GinoLPN

Thank you for the info. I a friend of mine just told me about College Network, she said they put together course books that have everything you need to pass instead of searching through all of excelsiors refrences. I called College Network and the advisior told me I should take the following classes & they would give me 30 credits and are basically what Excelsior requires and I'll be fine. She said the extra 1 credit I'll need will be Information Literacy and I can take that later on. Basically only 7 classes: A&P Eng Comp Psychology Lifespan Psychology Micro Sociology Analysis of Liturature "Humanities" What do you think about them? any good? If College Network is good I'll buy all the guides from ebay so I won't spend a ton of cash on them "$450.00 each!" yikes! So.. the verdict on College Network is...."drum roll" By the way my brother and sister are also Nurses. My brother is an RN & works here in FL, he works through a Hospitals staffing agency and makes 42.00 an hr "3 -12 hr shifts", plus more if he works in ICU ect.. Thats a ton of cash for a FL Nurse. My LPN license doesnt make much cash here in FL, basically stuck in LTC, 1st shift 7a-3p 15.50 an hr, a little more on the 3p-11p & 11p-7a. Basically the pay stinks for LPN's in FL. I want the kind of cash my brother makes so I'm very motivated. Thank you, Gino :)

hi everyone my name is gino, i'm currently an lpn in fl & want to take the step up to rn. i just received all the excelsior information & was told i don't need to join the program right away & i can take all the general education classes through their study guides. i have no college under my belt so i need to take all 31 gen ed credits. that being said i need help from your experience with excelsior gen ed classes, which are the best picks "easier credits". and any other tip's will be greatly appreciated. i received the study guide for english composition "engx101 college writing". i will be starting that 1st. here's a list of gen ed classes that are found in their booklet. are these the best picks?? or are their other classes that i can substitute that are easier?? i have no clue about any of this stuff..."i'm scared!!" lol!! please help me.. :) i'll feel a comfortable when i get to the nursing core classes.. but this stuff.. eeeeeek! written english requirement - 3 credits engx101 college writing humanities - minimum 6 credits phix310 ethics: thoery & practice 3 credits humx310 bioethics: philosophical issues 3 credits social sciences/history- minimum 8 credits psyx210 life span developmental psycology 3 credits socx310 foundations of gerontology 3 credits natural asciences/mathmatics - minimum 8 credits biox210 a&p 6 credits biox220 microbiology 3 credits information literacy requirement - 1 credit inl 102 information literacy 1 credit arts and sciences electives - minimum 7 credits psyx315 psycology of adulthood and aging 3 credits socx305 cultural diversity 3 credits psyx310 abnormal psychology 3 creditsthank you in advance, gino feel free to pm me.

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