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You'll find a lot of good information at aacn.org the requirements to become eligible for the CCRN exam are: Current unencumbered licensure as an RN or APRN in the U.S. is required. Practice as a registered nurse is required for 1,750 hours in direct bedside care of acutely and/or critically ill patients during the 2-year period prior to application, with 875 of those hours accrued in the most recent 12 months preceding application. Hope this helps. Remember to never give up on your dream.

It depends on the school but just review basic math skills, and some medical terminology. When I took my entrance exam it was so basic that I way over studied (which I guess is never a bad thing). Everyone will give you different opinions on this but be honest with yourself and work on any area you are weak in. Good luck and wish you the best.

yeah i mean i don't know you personally but, from reading your post it sounds like you really know the material. so perhaps it is just test anxiety and if that is the case then just try and remember why you are taking the test. remember the reasons you want to be a nurse and how helpful it will be for you and your family. again good luck in your future.

Unfortunately I can offer you no advice about study habits because I have the worse habits in the world (NONE). But I did just take my test on the 11th and passed so, the best advice I can give you is try and relax. You know the material; you know how to answer the questions now just put it to work. I wish you the best of luck and hope to hear a positive result soon.

Hi everyone, I am about to finish up my LPN portion of nursing school and move on to the RN program. I do plan on getting my LPN license and working while I continue my schooling. I will be working at an LTC facility (which trust me I don't want to do but I have a job waiting for me. I will move on to pediatrics after I finish RN) full-time on the weekends while I am in the RN program. I have my first baby on the way and 3rd shift weekends will work out great. My question is this; how long does it take after you finish LPN training before you can sit for your boards? Should I go ahead and schedule my boards now? What sort of time frame will I be look at from the point I graduate to when I can start working as an LPN? My wife is a Dental Hygienist from OSU and when she was in school they took their board exams (yes I mean more than one. I forget what they all were but she had to take 4 different board exams all together. One written, one clinical, and I can't remember the others) before she even graduated. Is this possible for LPN's or even RN's to do? Thanks to everyone who writes and all comments are appreciated. Have a good day, BIll P.S. If none of this makes sense give me a break i am new to this allnurses.

the best advice i can give you is for you not to listen to katie. if by cscc you mean columbus state, or clark state community college, they both have at least a two year wait list and they will tell you that. the first come first served is very simple, if you have 300 people apply then they get accepted in that order, 1 through 300. the only reason they would skip someone is if they didn't have the required gpa or they didn't met the pre req needed, or they just went to other school. it has nothing to do with gender, race, or if your gpa is higher than someone else’s, as long as you meet the required gpa a 2.0 will get in before a 3.0 as long as they signed up first and met all other requirements. as far as taking a medical terminology class as a pre req, you better take one even of someone tells you there is no need to you better take one. nursing is a whole new langue and you want to be prepared. i am a nursing student at hondros in fairborn which is the newest hondros (as far as i know), and i will tell you this, if someone tells you they wish they would have went to a different nursing school then you better ask to see their gpa because 95% of the time the problem is the learner. nursing school takes a lot of time devotion and people fail, but it is a very doable course if you are willing to sacrifice your time. if you don’t give 100% you will not see 100% in any nursing class you take. all nursing schools are governed by the ohio board of nursing (bon), i don't care you your osu or bob's college of nursing, the bon is there for the students to make sure we are getting the proper education. any curriculum put together by any nursing school has to be approved by the bon, and all the schools are held to the same set of rules. if you have a question about a particular school the first step would be go to the ohio board of nursing web site and look them up. on the site you can find pass rates for every nursing school in ohio. follow this link; http://www.nursing.ohio.gov/education.htm go half way down the page and you will see this: nursing education program nclex statistics and under that you can find the pass rates. you will see that clark state lpn pass rate is 97% (46/47 #of students) columbus state 85% (76/89) hondros 92% (264/287). the rn pass rates; (same order) 87% (72/83) 87% (157/181) 85% (29/34). these numbers were the year to date numbers. this is what you need to look at, these are the numbers that count because no matter how bad someone says a school is or how good a school is, the numbers never lie. as far as picking a school. look bad nurses can come from any school as well as good nurses can come from any school. in your life if ever there was a time you were at the hospital and someone helped you and was just the best, did you really care what school they went to? do you think the child, adult, or elderly patient you might one day care for will care what school you went to? no. they want nothing more than for you to just know what you are doing, and the bon makes sure that a school teaches you what you need to know, and the nclex makes sure you know what you need to know. do you really think that all 9 students from one school would tell a student from another school at a clinical site that they disliked the school they were at and they wished they went to a different school? i really do think this allnurses site is great but never take anybodies word over what you can find out for yourself. i think hondros is a great school and i am happy i went there. i was a student at clark state and on the wait list, which was 2 years, my last quarter was summer and i started hondros in the nursing program in fall. you are the only one who can make the choice, and you are the only one who will know what is best. if you applied today at hondros you would start the nursing program in the summer, be working as an lpn in the following summer of 2011, be in the rn program that summer, and finish rn in a five quarters. i was 29 at the time i went to enroll, and being 32 and an rn sounded better to me than being 32 on a wait list somewhere. i hope you find your answers somewhere and you get to enjoy the experience of nursing school. it will be one of the best things you will do for yourself. just remember, if anyone talks bad about someone or something else you have to ask yourself why.

from my understanding, any nurse who has passed the nclex is able to work in any state by only paying a license fee. but, in cali, and florida you have to actually re-test in order to work as a nurse in those states. unless you are employed through a traveling nursing company, and in that case they pay a certain fee for their nurses to work in a particular state. again this is just my understanding from things i have heard and not based on any citable fact. i will look around and see if i find any sites that may help you.