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Excelsior College Associate Degree nursing program recently lost its accreditation with the ACEN, and a lot of state nursing boards have stopped licensing Excelsior grads. I was one of their LPN to RN grads way back before any of this happened, pass...

You feel dumb. The only problem is there were other nurses that cared for the patient before you. So that would mean you're all dumb together. It took more than one shift for that patient to get like that. The nurse that worked before you, don't y...

You really should consider appealing now before anymore time passes.

I also agree that if they still allow you 2 1/2 hours to complete a PCS, you should not have been rushed. It was up to the CE to stop the clock if the patient had to go somewhere, and restart it upon the patient's return.

I'm so sorry that you were not successful with the CPNE. I do remember that you must chart every assessment finding that you assess according to the critical elements, even if it is not an assigned assessment or area of care. So if it was not assig...

This is so true. I have encountered some BSN prepared nurses who have NO CLUE what they're doing and they graduated from the prestigious schools. I'm not exaggerating. Trust and believe.

I think that study on patient safety decreasing when there are less BSN prepared nurses working is seriously flawed and should have gone right into the shredder. It seems to be more of a gimmick to bring in more money to 4 year universities. The fu...

If you like hospital A better, you may do better staying there. Would also consider things like staff to patient ratios, unsafe policies, working conditions, attitudes of staff, managers, and doctors. Even though hospital B may offer a dollar or tw...

I worked on a hospital floor that was very clickish. Half the nurses had no clue in hell what they were doing or how to be a nurse. I never bragged or put myself on a pedestal. I was nice and helpful to everyone. The new doctor and the NP were ho...

Does anyone feel they should end all associate degree nursing programs being that most employers are beginning to no longer hiring them? What's the use of graduating new associate degree RNs if they can't get hired? Nursing homes are still using as...

Nice. Nursing is just such a rewarding, welcoming profession. When people say, "You must really like being a nurse", is it hard to hold in the laughter?

That sounds like the school I went to. But thank God there were a few professional, ethical instructors and managers there too. I stuck close to them. The unreasonable, rude, unprofessional ones, I'm so glad I had no interaction with.

This is all true. 100%.

When I was an Excelsior College associate degree nursing student, I was enrolled in a phlebotomy program and an EKG/monitor tech program at a local college. I also had LPN med-surg experience at local hospitals through a temp agency for a few years ...

Hearing about situations like this make it all more clear to me that I should not invest anymore time and money into getting a BS in a profession as awful and unfair as nursing.

True. Nice pic by the way.

You will get much better education using Excelsior College books, online conference, study guides, and practice exams as opposed to "My Study Group", "College Network", "Rue" or one of the other publishing companies. The publishing companies materi...

Amen! You said it right.

Oh am I? I am so familiar with this company. DON'T DO IT. The College Network is NOT a college at all, its just a publishing company with hell of a marketing scheme and has "NO" affiliation with Excelsior College. They will charge you thousands o...

What I say might not sound nice. But one thing I will do is tell you the truth like I wish someone would have told me years ago. You want the truth about a school, talk to its students and graduates. You may get different stories, but you will get...

DON'T DO IT. DO NOT GO TO EXCELSIOR COLLEGE. GO TO A TRADITIONAL BSN PROGRAM: I tell you from experience, please go to a traditional BSN program. In the long run you will save yourself time and money and you will get a much better education that w...

Excelsior NO. Local BSN program, yes.

May I ask what agency are you with?

I was a new LPN in 2002. None of the nursing homes I applied to would hire me except for two. One was way out in the middle of nowhere. and the other was a low star inner city facility with multiple issues and deficiencies. My situation left me n...

Thank you so much SirJohnny