is $80 & Register fee is $975.

4 - Total cost of Excelsior is less than $5,500. The cheapest LPN to RN program I could find was over $12,000 - and ALL the programs require PRE-REQS - some only require 3, but others require 7 or 8 or more. Excelsior wants you to have at least 6 pre-reqs, which they sell to you if you don't have them - via CLEP. CLEP is accredited by all colleges out there - but you can study on your own by using CLEP Practice Test and Study Guides | Pass your CLEP Exams fast! - I passed 7 CLEPS by using this website. I studied 2 weeks each & then paid the $90 ($70 + $20) for the exam at a local college that proctors CLEP. Or, you can sign up to your local college & go to class for these pre-reqs. I hate class, so I took the CLEPS for all but 3 of them which forced me to go to lab (Anatomy I, II & Microbiology.)

You will have books expense, but you can download books, buy used anywhere (half.com, ebay) or - study the chapters for that test, suggested by Excelsior. Excelsior has a free test guide that actually gives out chapters & text book names. But, you will have expense of travel to the CPNE exam - where you might have to spend 2 or 3 or 4 nights in a hotel if the exam center is not in your city, so add gas & food to your expense list too.

I'm not an Excelsior salesman, & don't get kickbacks and there may be problems with Excelsior in the future, I just haven't personally run into any yet - so we'll see. I, too, was looking for someone who had just taken Excelsior program within the past couple of years but no one responded. So, I just went ahead & took the 1st test. It wasn't that bad, but I only studied about 1 week using those sites that have practice questions guaranteeing you to pass. I passed with a "C," but barely, but NONE of those sites had ANY of the content on the test - none. BUT, those sites do help get you accustomed to taking test questions - so maybe that's how they can guarantee you to pass. I didn't like using this route so I will probably focus on the chapters recommended on Excelsior's test guide.

I know of someone who used Excelsior to become an RN from years ago about 10 or 15 years ago. She is now an RN. I have never been able to talk to her directly, all I know is she was an Excelsior to get the RN, but then went on to a real college to get her BSN. Either way, it don't matter - jobs don't care WHO you use to get your RN or BSN. They only want you to have it. They will teach their way, but it's up to you to stay LEGAL in your job.

Helper-T.

i am looking to start Excelsior in the next couple of months and i wanted to know if you had any updates on the nursing program? I also wanted to know what the website was that you linked because i try to go to it, it takes me somewhere else. lastly did you go on to further your degree after Excelsior somewhere else? if so did they accept your credits from the excelsior??

Temeika, LPN

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Specializes in Hospice.

I know of an LPN who did the LPN-ADN program in 6 months. She used study guides from MyStudyGroup101 LLC

They are pretty reasonable, but to print them, they are 100s of pages long, so you will need a good printer with alot of ink.

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Lunah, MSN, RN

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.
I know of an LPN who did the LPN-ADN program in 6 months. She used study guides from MyStudyGroup101 LLC

They are pretty reasonable, but to print them, they are 100s of pages long, so you will need a good printer with alot of ink.

Just to make people aware, the waiting time for the CPNE (clinical capstone) is 12+ months right now, so no one is doing the program that quickly at this time. It is definitely possible to be CPNE-eligible within 6 months if one does the nursing theory test-out exams (vs. the courses), but then you have to add 8 weeks for the FCCAs (16 weeks if you take them consecutively instead of both at the same time), and then the wait time for the CPNE on top of that. The program is neither fast nor easy! But for some of us, it worked really well.

Wish I had NEVER done it. I have actually done well with the program, then took the CPNE in June. Well, my nerves got me, and I did not pass. I choose NOT to say I failed. Too many life changes before, such as the death of my mom. Now I have to wait a year to do this again. Pretty much heart broken, but I having amazing friends and coworkers.

NurseCCG

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Hi Helper-T,

I am currently in the program and so far so good.

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