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Please contact me [email protected], I have been done with fcca for over a year, and still haven't applied for CPNE because I looked at the material, lost motivation and changed my mind and was going to go to traditional school... change in plans due to a pending divorce and I am going to give Excelsior, and myself, the shot we deserve. I need a study buddy, maybe together we can tackle this thing!! I am in Killeen, TX, hope to hear from you!!

Congratulations!!! I am looking to test soon, so any study tips, or info is much appreciated!!! My email is [email protected]... Good luck on the nclex, and God bless!

Congratulations and good luck, I am right behind you!!!

Funny thing is, we both failed the last test and had to redo... now we are in FCCA together... but I trust you won't make the same stupid mistake I did, lol. Maybe we can prep for the CPNE together?

Yes I have to wait for the grade to post, and then I will reregister... 8 weeks behind!!

This was by far the easiest exam I have taken through Excelsior, I felt so sure of the answers I selected... but SLAP MY FACE... I got 41/60! Needed 42 to pass! I think I know where I went wrong though since each of the next ones contained the answers I *thought* I put previously... At about question 55 I happened to look back to make sure that I clicked the answer I wanted as, I was stuck between two, and my answer moved all the way down to the last one (which wasn't what I selected)... I am using a laptop and was using the arrows to scroll down the page to the next button and low and behold, it moved my answer cursor too.... STUPID, STUPID, STUPID me... I don't know how many I actually did that to, because I seriously breezed through this test in 50 minutes because I was so sure of the answers... I am so mad at myself, and I still have to do multidisciplinary teams test since I enrolled in both at the same time... now back another 8 stinking weeks! GRRRRRRR.... End vent!

The minimum they will shorten it to is 30 days, and the wait to speak to an advisor for the "tutor session" on the phone is 2 weeks out... I tried to get in last time, because of my circumstances, but had to wait, good luck though, I know you can do late registration. ..

I fought for an early retake date on LS3, and didn't even use it lol, but now 62 days after failing my first LS3 with a D, I passed with a B!!! Woohooooooo!!! On to FCCA!!

By all means write them... if we flood their emails they have to act... I emailed them twice nothing yet, threaten to contact the news. ..

You started FCCA in the end of October and finished both early December? How? I thought it was 8 weeks long?

You got C's too? I have 3 C's and the rest B's with Excelsior... with the exception of the one I failed today with a D (hoping for a waiver for next week, since FCCA starts then), and now have to redo- I will get atleast a B because I was off today (me sick, hubby deployed, son got out of 4 day stay at hospital Sunday, and daughter sick today)... but I see you have been accepted in a FNP program, I was worried these C's are going to stop me from getting in anywhere else~~ Congrats, and that is encouraging!!

I too am actually using the post 9/11 gi bill... I have completed all tests today (even though I sadly failed it with a D), and it has only taken away somewhere around a month and a half. They only bill you for the days you are registered for an exam til you take it, so the key is to study with study guide and then register when you are ready and test within the next couple of days... it is possible!!

Congratulations, that is awesome! I skipped th BON and wrote the governor 3 times and have yet to hear from them... I have lost hope in that state, but with all of us reaching out, maybe we can get some help.

Your point might be valid if you said that they should require a certain amount of precepted hours or experience, but not based on simply because of where I graduated... the fact that prior to 2003 they accepted EC grads, and the fact that we can work at federal institutions completely invalidates their system... I am a resident of CA, and they're in it to try to get money for their state. That, or pretentious people who want to feel superior are on the BON. Is that you? No reason that they should be able to license a LVN and a RN, who take the same NCLEX everyone does, soley in their state. It's about money which is why my home has lousy healthcare, and is darn near bankrupt.

I believe it is http://www.bartonline.org or bartonccc.edu either works

Yes they do, it takes 8 weeks ti complete, and it's where I did mine.

