LoopsRN2

LoopsRN2

Surgery, Med/Surg/ICU, OB-Peds, Ophth

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    Sorry to hear that! Hang in there, I hear that exam is a little different than the others. I am waiting to take it last, hopefully by May 1. Did you do the practice exams? Chronicity is pretty...
  2. Passed Life Span 3!!

    Just a heads up guys, these posts are from
  3. What Books To Use? Help!

    What nursing program are you
  4. Passed Lifespan 1.

    We are are studying together LS2 in Chatroom A at Excelsiors student chatrooms if you want to join in! We will likely still be doing mental health, hopefully we will do endocrine by next
  5. Passed Lifespan 1.

    Congrats! I am on LS2 right now and the content is not bad!! I actually like it better than some of the content in
  6. Got My CPNE Date!!!!!

    I am hoping to be ready for FCCA by the end of April, and then see how fast things will go from there. I don't have a workshop chosen yet. I am in Minnesota and it seems all workshops are flying...
  7. FCCA CURRENT INFO

    I am a Certified Surgical Assistant by the NSAA :) I first assist the surgeon in general surgery and I do obstestrics & general on call since 1998. I am an LPN as well, but my current CSA title...
  8. Got My CPNE Date!!!!!

    congrats!! are you going to be doing a workshop? i will be testing at madison or milwaukee as well, may i ask how long it took you to get your date? keep us
  9. Got an A on LS1 this afternoon :-)

    Congrats!! Repro was a breeze compared to LS1. Hoping to do LS2 first week of April. Getting through the content guide, and so far the material has not been too bad at
  10. 1st, Congrats :) 2nd....now that is exactly why I won't print that monster off yet. Although in some ways it would be good to start to put some of those things into practice now (how I can on a surg...
  11. I thought the exam was a bit harder than the others, but so happy to move on to the infamous
  12. Passed LS1 with an A today!

    Thanks so much K!! I just paged through the content guide & started my reading and it really doesn't seem to bad! I also got my LS3 content guide and big section on pre/intra/post up nursing,...
  13. Anyone use Studyguide101 for Excelsior???

    I would still do the required reading from the content guide and just use studyguide101 as a set of notes. I used sg101 as an additional study aide for chronicity and was suprised at the errors I...
  14. I PASSED!!!!!!!!

    Congrats on passing this huge milestone!! Way to go! As I told Erika, it is so inspiring to hear the sucess stories to those of us still testing away, trying to get our nursing exam component...
  15. Passed LS1 with an A today!

    Thanks guys! How I prepared for this exam was the required readings and I used Saunders NCLEX review, the newest edition. The practice exams were helpful, but not as much as they have been in the...
  16. Passed LS1 with an A today!

    That is what I hear!! Not sure how to even approach this bad
  17. It's Official!!

    Congrats on your accomplishment Ericka!!! Thank you for taking the time post your sucess here. It is so encouraging for those of us still swimming in books and content guides I just passed LS1...
  18. I've been MIA for awhile now..but...

    Is CLEP the same thing as Dantes? From what I have read, the Ethics is *boring* but it will meet a requirement for bsn Good luck
  19. Passed Chronicity today! LS1 questions....

    I won't be home on Thursday night to do a chat, sorry!! The Repro exam really wasn't not difficult at all. If you work in ICU/Tele then you will have alot of info on board for LS1, since alot of...
  20. Passed Chronicity today! LS1 questions....

    Wow!! 72 without even cracking a book is good! Sorry, I can't offer guidance on when to test. I just took practice exam a and got a 70 and I studied 28 hours over the weekend, lol!! Good luck with...
  21. I've been MIA for awhile now..but...

    I just got info on what I am going to do for my gen now too. I am going to take EC 1.0 credit Bio Lab (yuck!) because I needed 0.66 of science (isn't this stupid?!) May 8 and CLEP my Ethics in America...
  22. Got a CPNE date already

    Yay!!! :yeah: I am so excited for you K! Yeah...totally envious too, lol! You will do great! Just a dash over 2 months, not bad at all!! Were you specific on your testing center? Congrats on...
  23. hey guys! i just wanted to pass on info i just received from my nursing advisor at excelsior. there is no deadline yet for fcca. she said that there is info floating around the web of a deadline but...
  24. Taking LS1 on Friday

    Okay, I finally scheduled LS1 for Friday morning. I got through all of the readings, and took practice exam a this morning and scored 70%. Was definately hoping for better, did best on ab norm cell...
  25. I've been MIA for awhile now..but...

    Way to go girlie :) I have missed your posts much but totally understand!! I also NEED to be done by FCCA May 18 deadline (did we need to have those humanities credits out of the way for FCCA?! I...