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  1. excelsior grads

    Mudwoman replied to laronda134's topic in Online Distance Learning

    How long ago did you complete CPNE? I did CPNE in mid March 2007. It took 2 months for everything to get to my state board of nursing. I got my temp RN license May 23 2007. If you read the...

  2. How to fail at CPNE

    Mudwoman replied to Residentmaid's topic in Online Distance Learning

    The CPNE is "best practice". That means that you must perform skills in the way they should be performed based on a really good skills book. Many a nurse knows that real world and a skills book are...

  3. excelsior grads

    Mudwoman replied to laronda134's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I'm an EC grad and I'm at St Joe in Hot Springs. I had no problems getting a job at all. Maybe you need to explain that EC has very high standards, and you had to have a lot of perserverance and...

  4. Input please on acuity and total care

    Mudwoman posted a topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital normally does team nursing, but our floor is doing a trial on total care. We have 30 beds on our floor (neuro/med-surg). Day shift is a ratio of 5:1 and we have 3 CNA's on the floor...

  5. Input please on acuity and total care

    Mudwoman replied to Mudwoman's topic in General Nursing

    bump back to

  6. Excelsior questions :)

    Mudwoman replied to MadamMermaid's topic in LPN to RN

    You will still have to take the 7 nursing exams and pass with at least a C. You will have to take the CPNE and pass. You must still have the required general education credits. The catalog states...

  7. What do you want to tell Nursing Students?

    Mudwoman replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    There are so many reasons why and no answers to address the problems. First, look at the clinical hours I was required to fulfill. 1500. I think the average now is 350-500. Hospitals stopped...

  8. What do you want to tell Nursing Students?

    Mudwoman replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    No, I don't remember that. I graduated from John Peter Smith Hospital School of Nursing in Fort Worth, TX in 1994 with 975 hours of classroom and 1500 hours of clinicals for the ONE year LVN program....

  9. What do you want to tell Nursing Students?

    Mudwoman replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    I used to love to see the students coming on the floor. Now, I hate it. So my first request is PLEASE don't tell me that you will be doing "everything" for patient 1 and 2 and then you don't do...

  10. I need encouragement.....

    Mudwoman replied to charlottegirl's topic in General Nursing

    This is your life. You need to live it with as few regrets as possible. If you don't do this, you will regret it the rest of your life------because right now, it means the world to you . The WORST...

  11. Passed the CPNE March 28-30...

    Mudwoman replied to aegirl's topic in Online Distance Learning

    :bowingpur:yeah: It is the greatest feeling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations.

  12. Money to continue with the Excelsior program

    Mudwoman replied to EDTEd's topic in Online Distance Learning

    You might just have to charge it on a credit card. I don't know what you make now, but having my RN gave me a $7.50 per hour increase in my base pay. You are on the home stretch and too close to...

  13. CPNE in 2 weeks

    Mudwoman replied to aegirl's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I thought of another tip in reading some other posts. Many people fail one or more of the labs. This is the easiest part of the CPNE. In preparation, I spent the $100 for the simulated lab kit. I...

  14. I need a mentor

    Mudwoman posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am in the BSN program through Excelsior, and taking Professional Socialization. We are required to find a Mentor for the main project. I have not narrowed down a project yet, but am thinking of...

  15. Currently Enrolled Excelsior Students

    Mudwoman replied to FocusRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I am one that hasn't posted much lately. Passed CPNE in March 07 with no repeats. Took NCLEX in August----passed with 75 questions. Now I'm enrolled in the EC BSN program and there is just so much...

  16. CPNE in 2 weeks

    Mudwoman replied to aegirl's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Don't spend too much time on the initial nursing care plan as you will probably change it. You will have 3 blank sheets of paper in the back of your assignment kardex. I used the first one for the...

  17. Tell me am I the only "old"LVN at Excelsior College?

    Mudwoman replied to ginger1023's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I just graduated from Excelsior with my AAS May 2007. I'm 54. I'm now enrolled in the BSN program there. I'm hoping to graduated before I'm

  18. Entitled Generation

    Mudwoman replied to javajaydon's topic in General Nursing

    Part of the problem in LTC is that you guys are behind the times with your 8 hour shifts. If I work nights at the hospital, I have the same nights and I don't have to work the weekends unless I want...

  19. Lpn

    Mudwoman replied to BethT's topic in Online Distance Learning

    If you really dream of being a nurse, then you have to ask yourself what you are willing to do to sacrifice to get it. You could cut your life style and living expenses and work extra and save enough...

  20. CPNE.....proctoring

    Mudwoman replied to JanWrotenRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    The ONE sentence that most people miss the importance of, and is the major cause of the low pass rate is "Complies with established guidelines". AKA "Best practices" and "By the Book" and "In a...

  21. Second Try at EC

    Mudwoman replied to occupiedgirl's topic in Online Distance Learning

    You can test out of A & P and micro through EC. You have to have all the NC tests done to apply for the CPNE. I would do A & P some time while studying for the NC tests. I would save Micro...

  22. CPNE study Grid

    Mudwoman replied to anticoagulationurse's topic in Online Distance Learning

    The first sentence in the study guide for each of the areas of care is "complies with established guidelines". This is so important. You need to know BEST PRACTICE for each of the areas of care....

  23. I feel sooooo disappointed!!!!

    Mudwoman replied to akanini's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I get compliments all the time about what a good RN I am. Then I'm asked where I went to school and I tell them that I just graduated from EC in May 2007. I get shocked looks. First, they can't...

  24. EC vs. Traditional College

    Mudwoman replied to BetterMeRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    EC is really set up for LPN/LVN's that are currently working in a hospital setting. That doesn't mean that if you don't work in a hospital you can't do this program. That doesn't mean that RRT's and...

  25. Cpne

    Mudwoman replied to nursetims's topic in Online Distance Learning

    The "Grid" is just a way to memorize and remember all the steps you must perform in the various areas of care. You are given blank paper in each of the assignment books so that you can write your...