gardeningfool

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1. BLS manditory to renew RN lisence?

   gardeningfool posted a topic in Michigan Nursing

   I recently started a job at an allergy & asthma clinic. I have always renewed my CPR license and, frankly, wouldn't have even dreamed it wasn't a requirement. When mentioning to my co-workers...

2. Dumb question but curious about CPNE dates

   gardeningfool replied to Nervous1's topic in Excelsior College

   It will be 3 months of studying for me when I take the CPNE in a week and I'm finally to the apathetic stage--which is a good thing for me. Just want to get it over with. Lots of info to know and...

3. Excelsiors Humanities requirement

   gardeningfool replied to tommys girl's topic in Excelsior College

   Oh my goodness! Just finished that Penn Foster Music Appreciation. Glad that one was an open book! I took piano for 11 years and I didn't know 1/4 of that stuff. Way more complex info than an...

4. Excelsior College & California

   gardeningfool replied to NurseCubanitaRN2b's topic in Excelsior College

   Probably a couple people on the board who lost promotions to Excelsior

5. Input on Sheri Taylor's online care plan quality

   gardeningfool replied to gardeningfool's topic in Excelsior College

   I read the study guide a few times through, went through Rob's CPNE for a general idea of everything and tweeked his mneumonics against the study guide once more. After about the first month I started...

6. Input on Sheri Taylor's online care plan quality

   gardeningfool replied to gardeningfool's topic in Excelsior College

   I did end up going with Sheri's online workshop. I am soooo glad I did! Not only are her careplan instructions clear and helpful, but she has already saved me on the lab stations with little things...

7. Excelsior College & California

   gardeningfool replied to NurseCubanitaRN2b's topic in Excelsior College

   Hmmm...seems to me that CA BRN could consider themselves partially responsible for soooo many openings for travel and staff nurses since their state doesn't have enough nurses to fill shortages....

8. Nursing Practice Exams for Excelsior

   gardeningfool replied to TammyG77's topic in Excelsior College

   I haven't used any other site for practice exams except the ones Excelsior itself provides. Excelsior's practice exams were, in my opinion, worth their weight in gold. They are more like $65 or...

9. Input on Sheri Taylor's online care plan quality

   gardeningfool posted a topic in Excelsior College

   Hi! Could anyone who has taken the CPNE and Sheri Taylor's online workshop please verify that her care plan instructions are what the CE's are looking for? Heard a couple people say it was off a...

10. tok LS2 practice test today 64%??

    gardeningfool replied to BostonNurse2876's topic in Excelsior College

    I did think LS2 was the hardest also but scored something like a 62 on practice test 1 and 68 on practice test 2 and got an A. I always retake the practice exams and go through notes morning of...

11. Excelsiors Humanities requirement

    gardeningfool replied to tommys girl's topic in Excelsior College

    Do you know if you have to pay an enrollment fee to take their course or is it like a CLEP or Dantes thing? Studying for CPNE right now and only have one humanities to

12. Anyone preparing for the CPNE..

    gardeningfool replied to nursingforever35's topic in Excelsior College

    I'm also hoping to test in Mansfield, OH. I gave them a ready date for after April 1. Just waiting to hear so I can pace my studying. Let me know how it goes there and best of

13. Should I try to find Floor Experience to Pass CPNE???

    gardeningfool replied to gardeningfool's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Thanks for the encouragement everyone. Sounds like pretty straight forward to just do everything exactly the way they say to and I'll be

14. Should I try to find Floor Experience to Pass CPNE???

    gardeningfool posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    Hi--I'm a new grad doing Private Duty at a couple different cases and want to start my articulation rigt away in the fall. Someone who just graduated from Excelsior told me that you really should...