Excelsior will let me start taking BSN courses before the RN!

TiffanyRN!! · Mar 19, 2008

Way to go , do you have to be CPNE ready or is there other criteria?

dessyrell · Mar 19, 2008

There aren't many I can take, but I just ordered the book for the nursing management exam. And I'll need a science or math, so I'm trying to decide which to take.
I love Excelsior.
:)

i do, too...ok, this is just hearsay, but the statistics class (they say) is a killer! also, if you plan on going back after that to take your masters, there are programs that won't accept a BSN from EC...? isn't that crazy? :banghead:

txspadequeenRN, BSN, RN · Mar 19, 2008

i don't know why they are fully accredited and no different than any other online program. let me back up i know that they do not offer all nursing classes online and you must self pace some classes , unless things have changed in the last several months. however, after i have been looking around for masters programs and such this type of thing is quite common.

i do, too...ok, this is just hearsay, but the statistics class (they say) is a killer! also, if you plan on going back after that to take your masters, there are programs that won't accept a bsn from ec...? isn't that crazy?

EricJRN, MSN, RN · Mar 19, 2008

Good thinking! The management exam isn't bad at all.

Regarding statistics, if you're at all comfortable with stats/math or have had prior exposure to it, I'd consider getting a textbook and registering for the exam. Multiple sources have commented to me about a lack of instructor support/presence in the online stats class.

SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN · Mar 19, 2008

Tiffany, I can't imagine why you'd WANT to take an upper level course before being CPNE-ready. Seriously. Why waste time when you need to be moving towards the RN?

As to statistics - I am a math don't-be. I would, were there a classroom available, take more, but there is no way I could do it on my own. I do NOT look at an equation and think, "Well, of course!" I stare at it blankly and freeze. It isn't math anxiety, I just don't see it. When someone (like a teacher) points it out to me I'm fine, but I don't have the mind for it.

I think I'm going to CLEP out of chemistry.

:)

I'm doing the RN-MSN in clinical informatics at by the time I'm done I'll be close to 60. I'm not too worried about other schools.

One nice thing about living where I do is that we are very rural and a lot of people use distance learning. It's viewed as an advantage, not a less-than colution.