With 10 years prior experience as an LPN, I had no difficulty passing the boards or any of their tests (1996). Remember that passing the boards is just an indicator of beginning or novice proficiency...
Reply to Spongebob. A 91C was supposed to be the equivalent to an LPN in the civilian world. Typical duties included venipunctures, medication administration, assessment, wound debridement, simple...
I graduated from excelsior in 1994, first attempt. My supervisor made snide comments about my "mail order degree". The physician I worked for at the time told me (afer I successfully completed the...
The clinicals can be taken 3 times I believe, I recall that one or two people who took the CPNE with me were on their 2nd try. I remember feeling great empathy and fear when someone left the...
AMEN SISTER! I have been there, done it, and looking for somewhere else to go for the MSN NP level. After 8 years, I still have horrible thoughts about going there again, almost like Post Traumatic...