More Excelsior College qs

[dolly123]

Hello,

I have recently begun the admission process for Excelsior College. Last week actually, so still collecting material for transcript eval by ECE.

I have a medical degree from my home country and an MBA from a US college (in healthcare administration)

My question is/are:

1. i had the opportunity to shadow a physician here in a US hospital. From what I saw nursing care is more technically advanced and evolved than we have it back home. Even if I were to pass the theory part of the Nursing exams by studying hard, and even if i did pass the CPNE by doing the workshops, I would still feel the need to get on - the -floor experience on a relatively prolonged basis.

How can I get this experience?

2. Does anyone know of any jobs/positons that are allowed: some kind of observership/externship for nurses in training in the Excelsior format? I am in Cincinnati, OH.

3. What would be a good place/field to start looking for jobs in this area? I am thinking of adult nursing for now. Perhaps LTC?

4. which hospitals in Ohio offer the CPNE exam?

5. Also any pointers to speed up /decrease the cost of the Excelsior process would be very welcome

thanks again for reading!

Dolly

[dolly123]

I forgot to add: someone had suggested I do a phlebotomy prpgram tech program, EKG tech etc to brush up my rusty skills..for someone in my situation do you all think this would be a good idea?

i actually thought it would only be helpful...

[SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN]

Hi, Dolly!

When I took the workshop for the Excelsior clinical exam we had a couple of people who had been physicians in their countries of origin. They were doing well.

The biggest thing they found a problem was adjusting to how different nursing is from medicine, and adjusting their approach to the nursing model.

You might benefit from becoming a nurse's aide in a nursing home/LTC facility. Most facilities will train you and expect a short-term commitment to "work off" their costs in training you. While you won't learn nursing skills specifically a lot will translate and you will become comfortable with patient care aspects - transfers, hygiene, bedmaking, etc - that you did not learn in medical school.

And good luck! Check out the Distance Learning forum, where there's a wealth of information about EC.

[suzanne4, RN]

There are limitations as to the states that you will be able to get licensed in if you complete a program like that. More and more are requiring at least the LPN to be able to have it accepted and that means training with a full clinical program in the US first.

I would definitely spend the time doing some research on this as most do their clinical time where they are currently employed; and this not going to be an option for you.