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Just review the booklet from BON for skills, a lot of the steps are the same- like provide for privacy, lowering bed etc. There are critical steps that are highlighted and if you miss them you are supposed to fail it. The test was not overly hard in my opinion, just have to do them via that (was purple) booklet. Good Luck.

Ask your instructors or check in the med books. Our instructors had the one they preferred and had added and removed what they thought. http://www.flashcardexchange.com/study has 20 basics. The best resource will be the ones you have to learn from the instructors.

I am interested in hearing from EC grads in NC as to their stories. Or from anyone with insight as to the general attitude of the medical community about the distance ed. What about Indiana State? Any problems with them? If I spend all the time and money in any program I want to be competitive as well as a well prepared nurse, anywhere I go. The same way I have been watching the pass rates at many of the traditional 4 year programs that are on Warning Status, I'm in Fayetteville, so 2 here in the area are. I don't take the decision to pick a program lightly. As with any new degree you have to put your time in learning in practice. Thanks for clarifying how the state to state liscensure works. I agree about Wake Med. I am a Hopkins trained Histology tech. When I moved back to NC, they had a job posting that I applied for. I never heard from them. Got an offer from Cape Fear Valley, UNC-CH, and chose to work at Duke. Felt like you get lost in the shuffle there. Seems hard to get the resume into the hands of a real person. The RTP area is very medically saturated.

I can really suggest starting to memorize those conversions values. 1 OZ=30ML. 1 G=1000 MG, etc. You will be miles ahead if you get those memorized and can spend valuable time on the math only. Flashcards at all times to review while you have a free minute work well, like waiting to pick up kids, in line, etc. Good Luck. Kinda like learning alphabet for reading.

I found the original info about EC on the NC BON website. At face value, this led me to believe that it would be an excellent resource to obtain my BSN. I looked into it and when presented with the opportunity to ask the rep from the governing agency in my state as to the outlook for a grad in NORTH CAROLINA, that is what I was told. I posted the information I recieved from the NC BON representative less than a week ago on this forum because it was information that I thought was very relevant to those in NC considering this option. I was not knocking anyones pursuit or alumni. This information is something I would want to know if someone else had recieved it. There were 20 of us students in a room with a NC BON rep that told us this. The opportunity to be in this setting with the representative in a question and answer format was very informative. The last time the NC BON visited our school was 8 years ago. Therefore, 8 classes of LPN grads never had this opportunity, I was simply passing along information, which is what I thought this forum was for. I personally believe that if you can have the self discipline to complete a program such as EC as an independent learner and can pass the NCLEX, you are an RN the same as the rest. Distance learning has evolved from correspondance school where you send your cash and get your degree, but unfortunately old school administrators have not. My original post offered it as information to consider as well as a phone call to a healthcare system that you may want to work at in North Carolina. NC does accept liscensure of an EC grad because of its compacture agreement with the state of NY, where EC is accredited. You are working in NC on an endorsement. So, yes you can legally work as a nurse with a NY liscence, but will you be hired where you want to work is the question I was posing. EC is not accepted at all in some states. I have been in Allied health in NC. One issue here I see is that a lot of these smaller facilities are being bought up by the healthcare giants. ex- Duke owns DUMC, Rex in Raleigh, and Durham Regional. Cape Fear Valley has the monopoly in Fayetteville- CFVH, and Highsmith Rainey and now Bladen County Hopsital. This translates into the same HR policies at all facilities under them.

Hi, I am a current LPN student. Our school was evaluated last week by the North Carolina Board of Nursing. We were asked questions by the NCBON representative, and then allowed to ask her questions. There are several of us pursuing different options for the LPN-BSN route. She informed us of 2 very important things- 1- NCBON accepts EC RN's, but lately major NC healthcare systems are not hiring EC grads, so check around places you may be employed and see if they do hire EC grads. Useless to go through if you have to move to work. She said the BON has been getting " a lot of panicked phone calls from recent EC grads that they are not able to be hired." So, it maybe something to consider beforehand. 2- I have done ALOT of investigating into LPN to RN options. I had never seen that Davidson Community College DOES offer an ONLINE LPN-ADN RN Program. The rep told us about this program. It requires 2 years LPN work experience according to the website. I just thought this was some important info that could be useful.