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Thank you all for allowing me a sigh of relief! :icon_hug: I too have been an RN for only 6 months and some days are so totally scary that I too have felt like an imposter. Some of the other nurses I work with have forgotten what it was like being a new RN. I have renewed strength now! Thanks!

Call some of the larger Holland Nursing Homes, most can help you find what you want!

I'm a medic from Michigan and became an RN thru Excelsor's program last June and I highly recommend it!! For me, the traditional nursing school wasn't an option, so the self study route was my choice. I loved it! There are many EC grads in Michigan. I was offered an RN job as a Grad Nurse while waiting to take my NCLEX-RN. You'll find all the tools necessary to be successful with EC on many of the Yahoo groups. There are thousands of EC students in these groups offering support, encouragement, study aids, just about anything you need to get you thru the program. My study group extended almost around the world! email me if you want more info!

Hi Bber20, I'm a recent RN grad of EC and have experienced and heard of many comments concerning these educational services. You have a few options to choose from... 1. Give one of these companies thousands of dollars and have them send you brand new bound booklets, 2. purchase the SAME thing online at eBay that someone else spent the thousands of dollars on, 3. or join some of the Yahoo groups and study with others taking the very same exams you'll be taking. Many of these groups have files that encompass almost the same materials as those expensive booklets! I know because I've seen them or was one of those that posted them there! If you are truly serious in going thru the Excelsior program for your RN, you DO NOT need one of those educational services. Call EC and see what they think about them. The Nursing Advisors at EC will always steer you in the right direction. Email me if you want info on some of the Yahoo groups, or do a search on Yahoo groups home page for Excelsior College. I hope this helped you! "Whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is the meaning of success." R.W. Emerson