Fellow Excelsior students

[RBRENLVN]

Hello,

I am an Excelsior student and live in San Diego.I was fortunately grandfathered in before the Ca BRN cut off date so I am hopeful I will pass the

CPNE,A and P and Life Span Psych in the near future and finally earn my ADN.I need advice,help ,feedback

regarding my upcoming exams.Am seeking info from others in the same boat and want to share experiences and hopes too.Is Psych an easy exam? and what is the best A and P program out there both on line and traditional?Also is Palomar any harder than Long Beach in terms of CPNE pass rates?I was hoping to go to Arizona but this was recently dropped from the list of CPNE sites.Any and all info is greatly appreciated.It is not easy going the non traditional route and sometimes the road is lonely -am hoping through this medium to hook up with some other upbeat,hopeful,serious friends.I am a male LVN and work PMs and live here in San Diego.PLease respond.Thanks Robert

[bargainhound, RN]

I am not currently in the program, but know it is good and have worked beside others who did succeed in the past...good luck and hang in there. Sorry I cannot give you

specific info that you asked for, but hope my post keeps your message in the loop until someone responds.

[BBFRN, BSN, PhD]

Hi- I just finished the EC ASN program and am currently waiting for my transcripts to be sent to my BON for the NCLEX. I took A&P I&II in a trad LPN program, so I can't tell you about EC's exam. But, I can tell you that probably any A&P course will be the same no matter where you take it. It's all the same material, just a difference in whether you want to take 1 exam to pass, or have homework and a couple exams. Also, consider what you might want to do education-wise in the future. Lots of nursing programs require labs with A&P to consider the credits for transfer. If you're fairly sure that you might further your nursing ed in the future in a trad program, I'd go ahead and take A&P and Micro in a trad school- with labs. This might also be helpful if you're a visual learner.

I took Lifespan Psych in a trad RN program as well, so I'm not much help to you on that exam, either...lol.

I do know this from my experience with EC, though- study the material on the course outline, and you can't go wrong. They're very clear about what they want you to know in order to pass the exams, so there's no guesswork involved there. Good luck to you, and welcome to Allnurses!