Indiana State LPN-BSN vs Excelsior

[CitrusNurse_LPNII]

Hiya, been doing the excelsior thing having all the pre-reqs, sciences a&p etc. NC1 was easy, no need for NC 2. left NC3 feeling great but found I failed it. Something was wrong there. They cared less, gave no answers and no assuring words and felt the sting of a student factory mentality.

Ran into a friend who was in Indiana program. She loves it.

I signed up and have my guides etc.

So my original plan was to go from Police Officer to BSN in 1993. Got all the courses except clinicals. Had to wait 8 months to apply. So I did the LPN program.

Indiana LPN to BSN seems to be a busy deal but I like the clinical aspect being handled at your own hospital and no CPNE stuff.

TCN people, four at least, work at Indiana State and prepare the courses for TCN. To me that enhanced the value of TCN greatly.

I feel Excelsior is ok but I dumped them at light speed when I learned about Indiana. So far I am happy with Indiana.

I would love to hear from others in Indiana State.

PJ

[chaxanmom]

I just started the ISU program in January. Loving it so far. LOTS of work but that's how you become a good nurse! I'm very very impressed with my professors so far! Loooooove Dr. Frank in my research class! Clinicals were important to me too plus to me its important to have a real legit school on your resume. Some employers and grad schools won't care if you just tested out of everything but some do. Excelsior isn't there to teach you, it's there to test what you already know. They even say that. I want to be taught and mentored and do real clinicals where I can learn from preceptors. I like this way better than traditional programs because the clinicals are one on one and not in a group of students all wanting the same cool procedures, yk? I get them allllll this way! :yeah:

Just to clarify though, the professors who wrote the CSMs are *not* TCN people. They work solely for ISU, not both. TCN just published the guides like any other textbook publisher.