CSLee3

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  1. New Cpne Site For Excelsiors

    CSLee3 posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    Hey everyone...FYI, Excelsior has added a new test site in Texas. Amarillo is the latest CPNE test site, with a short waiting list...Go get em

  2. New grad salaries

    CSLee3 replied to joey442000's topic in Texas Nursing

    Yes that is probably true statement. 18-16 an hour is pretty norm, depending on City, Specialty and Shift,,,don't forget evening, night and weekend differentials. If your friend will be working with...

  3. Academy of Nursing - Salt Lake City Probe

    CSLee3 replied to Drysolong's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I feel so sorry for those students. You don't have to use anybody except Excelsior and their recommended material. I chose to pay Chancellors to pursue my degree using thier products and lab. They...

  4. Challenge LPN exam?

    CSLee3 replied to summerdaze's topic in General Nursing

    Can't be done. No state allows this. CA used to allow Militaryk Corpsman with certain MOS's to do that. But currently, NLNAC dictates (suggests) classroom hours and clinical hours to a specific...

  5. help me buck the system, please! super-traditional pinning ceremony that nobody wants

    CSLee3 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    Rachel in NC....welcome to nursing! You will learn to pick your battles wisely...with that said...YOU enrolled in a small traditional, conservative school. Did you do your homework about their...

  6. Any Regrets?

    CSLee3 replied to RubyKisses's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Kim, I hear ya....I chose LVN school because there was no wait, the ADN class had a two year wait list. SO off I went, 12 months, tons of clinicals and bam straight into med surg at big hospital....I...

  7. Academy of Nursing, anyone?

    CSLee3 replied to deej's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Glad I used Chancellors for my business! It would be a classy move if one of the other companies such as Chancellors or Moore, Rue TCN stepped up and offered these students some discounted material...

  8. Time to do the right thing again. (Cheater selling EC test answers...)

    CSLee3 replied to chris_at_lucas_RN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    It is sad that we just can't graduate and go to work.....I gladly donated my information, books, flash cards and video tapes rather than sell them. I donated this CPNE study material so that one LVN...

  9. CPNE workshops/camps

    CSLee3 replied to Laurie888's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Laurie...hey I was in the same boat....$$$. I chose Chancellors CarePlan. I stayed in Studio-6 (very reasonable) ate lunch-tv dinners at Chancellors Lab and lounge (very nice)and the 5 day workshop...

  10. Nursing care plans.. who uses them??

    CSLee3 replied to leslieanne's topic in General Nursing

    Run for the

  11. Wound Vac

    CSLee3 replied to Choircat's topic in General Nursing

    Hey guys, you gotta here this! In Nursing school, doing clinicals at large teaching hospital I was caring for a stage 4 decube.....and in walks a man, suit and tie, takes off his jacket, lossens his...

  12. Time to do the right thing again. (Cheater selling EC test answers...)

    CSLee3 replied to chris_at_lucas_RN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Chris at Lucas.....fellow Texas and EC alum here...... I am on that. will call and write both. I wonder if they could undegree that person under their academic policy. Fight the Good

  13. Kansas no longer accepting EC

    CSLee3 replied to willtm's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Glad to hear EC is fighting that. CA HAS to approiate the money to defend themselves. They know they are in for a fight. CA. has a ton of foreign educated nurses, who pass the NCLEX....so....who is...

  14. Anybody considered legal action against BONs for non-recognition?

    CSLee3 replied to mobileLPN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    IMHO a Class-Action suit would hold up! Here is why.... 1. EC is accredited institution (Middle States ) the same accrediting agency as say Brown, Princeton and Boston College. 2. EC's Nursing...

  15. Using study guides for excelsior

    CSLee3 replied to mtadoc's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Amado, I used Chancellors guides for all prereqs and nursing courses...I strongly encourage you to used them...plus attend their CarepLan lab which helps prepare you for the Excelsior Clinical (CPNE)....

  16. Kansas no longer accepting EC

    CSLee3 replied to willtm's topic in Online Distance Learning

    New Mom LPN...you make a lot of sense, that is why you have to be a Paramedic or LPN/LVN to now to do EC...FOR THE CLINICAL verification. The few states that do not accept Excelsior are missing the...

  17. Kansas no longer accepting EC

    CSLee3 replied to willtm's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Chris at Lucas........I am glad to be a Texan...how about you!!! Hey gang, Kansas may be trying to be clever here, but if you are already an RN and in a Recipriocity state (which there is about 27...

  18. Looking for a list - distance ADN, self paced schools

    CSLee3 replied to Ned the Red's topic in Online Distance Learning

    There are a couple of options here....Excelsior is ASN or AASN, self-paced distance learning. You must be an LPN/LVN or Paramedic, military corpsman, or a few other exceptions.....to enroll with them....

  19. New Cpne Site For Excelsiors

    CSLee3 replied to CSLee3's topic in Online Distance Learning

    OPALM>>>> things are good....thanks for asking! I am studying for NCLEX exam now. SO glad the pressure is off...Excelsior College IS a great program...worth the effort and sleepless...

  20. Excelsior for BSN Completion

    CSLee3 replied to fotografe's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I work with two Nurse Practitioners who went from ADN, BSN (Excelsior) then on to Nurse Practioner School at Univeristy of Texas. No problems getting in. Excelsior publishes a handout with a list of...

  21. Dr. ripped my co-worker a new one for no reason

    CSLee3 replied to pnkprincess's topic in General Nursing

    One of the few times it is a pleasure being a male nurse. NO doc has EVER yelled at me in person or on the phone....I am a pretty big guy and they treat me with a lot of respect. It is unfair to treat...

  22. New Cpne Site For Excelsiors

    CSLee3 replied to CSLee3's topic in Online Distance Learning

    From what I read on www.alittlesarcasm.com it appears it opened only 2 or 3 weeks ago. When I did my CPNE in Racine, I heard the CA talking about the new Texas site. Testers might be able to get in...

  23. Do I LOOK Like A Nurse To You?

    CSLee3 replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know about you guys and gals, but sometimes when I am doing patient care, a visitor or family member who is a nurse always sticks out to me. I can spot them....allbeit, not always a nurse,...

  24. Last Day of Exams...Great 1st Semester at Deaconess!

    CSLee3 replied to fry.girl's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Cbarnett2....congrats on your success! Keep it up and you will soon be a "former student"!!! Happy

  25. What is CPNE????????????????

    CSLee3 replied to Tweety's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Chris.....I'm glad YOU thought it was a Blast!!! You are right about the stress...control that and you're half-way there! Now, I think when they send your confirmation packet for your site..they...