Laurie888

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  1. Internships or ... ?

    Laurie888 replied to Laurie888's topic in Online Distance Learning

    You can't even be accepted to Excelsior unless you have the clinical rotations. Between the LPN program I dumped for the RN program and 3/4 of an RN program done, I have had more clinical hours than...

  2. Hotels for Chancellor's workshop

    Laurie888 posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    I need to make arrangements pretty quick. Anyone have recommendations for where to stay for

  3. Hotels for Chancellor's workshop

    Laurie888 replied to Laurie888's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I never tried Priceline before. I couldn't get anything for $39 or even $45, but I did get a room at AmeriSuites for $49. Woo hoo! All paid for and done. I'll have to run a mapquest thing to see...

  4. Hotels for Chancellor's workshop

    Laurie888 replied to Laurie888's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Is anybody else going to this workshop? Nobody has a recommendation of where to stay? Dang my money is gone....

  5. Internships or ... ?

    Laurie888 replied to Laurie888's topic in Online Distance Learning

    A Unit Secretary and a CNA. They are concerned that a program that does not have clinicals will not be enough, at least not several years after I've had clinicals. I only went back to CnA work a...

  6. Internships or ... ?

    Laurie888 replied to Laurie888's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Has been very supportive during the program, making exceptions and paying a large part of my test fees and so on. But. I am several years out of nursing school and they aren't comfortable with my...

  7. RN through EC

    Laurie888 replied to jack786's topic in Online Distance Learning

    What is your background? That might make a difference in the answer. At the shortest wait site there is a 4 1/2 month wait for the exam after they receive your application for the CPNE. There is...

  8. Which workshop?

    Laurie888 replied to DeLynn's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I don't know what CHE is ... so I don't know about that one. I am going to Chancellor's October 31- week (anybody else?) because it is 5 days long and has a small class size. Excelsior has a higher...

  9. EC Background check

    Laurie888 replied to bjsmi27's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I already ordered the FBI one but I don't think it will arrive in time. By the time I found a place to do my fingerprints who had someone available (many agencies around here have gone to once a week...

  10. New LPNs going to EC....why not?

    Laurie888 replied to luv4nursing's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Of a lot of the statements here. One of the requirements that has NOT changed is that you can be admitted as a student who has completed more than half of a traditional program's clinicals. That's me....

  11. I got a date!!!!

    Laurie888 posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    OMG! I didn't expect to hear this soon as I submitted application at end of June and received a letter maybe a week ago that they were backlogged and working on it. Before I sent in the app they told...

  12. Trouble getting job

    Laurie888 replied to Kashlee's topic in Online Distance Learning

    But if I were to walk into the hospital I work in and apply for a job I'd probably get it. It is apparent I probably won't get a job on my floor, and that's what I want. Right now, these are 'my'...

  13. What LPN courses does EC accept?

    Laurie888 replied to copnlpn2's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Have a service where you pay a fee and they evaluate your credits. If you talk to the right person at the right time (I would suggest a nursing advisor) they may gladly look at your transcripts (she...

  14. EC grads...need your input to finalize my decision to enroll

    Laurie888 replied to copnlpn2's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I had taken a couple exams under the old format, when they were Regents, about a year out of nursing school (I went 3/4 through a traditional program). I picked up again several years later....

  15. When do you graduate?

    Laurie888 replied to opalmRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    since my CPNE isn't til 11/11-13, I am figuring more likely January. So I guess I'm not on the schedule just

  16. I got a date!!!!

    Laurie888 replied to Laurie888's topic in Online Distance Learning

  17. iStudySmart

    Laurie888 replied to MedictoRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I'm not sure how they are set up, so if you can do just three -- maybe. Generally though most of us find with the Excelsior guides and books recommended, or your own old nursing books, plus maybe...

  18. EC exams

    Laurie888 replied to nursekerri's topic in Online Distance Learning

    All my prior non-nursing credits (A&P, Micro) transferred. ALL my old CLEP tests were accepted for credit, even the one I took for English (most colleges would give me credit for Eng101 for that...

  19. passed the CPNE!!!

    Laurie888 replied to missnurse01's topic in Online Distance Learning

    That is great! I just got my carjack and, especially NOT being a nurse already, am really anxious about the best way to dig in, and make sure I schedule as soon as I can but not too soon! I love...

  20. "college network" lpn-rn

    Laurie888 replied to nurseunderwater's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I'm not an LPN, I'm a nursing student. But. I did use one, once. For NC1 I think. I used Chancellor's for three of them, because I like the tapes. I bought everything used on ebay and each time...

  21. Need Advice On The Excelsior Program

    Laurie888 replied to closatssl1's topic in Online Distance Learning

    NC1 and NC2 can be taken before enrolling at EC. A lot of people do it this way both to conserve time (hoping to not pay any renewal fees) and to test out the program, see if it's right for them...

  22. EC Background check

    Laurie888 replied to bjsmi27's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I know you don't have to have the whole amount, it's the $500 I don't have and hate to borrow prematurely. I have to wait three weeks to find out about the scholarship and do have other options, but...

  23. EC Background check

    Laurie888 replied to bjsmi27's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Thanks -- I think since Betsy left the CPNE message board on Excelsior hasn't had updates for timeframes. I know through the early part of the year it was still 4 months for the NY and Ohio sites. A...

  24. Planning your studies

    Laurie888 posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    There are ways to time your tests to minimize your fees. For instance, most would recommend taking NC1 and NC2 before enrolling because you increase the odds of finishing within a year and avoiding...

  25. EC Background check

    Laurie888 replied to bjsmi27's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Even if I send in my application today (and I'd like to but there's this money thing) I'm unlikely to get a date before October 1. Where I want to test, maybe the end of October if I'm lucky (I keep...