RRTtoRN2013

Anyone recently done or starting excelsior college RT to RN program?

Enrollment fee also increased to $1015.00

Don't forget about the excelsior college nursing forum you can google I ternet to find it.

I have not gotten started no more than submittig my application for transcript review and I looked online for different study material but I plan to take the first two exams before I enroll bye October 1, 2012

Good Luck... You can achieve it!

How fast are you taking one exam? Weekly or biweekly? How much study time are you applying to each exam?

I plan to take Health safety July 27 thus I have not cracked the book open lol I am extremely concerned about no clinicals but being an RT 5 years I feel it's worth a good try.

Organic Chemistry with a already border line low 2.9 GPA I would suggest taking it in the summer with no additional class.... Seems like you are interested in furthering your career on to MSN.... Well the GPA is top priority and to be competitive mos...

Yes that is correct!

What is your title now? Are you a transition LPN- you are really motivated and on a roll and I like that! Keep it up.

My A&P courses are older than 5-7 years as well and I do not have to retake them either..... Older than 5 years is older than 5 years regardless how you look at it! No matter if it was taken 7 or 10 years ago- 5 years is 5 years still.

I'm a 5.5 year RRT that is considering to pursue the RN program through Excelsior but I'm curious as to why do you have to retake your A&P courses. It was my understanding that as long as you enroll with Excelsior College bye October 1, 2012 you ...

I was informed the new mandate starts in 2015 for NP to have their doctorate.

RT is limited in various ways....to name a few their is no room for growth we can only mostly work in the hospital setting(12 hour) shifts therefore you max out in pay within about 8 years our credential total to about 6 that I can recall yes you can...

Do you know of any online RT to RN bridge programs other than excelsior?

Any RT doing or recently done excelsior college online RT-RN program within the last year or two?

Thanks alot RTsoonRN I have been a RRT for 6 years now. I'm highly interested in the excelsior college nursing program but get weary knowing I have no nursing experience. If you don't mind giving me your personal email address so we can chat further ...

How hard or easy has it been for you? How long have you been a therapist? Would you recommend online for a RT? What did you use to study for the exams, would you like to sell any of the material?

I'm a new RT and I'm looking to start the program before October so did you ever start how easy or hard was it?