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Erika, Were you working as an LPN when you started the classes? How much clinical experience did you have. I ask because I have 14 years in a hospital setting however; I have not beena floor nurse for 6 years and am afraid of what I have forgotten may lend to issues.

Hi Erika, Thanks for posting back. Yes, I am dealing with Excelsior only. Yesterday I spoke to a counselor named Kate. She was the most helpful out of three that I delt with thus far. Regarding the Theory classes, I was concerned that there was not an instructor. However Kate explained that there is and when I actually set up an account on their website and viewed the class tutorials they were set up exactly like my community college online classes( i dont know if thats a plus or a minus due to the fact that online classes I have taken in the past give more homework then going to the college to take them). Do the advisors tell you in what order to take the classes? Reviewing the AS listed gen eds I am thinking I want to take all of them listed. Did you shadow anyone in the hospital or where ever you worked before the CPNE? Thanks so much for speaking to me.

i am an lpn with 13 years experience in hospital setting however; i have not practiced in 7 years as i have gone into clinical research. i want to get my rn and have been reviewing excelsior college as a means to get this done. what i would like to know about the program is: once completing the rn aa, can one pass the boards? meaning did one feel as if they were prepared? after speaking with an on line rep. from the college, one can either take an actual online class or just buy a book, study, and take a test. what are the online classes like? are they like an online class you would take at a community college with actual instructors assigning homework and posting on a discussion board? i really would hate to enroll and find out that i number 1, need to go back and study more theory than what i remember clinically. moreover, not pass the pa state boards. thanks

hi, i am an lpn with 13 years experience in hospital setting however; i have not practiced in 7 years as i have gone into clinical research. i want to get my rn and have been reviewing excelsior college as a means to get this done. what i would like to know about the program is: once completing the rn aa, can one pass the boards? meaning did one feel as if they were prepared? after speaking with an on line rep. from the college, one can either take an actual online class or just buy a book, study, and take a test. what are the online classes like? are they like an online class you would take at a community college with actual instructors assigning homework and posting on a discussion board? i really would hate to enroll and find out that i number 1, need to go back and study more theory than what i remember clinically. moreover, not pass the pa state boards. please post if you can give me some insight, thanks