EMT2RN

LPN2RN - Please don't spread misinformation. Excelsior certainly does still accept those "others who are not directly involved in nursing." - such as paramedics, PAs, etc. MAs and EMT-B and EMT-I were recently excluded, because the programs were not considered extensive enough to give a good clinical background. However, you do not have to be a nurse to become a nurse - myself and many other paramedics are enrolled at Excelsior college, and ar happy to be in the program. That was my original post . . . hope you improve your reading comprehension before your next test. Anyways . . . I'm out of here. There is more misinformation on this board than truly helpful information.

Paramedics are EMTS, they are EMT-P - therefore they are the highest level of EMT out there (there are also EMT-B and EMT-I levels recognized by the national registry of emergency medical technicians). So, no, you did not know what you were talking about. Somehow, I think that wouldn't be a first.

It comes down to different learning styles for different people. I, personally, could not just sit down and read, read, read out of the textbooks and retain any of it. The interactive CD was what helped me retain, and the practice test with rationales makes me really think about what I'm learning. I can sit and read a textbook all day, and have no idea what I just read . . . it's like I'm on autopilot.

Oh - and I wasn't trying to be harsh . . . it's just that you can hear so much about Excelsior that just isn't true - especially on who can and can't get in, or where the degree is accepted. There's a lot of misinformation out there. My wife is an Excelsior grad, and she is a nursing supervisor at our local hospital. So, onward I go . . . one step at a time.

The company I use charges 49.99 per course - and that includes a practice exam CD. So, I guess you just have to shop around.

LPN2RN - Please don't spread misinformation. Excelsior certainly does still accept those "others who are not directly involved in nursing." - such as paramedics, PAs, etc. MAs and EMT-B and EMT-I were recently excluded, because the programs were not considered extensive enough to give a good clinical background. However, you do not have to be a nurse to become a nurse - myself and many other paramedics are enrolled at Excelsior college, and ar happy to be in the program. I also found a certain company's study guides to be very beneficial - focused on the test but providing enough background information to make the time spent with them worthwhile. So, making judgements on "all publishing companies" based on one study guide that you glanced at on one subject might be a little hasty.

I messed up and used that "nursing academy" also. Oh well, afterwards I found a much better study guide with software out there for a lot less, and have been trucking right along ever since. I really did need a study guide, as I just needed some direction for what to study - there's just too much in all the books to be focusing on everything! Anyways, working on NC2 now. Anyone else working on NC2 right now? By the way, I'm new, so if you guys have any advice, I'd appreciate it.