Not sure how allowing a CNA to challenge the nclex is consistently enforcing the rules, but to each his own. I know as a former CNA that in no way was I prepared for being a nurse, nor would I have been without school. What you forget is Excelsior grads come to the school with a clinical background and experience, and some of which is often more extensive than what a school can offer (a medic does so much more than any nursing student).

Funny you talk about getting the news involved, because that is the exact threat I used here in TX to get my way...great minds think alike!

That's the right outlook!!! I need to gain some of that motivational mind thought. We can do it!!! I have LS3, FCCA and CPNE!!

Eng 101 can be done online... a fairly easy course is with Barton County Community College (in KS). Highly recommend them!!

So Saunders helps with LS3? That is my last test, and I am scared because everyone is saying it is so hard.

Where are you located? I am in Fort Hood, TX and starting FCCA in March, assuming I pass LS3. I could use a study buddy if you haven't tested by May... I plan to go to the first available place if I have to drive, fly or hitchhike-hahaha!

Thank you, I will look into that!!

I see I have some punctuation issues now that I can see the entire message ( you can't when sending the email), but you, and hopefully he will, get the point.

I am not a graduate of Excelsior yet, but I am well on my way (LS3, FCCA, and CPNE), so I fabricated a little, but the rest is true... tell me what you think, and if you are an Excelsior grad or intend to be, I say we flood the governor of CA office with emails such as this... there is strength in numbers guys, and I have found firsthand that action doesn't get taken unless you take it to the politicians themselves (did it here at Fort Hood regarding my kids medical at the military hospital, and I kid you not, the next day I got a call from the congressman and you can bet I got everything I wanted)... and it doesn't hurt if you are military or military affiliated that you throw in some of that patriotic stuff too!!! Lol, anyways feedback appreciated and fellow nurses unite!!! (Sorry it's so long...) Dear Governor Edmund G. Brown, I am writing in regard to the current situation with the California Board of Registered Nursing, and the school from which I graduated Excelsior College. I am a military spouse with two children who, in the last five years, has lived in four different states related to the military moves that are inevitable when the man I married decided to serve our country. Since I received my LVN in 2009, I had a baby and moved three times, which, I am sure you can understand, makes it difficult for me to attend a "brick and mortar" school to obtain my RN. My ultimate goal is to become a nurse anesthetist, which through hard work and dedication I will achieve. Here is my dilemma: I am a California native, born and raised. When my husband retires from the US Army in 10-12 years we plan to move back to my home where my family is, but the career path that I have chosen- to help people and aid in health- requires state licensure of which, as of now, will not be granted in California. I come from a military family, and would think that California would understand this issue since they are home to Army, Navy, Airforce, Marines and all the other branches as well. The issue the board of nursing has with this school if you are unaware is: the lack of clinicals. The reality is that this school doesn't admit students without experience, I was a LVN who worked for four years before applying and completing the program. Other states with the same issues have made it possible through previous working experience (a set amount of hours)/ or through an additional preceptorship program for a RN to be endorsed into their state. It is bizarre to me that the home I love and grew up in I am exempted from working in, when at the time I attempt to endorse I will be a seasoned RN. Excelsior graduates have to work harder than traditional RN students because we have to "train" ourselves, and in the end we had to pass the same National Exam (Nclex) as any other nurse. The truth in my experience has been, and I am sure others will agree, that you really don't learn how to be a nurse until you become one and are working in that role. I understand the apprehension of the BON, however I don't feel that excluding Excelsior graduates such as myself completely is appropriate. Excelsior College is designed to fit the needs of our military and their families all the while providing a well-earned education. The fact that they are accredited by both NLNAC and CCNE proves their merit. To deny endorsement into California as a nurse is ridiculous, unfounded and due to the population that attend the school, simply non-patriotic. You cannot support your troops if you do not support their families, and all in all, we are the backbone to this great nation. I politely ask that you look into the issue with the board of nursing and reconsider, thus allowing endorsement into California. Even if they required a set number of working hours or a preceptorship, something is better than nothing. Any assistance you can give in resolving this issue is greatly appreciated.