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  1. CPNE...weekdays or weekends?

    Laurie888 replied to fry.girl's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Some sites offer occasional weekday scheduling for those with religious reasons for not being able to test weekends. After the needs of those individuals are met if they have further openings they...

  2. EC Background check

    Laurie888 replied to bjsmi27's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I never heard about EC background checks until now. I've received my application for CPNE but not the carjack yet. On reading this thread I did a search on the EC website for background checks and...

  3. Need Advice On The Excelsior Program

    Laurie888 replied to closatssl1's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Actually I have used used study guides of various nature, and resold on ebay usually breaking even. I would not go with a publishing company. I have also aced exams using just the study notes...

  4. Need some advice, do I keep going?

    Laurie888 replied to Firemedic7's topic in Online Distance Learning

    If what you want is to be there for your wife, then you owe it to her to be ALL there. You have to take care of yourself before you can take care of anyone else, that's the #1 lesson in nursing....

  5. Need Advice On The Excelsior Program

    Laurie888 replied to closatssl1's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Whether or not English is her first language, you owe her an apology. There are a whole lot more elements to language and dialect than just English/NotEnglish. As a nurse, it would probably be wise...

  6. Chancellor's careplan and crazy idea ?

    Laurie888 replied to Laurie888's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I have one adult psych class and the CPNE to go, just waiting for that package from Excelsior. So, having been through the workshop yourself, is going to the CPNE Friday afternoon from the workshop (~...

  7. Need Advice On The Excelsior Program

    Laurie888 replied to closatssl1's topic in Online Distance Learning

    You should be able to find and download the nursing catalog from the website. I've done so a time or two. They will have all the requirements outlined, and you should be able to roughly compare what...

  8. Questions about Excelsior College and CLEP

    Laurie888 replied to toomanypets's topic in Online Distance Learning

    istudy and other study programs are not part of the EC program. There is nothing for EC to honor (or dishonor). istudy doesn't give you credit, EC gives you credit. The study programs give you...

  9. Finally!

    Laurie888 posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    I've been scarce here since failing NC5 back in January -- it was to be my last exam. Hundreds of reasons why it didn't work that day, but here I am with two surgeries in between (for me) and a...

  10. Questions on timing

    Laurie888 posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    For those who have been there, done that -- 1) -- how long after you qualify to take the CPNE did you ACTUALLY have to wait for your application? (I know, they 'say' 4-6 weeks') 2)--how long after...

  11. Need Advice On The Excelsior Program

    Laurie888 replied to closatssl1's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Did you have to pay your yearly renewal fee when your CPNE was already scheduled by your yearly date? At the time of my renewal this year I will be done except the CPNE but should be scheduled, and...

  12. Need Advice On The Excelsior Program

    Laurie888 replied to closatssl1's topic in Online Distance Learning

    But the bottom line is it will take 5-7 months after your last exam to be scheduled for the CPNE, depending on what site you want/get. One month aparently for the paper work (please, someone tell me...

  13. Rue vs.college network

    Laurie888 replied to sannp2's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Most will tell you neither. It's an unnecessary added expense. It does put everything into one book instead of having to buy all the ones Excelsior recommends, HOWEVER -- there's no guarantee that...

  14. old college credits question

    Laurie888 replied to jansailsea's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Excelsior accepted ALL my old credits, except the nursing credits. Most of them are pretty old. And although they told me they don't accept the CLEP for the writing requirement, I was very pleased...

  15. Anyone have a clinical site in Dallas, TX

    Laurie888 replied to tawillia's topic in Online Distance Learning

    For the reasons Chris sited, it isn't easy to find a clinical site. There must be some that do though, or programs like Deaconess would not

  16. Is anyone using RUE publishing

    Laurie888 replied to javanurse2000's topic in Online Distance Learning

    **By financing I mean more affordable monthly payments than the lump payments required by Excelsior...I looked on their website too and I can't afford them either I don't know what you consider lump...

  17. Is anyone using RUE publishing

    Laurie888 replied to javanurse2000's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I'm not sure what you mean by financing the cost of Excelsior interest free -- are they saying, specifically, that they will pay for your Excelsior entrance fees, yearly renewal fees, and all needed...

  18. EC Students, Do/did you purchase books?

    Laurie888 replied to luv4nursing's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I've used a combination of my old nursing books, books on my unit (I'm not a nurse, I'm 'just' a secretary), notes from various websites, and a couple times used study guides which I then passed on to...

  19. Taking NC1 exam this thursday.

    Laurie888 replied to JKohler's topic in Online Distance Learning

    The last few I took were 160 questions each. It doesn't adjust based on your replies, not at all. I took a couple that were 120, but I don't remember which they were. If you can affford the...

  20. Taking NC1 exam this thursday.

    Laurie888 replied to JKohler's topic in Online Distance Learning

    The last few I took were 160 questions each. It doesn't adjust based on your replies, not at all. I took a couple that were 120, but I don't remember which they were. If you can affford the...

  21. Quality nursing and ignorance re: distance

    Laurie888 posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    Heard two things at work today. Three actually.... One of the aides said she heard I was getting my degree by mail (argh!). Also found out the most incompetent nurse I know (about the only truly...

  22. Quality nursing and ignorance re: distance

    Laurie888 replied to Laurie888's topic in Online Distance Learning

    That was like 6 months in a nursing home then a group home for most of those years -- then a little in-home care. People ask why I want to go back to CNA work if I'm going to be an RN in 6-8...

  23. Quality nursing and ignorance re: distance

    Laurie888 replied to Laurie888's topic in Online Distance Learning

    It also bugs me when people say I'm getting my degree online. Actually I AM taking ENG102 this semester, online through the local college. It's the first online course I've taken. It's just that...

  24. Excelsior exams...

    Laurie888 replied to akcmom's topic in Online Distance Learning

    It depends on where you are testing. For me, the closest place is a 100 minute drive, the next closest about 105 -- that one is split into two centers (registration is separate at each one) and...

  25. CPNE workshops/camps

    Laurie888 posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    I've heard decent things about the Chancellor's workshop (not the study guides though I do like the tapes) as well as Excelsior's own. There was another bootcamp type thing that I thought I heard was...