Laurie888

Wrestling with it for how long? Long enough to get away for 4 weeks and come back? Doing what you are doing isn't going to go anywhere while you take a break for your family. Similarly, any company that springs up overnight -- is it going to last ...

I was in Excelsior with no prior nursing/hospital experience -- I got in via the 'more than half-way through' a traditional program route. I did have SOME nursing assistant hospital experience, which I did mostly so that I would feel more comfortabl...

Won the appeal today. I, and a couple other students who went with me to the BON meeting today, can at least be licensed in Maryland now. The change in policy is at least now on the MBON website: "Attention Excelsior College Graduates and Students: ...

I am still of course waiting for my CPNE materials to arrive so I can register -- passed my last exam 5/26. I definitely plan to take Chancellor's Careplan workshop in Indiana before the CPNE, shortly before. And I know which workshop I want, and I ...

I'm in the eastern panhandle of WV so I have a variety of states I can work in, but Maryland is where I've been working. Now Maryland is having a problem in allowing Excelsior students to test for RN licensure. Appealing that on Tuesday. If I move...

Or something like that -- after I passed 100 I simply cringed every time it moved on to the next. At 110 I got a pretty blue screen and smiled -- until I read what it said (you may take a 10 minute break if you want). I had taken several CAT tests...

After spending 3 years in fiinishing, I have a diploma from Excelsiors. I applied to the Maryland BON for licensure for examination ... afterwards I was offered a job in West Virginia but figured for time's sake I'd complete the process and transfe...

First, though, Excelsior is NLN accredited. Second. They didn't ask me for more information. They just plain rejected my application (and took my money :angryfire ) Now that I am officially licensed in WV while I'm busy accumulating hours at a pr...

I loved the CAT -- the questions were right in line with what was on the NCLEX, too, so as far as what to anticipate and the rationales for studying, it's all good in my book. It did, however, take me 160+- questions to pass the NCLEX. But, pass, I ...

The NCLEX is unlike any test you've ever taken. At least, that is what I found. Studying for the NCLEX, likewise, isn't anything like studying for anything else. Whatever you study, they'll refer to something else. You know this stuff, you went al...

When I viewed the WV webpage at 7 pm I thought to myself I was being pretty silly, I just tested this afternoon. I mean, morning. But I still checked again at 8pm and -- guess what? I PASSED! I have a permanent license in WV as of today! And this mo...

I've got the website, that's how I registered for my exam. But it states that my state BON does not participate in quick results, so I'm doubting that will be available to me when the results come in.

LOL I was just searching to see if you passed. I'm not sure how I feel. According to Vue, "Your Board of Nursing does not participate in the Quick Results Service" I don't know if that means I can't even pay to look up my prelimiary results, I can'...

Wendy, This won't be the most popular answer but I wouldn't worry too much... worry gets you no where! I was several years out of nursing school (went 3/4 way through) before I went to Excelsior. I was told often and often loudly that I needed more ...

That is for the Assess Test, not for the CAT. The assess test login is sent after you have a graduation date, but before the actual date ... it is the whole test, 265 questions and you take it ONCE. The CAT is the computer adaptive test to simulate t...

I did finally get my ATT in my email today -- and that can't be bad!!! I scheduled for a week from tomorrow. There was a date available tomorrow and I was tempted ... but with all the frustrations dealing with the Maryland BON (they decided out of t...

I went directly through Excelsior. Took me three years, but that was taking a year off because of my son being hospitalized right after enrolling and some dry periods where I couldn't come up with the money to take the next exam. I did not enroll wi...

Thank you. That at least shows where the language is, I spent hours going over the COMAR regulations. But, Excelsior says their curriculum DOES correlate, and it does, but not in all areas. Pennsylvania's law apparently wants it concurrent, which me...

Yes, it does. BUT the point is the current laws ALSO would cover Excelsior. One of the laws states that it will put on its accepted list of schools ANY school accredited by ANY BOARD RECOGNIZED ACCREDITATION AGENCY. That's the current law, so I'm f...

I passed my CPNE in Syracuse this past weekend. It was my second try. I'm a little discouraged at the tone on this board lately, but thought I'd post anyway ... there's something I just gotta say. The CPNE is so easy -- AND so easy to fail. Yes, you...

I had to take 7 NC exams 1435. Adult lifespan 175. English 102 at the local college, $270. CPNE 1625, plus travel and hotel @ 300. One week-long CPNE workshop, including travel, 1200. Plus it depends on repeats. I had to retake NC 5 twice, ...

I had taken a CLEP for English back when I was in the traditional nursing program, and did well. They wouldn't take the credit for the written requirement, but they did take the credit towards my humanities. When it came time for the written credit ...

Wow, I knew there were questions about Rue but had no idea that they were SO BAD that they have to lie to get business! 1. Everything I paid Excelsior I paid in installments, except the nursing exams which I paid for one at a time as I went along. ...

Follow links on the EC website, there are scholarships available. If you work in a hospital check with your person in charge of educational reimbursement. By policy pretty much most won't cover EC, but after about a year someone I worked with sugges...

My hospital wants me to do something to prove myself -- part of me was upset but part of me understands, in my case I'm 8 years out of nursing school. I know I can go somewhere else and probably find a job, but I'm coming up on my third year here an...