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  1. Nursing Practice Exams for Excelsior

    mdsnurse12 replied to TammyG77's topic in Excelsior College

    The EC practice exams work well for me... helped me study my weak areas, and I noticed the difference when I took the actual exams. Worth the money, I paid $75 for each practice exam (A and B forms...

  2. FCCA Finals

    mdsnurse12 replied to KitkatPRN's topic in Excelsior College

    Congrats to both of you! :) Can't wait to take

  3. How does ALEKS work???

    mdsnurse12 replied to natnat122's topic in Excelsior College

    Thanks, tnmarie... I will check it out!

  4. How does ALEKS work???

    mdsnurse12 replied to natnat122's topic in Excelsior College

    What is ALEKS? I thought you took the Excelsior Math Exam for the ADN

  5. How long??????

    mdsnurse12 replied to keishar's topic in Excelsior College

    Sorry, yes you are correct. According to the Excelsior School of Nursing Catalog, you have 7 years to complete the ADN and BSN

  6. finally... I cried.

    mdsnurse12 replied to yaleli's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This same thing happened to me. I came out of school and went straight to LTC. Some staff that had worked at that facility since it opened its doors, and they like to chomp on "fresh meat". I was a...

  7. Excelsior math

    mdsnurse12 replied to Gwmosspoint's topic in Excelsior College

    What is ALEKS? Has any one completed the Math Exam offered by UExcel on the Excelsior

  8. How long??????

    mdsnurse12 replied to keishar's topic in Excelsior College

    They give you 5 years to finish ADN bridging

  9. Left Nursing After 3 Months and Couldn't Be Happier!

    mdsnurse12 replied to sweetgeorgia's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It sounds like you had horrible work conditions.... I would have at least tried a different work enviroment outside of a hospital... but I'm glad you found something that you enjoy doing everyday work...

  10. "You've never said you liked nursing." A vent.

    mdsnurse12 replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    Back in school (only two years ago), my professors told us if we were only in it for the money and job security, then we might as quit right there.... I didn't lie to them, I DID go to nursing school...

  11. Anyone else taking CPNE soon?

    mdsnurse12 replied to spooky.spider's topic in Excelsior College

    Thanks for posting facebook group, LunahRN :) I went ahead and joined

  12. Anyone else taking CPNE soon?

    mdsnurse12 replied to spooky.spider's topic in Excelsior College

    Break a Leg, spooky.spider!

  13. Lifespan 3

    mdsnurse12 replied to Mrs.Mc,LPN217's topic in Excelsior College

    Good Luck!

  14. MDS Coordinator... fair pay?

    mdsnurse12 posted a topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Hey there, I accepted a MDS Coordinator position at a LTC facility in Texas in December 2011... I'm loving my job so far! I was brand-new LVN working as a staff nurse in LTC when I was offered this...

  15. Excelsior Alumni going for CRNA?

    mdsnurse12 posted a topic in Excelsior College

    Are there any Excelsior BSN Alumni that have gotten into a CRNA program? I am in the middle of the LVN-RN Excelsior Program, and am wanting to attend a CRNA program here in Texas after finishing my...

  16. Associate RN to NP???

    mdsnurse12 replied to Joebird21's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    There is also an ADN to MSN (nurse practitioner or nurse educator option) at TAMU-Corpus Christi, which you can complete online and

  17. RN to BSN Excelsior

    mdsnurse12 replied to china4mom's topic in Excelsior College

    I'm going to try studying for the UExcel Statistics CLEP test recommended by

  18. 1st CMS survey

    mdsnurse12 replied to crazyforthis's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Glad to hear you survived! :) We had state survey in March... It was sooo nerve-wracking, I felt like I would just going to melt into a puddle on the floor when I saw the surveyors walk

  19. MDS Coordinator... fair pay?

    mdsnurse12 replied to mdsnurse12's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Im only an LVN (I think its LPN over there), so I'm sure I could easily make more by just having an RN. Sounds like you are doing good for yourself :) Have you been to Cat Selmen's care plan seminar...

  20. Excelsior Alumni going for CRNA?

    mdsnurse12 replied to mdsnurse12's topic in Excelsior College

    Good to hear! I dug around on the crna/srna page yesterday after posting, and saw alot of the same thing: where you got bsn isnt near as important as your GPA, ICU experience, GRE scores.... And of...

  21. Excelsior Alumni going for CRNA?

    mdsnurse12 replied to mdsnurse12's topic in Excelsior College

    Thanks for the input. I have that same problem, as far as the A&P and chemstry goes. I feel that Excelsior would be a great option for me all around, just wanted to see if there were any BSN...

  22. Lubbock cpne

    mdsnurse12 replied to RobinMurphy's topic in Excelsior College

    Robin, make sure and let us know when you pass the CPNE in Lubbock I'm am planning to request Lubbock as my test

  23. MDS Coordinator... fair pay?

    mdsnurse12 replied to mdsnurse12's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Same area