Starcrossd48

I graduated from Mercy Hospital April of last year and I've been working at jackson memorial hospital for a year now and my nurse manager is wowed by the level of education I came in with. Mercy at least for me excelled they always said we are not teaching LPN's...we are teaching mercy nurses and today I finished my last test with excelsior college for their LPN-RN bridge program and honestly I thank Mercy for at least 80% of my passing these tests so fast and with all A-B's. Don't worry about the money they will work a way to fund you.

Hi I've been an LPN for just over a year and glad to say today i finished the last nursing concept test from Excelsior! now its to wait for that horrifying CPNE! anyway I work at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami on a great med-surg floor and the experience there has helped me fly through these tests.

Wow...A little more than a year has passed, and now im getting ready to do it all over again! 1 more Excelsior test, the clinical examination and NCLEX-RN baby! not too shabby!

Well the one thing I learned is nothing is throw-away info, I mean there are things that are just not very exciting like different insulins...but they will keep popping out on test and on the NCLEX and of course life! if there is a concept you dont understand, dont put it in the back burner but hammer at it till you get it. Also, freshen up on the anatomy of the heart, because the if you get the anatomy you'll understand all the different heart failures and so on.

Sorry for not replying earlier! i have been going crazy going to interviews and signing up with excelsior. ok I read the nursing 3.300 bullets but honestly I studied my butt off throughout the program and had a study group with my other nursing classmates. I didnt really have a set number of questions but i did repeat alot of test (like ATI) where perhaps i hadnt done so well before and understand the rationale behind the answer. Hope this helps!

wow...a year of studying for 85 questions that I answered in 40 minutes...now to the real scary stuff!!! life as an LPN!!!!

wow...best, most honest advice I have ever heard...thanks! I'm two weeks shy of graduation and this was great encouragement...and it wasn't even for me!

I was accepted on the first try but they asked me for high school diploma, transcripts, 3 letters of recommendation, the entrance exam, and an interview with the director of the school who is like doctor nurse...But then again I applied at a hospital-based school that is commonly referred to by the other LPN schools around as "Mercy nursing bootcamp". But its an excellent program.

I have two weeks left of school (OB/GYN Rotation) And I feel very priviledged to have gone to the LPN school at Mercy Hospital here in Miami. I think that it totally depends on your instructors and they are all amazing here. Like you say on funds we did AM care and vitals. I took it as a time of really getting to know my patients and the human body. For med-surg I we had AM care, vitals, plus meds and assessments. Med/Surg. II we no longer had AM care or vitals but I still did my own manual BP and pulse (I was on the telemetry floor). Yesterday I assisted the OB in a lady partsl delivery... what a ride this has been! I believe that this kind of stairstep approach is very effective and you get a 3D view of your patient's care.