lpn to rn online

[TMORRIS52]

I failed out of the RN program. I was able to get my LPN by endorsement in my state of SC. I want to complete my RN online and was wondering who has gone through Excelsior or any other online school to receive their degree ?

[Nascar nurse, ASN, RN]

I don't understand the "got my LPN by endorsement" part. How does that work?

Not to be a negative Nellie, but if you failed out of the RN program I think you're going to have a much harder time on-line than you anticipate. I graduated from Excelsior in 2005. I had been a LPN for 19 years at that point and a ton of experience. Even with this, I found parts of it difficult. You are essentially teaching yourself - there is no lecture - there are no quizzes to see if you're catching on - there is no teacher to guide you thru whats important to know and what's not. You're it and you're on your own.

[TMORRIS52]

Its a long story but I failed my last nursing exam in med surg my 4th semester I ended with a 79.5 average in the class and needed an 80. I had B's in all my other classes. Unfortunately I had allot going on at the time and I let it affect my studies last May. Without going into allot of details I was given the opportunity to take the LPN boards by endorsement, which means my school wrote a letter stating I had more than enough credits for LPN and 129 hours of preceptorship. I had 2 weeks to learn to be an LPN after 2 years of learning to be an RN. (RN ATI NCLEX predictor score of 98%) I passed the LPN boards with no problem. I want to finish my RN without having to go through a classroom all over again. I excel as a online student as I'm older (56) and feel the excelsior would be a good fit. Thank you for your honesty.

[Lunah, MSN, RN]

Can you not repeat the class you failed? You will be basically starting over with Excelsior, and the wait time for the clinical exam is about a year right now.