LadyMadonna

I am trying to avoid taking in-classroom A&P so I signed up to take Excelsior A&P. I know it is going to be difficult and was wondering if anyone who has taken EC A&P could help me out a little as far as what to expect when I take this ex...

I've heard a lot of people refer to them (or the publishers who get you through their program, at least) as diploma mills. This was coming from people who had nothing to do with California.

How long does it take to do the 30 unit option in California?

And you know what else??? I shouldn't have to be trained to tune out garbage I don't want to hear. It's abuse! Good material for psychological torture! We're supposed to find Britney so cute and endearing now that she's proven she can have a baby? I'...

So I proved your point? So what? Britney Spears and the rest of her no talent ilk make me sick and I resent the heck out of seeing their mugs plastered everywhere I turn, which, by the way, is MORE harrassing than any kind of harrassment Spears' perc...

Please, lady, you are taking this thread waaay too seriously. No one wants harm to come to Britney Spears or her baby no more than they want it to come to anyone else. What we have here is a venting of people who are fed up with having the screeches ...

I paid $20 for Chancellor study guides off ebay.

Three strikes and you're out seems to be a good rule that could apply here. I think the nursing profession would be held in greater esteem if it didn't look like any Tom, Dick and Harry could be a nurse. Essentially, that is what is happening when pe...

If you really want to go and your husband is supportive (it won't work unless you have a supportive spouse) you can find a way to save the money for school. A part-time job, taking off a few extras on the cable bill every month, eating out less, have...

I have to agree with you. I mean, come on, this was one of those freak accidents that no one could have predicted or prevented. People die everyday in freak accidents. Not that it makes this any easier for the wife of the deceased, but it wasn't anyo...

I know the feeling of wanting to hurry and get done. if you are going through Excelsior, no matter how fast you prepare for your tests, expect some delays on Excelsior's part. If you fail a test, you muct wait 60 days to retake. You must register for...

In that 2.5 yrs. you were enrolled in the school though, would you not say that your experience helped you? I'm saying that it is better to have experience before you enroll in a home study program and I can't renig on that statement.

Since this is your second DUI, does the BON want to send you through the peer assistance program for drug/alcohol abuse? You may have heard that you can't fight city hall. I think the same thing would apply to the BON. If you go before the board to e...

I know and hear of many LPN's who thought they would jump right out of LPN school and into the Excelsior program and be finished in a year or sooner. While there is no law saying you can't do this it is not realistic and not adviseable. Many believe ...

This is something the facilities love to hold over nurses' heads. If you leave a hall on your shift without getting fired or told to go home that is patient abandonment and you'll lose your license... BUT what they don't want you to know is that (in...

Excelsior graduate here. If you want to work in California you should look elsewhere, because CA no longer accepts EC grads. Certain other states (like Illinois) will only accept EC grads under certain conditions. Other states are looking into lockin...

Nursing is not for someone who has bad enough back problems they need narcotic pain meds. I'm not trying to tear anyone down, we get along in life the best way we know how, and I understand the OP is there because she needs a job. On the other hand, ...

Most home health places pay a little more but they generally want aides with some previous experience. Back in '96-97, I was making $6.50 an hour as a CNA. It was backbreaking work, and the paychecks were terribly depressing. It was a motivator for m...

I've got to say, that girl is a talentless wonder...if it weren't for the fact that she is shoved in your face nearly everywhere you go, I'd have no idea who she is.

I am concerned about a fellow nurse I work with. She is in her late 40's and has a history of attempted suicide (though they were more like calls for help, she slit her wrists in front of her children once and another time took 180 prescription pills...

Thanks for the advice. Right now, I have my phone unplugged (she started calling before I even woke up, she is determined I call her boyfriend and tell him she attempted to kill herself and I found letters to him in her car and does he want the lette...

Remember when Forest Gump saw that creep hit Jenny and he tore across the room and started using that guy's face for a punching bag? I'm afraid there would have been a reinactment of that when I saw her jerking my child around. Nothing infuriates me ...

Wow. I just find it hard to swallow that is the ONLY reason they have let you go. They allowed you to get this far and now they throw you out over this? Believe me, much more serious errors occur every day that go unpunished and/or unnoticed. I would...

The tactlessness of some nurses infuriates me. These fools need to be taken aside and taught some bedside manners. I'm terribly sorry you had to go through this. You baby is a boy, not an it. I have three healthy children but I'd like more children a...