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  1. Health Safety and Transitions

    BrillyD replied to silv27star's topic in Excelsior College

    I found sg101 to be excellent - follows the couse syllabus pretty well and had zillions of practice questions - I like lots of questions, helps me retain the information . I only used the books to...

  2. Health Safety....

    BrillyD replied to natnat122's topic in Excelsior College

    I used SG101 for health safety - I don't recall finding any wrong answers. But I did find a couple in the textbooks :

  3. Study Plan calendar based on Excelsior's ECG

    BrillyD replied to smir953328's topic in Excelsior College

    For ANP i did a section and then took the quiz on the sg101 CD and if i passed it, went on to the next section. ANP wasn't as bad as you'd think it would be, more physiology than

  4. Passed Lifespan 1 !!

    BrillyD replied to KitkatPRN's topic in Excelsior College

    Passed Life span 1 on the 18th, definately harder than the previous exams. I also used studygroup101 - they sell study guides for the ec exams and some of the clep exams. I highly recommend them -...

  5. Excelsior College Paramedic to RN Bridging Program

    BrillyD replied to ncredhed's topic in Excelsior College

    sorry - it was 4 nursing exams and 1 pre-req course but I passed life span 1 yesterday (woot!!) so now I'm at 5 nursing exams. I started in July and wanted to be done by December but it's not gonna...

  6. Excelsior Pass Rates!!!

    BrillyD replied to j1l4d's topic in Excelsior College

    As far as I can figure from reading posts and forums, more people pass the CPNE than fail it. The advice I keep getting when I ask about it is to read the study guide and practice, practice, practice,...

  7. First test with Excelsior-Microbiology, Nervous!

    BrillyD replied to pdxmedic's topic in Excelsior College

    Micro was not as bad you think it would be. Deep breath...now go do it! You'll do great!

  8. I passed LS 1 yesterday

    BrillyD replied to Paula C's topic in Excelsior College

    Working on LS 1 now, doesn't seem too bad, but then I like cardio & resp - just got an update from studygroup101 - taking the exam on the

  9. Excelsior : Chronicity!

    BrillyD replied to nurse_bear's topic in Excelsior College

    Make sure you review the various diseases or conditions listed in the content guide - meds, labs,

  10. Passed A&P 2! Now onto Transitions... any tips??

    BrillyD replied to natnat122's topic in Excelsior College

    I used studygroup101 for transition - I didn't buy the

  11. I need some motivation

    BrillyD replied to HA_LPN's topic in Excelsior College

    If you can just get one down that will give you a push! A couple hours a day, or even stick 1 or 2 pages of your study guide in your pocket to carry around and look at when you get a chance - YOU CAN...

  12. cpne

    BrillyD replied to aaprimetime's topic in Excelsior College

    Awesome!

  13. Failed CPNE 11/20, appeal for fee waiver?

    BrillyD replied to OneFlyNurz's topic in Excelsior College

    Awesome - So glad you didn't give in or give

  14. Health Safety Exam Tomorrow!

    BrillyD replied to Erin5577's topic in Excelsior College

    Don't waste your money - go the extra $20 bucks and get the REAL practice exams developed by the actual test givers - the ones that will actually grant you credit for the course - Excelsior. "No...

  15. Excelsior College Paramedic to RN Bridging Program

    BrillyD replied to ncredhed's topic in Excelsior College

    Try studygroup101, their study guides are on cd or you can download from their website. I seem to learn better if I have lots of practice tests and they have oodles in their study guides - you just...

  16. Study buddy Albany NY

    BrillyD replied to sarah505's topic in Excelsior College

    off topic but i just wanted to say how cute your profile pic

  17. what do you think about college network online lpn to rn

    BrillyD replied to Christine30's topic in Online Distance Learning

    you'll need to call the school - they should award a certain number of credits for your license, and you can ask for a list of which clep or dsst exams are accepted and the ISU equivalent courses....

  18. Excelsior LPN to RN

    BrillyD replied to Helper-T's topic in Excelsior College

    1) I think alot of people do ECs anp and micro courses so they must not be too bad :) 2) The best study material I found is studygroup101, the rest were surely lacking info or were very old or...

  19. Transition

    BrillyD replied to nrdlpn's topic in Excelsior College

    And let's not even talk about the errors in the Ward Maternal-child textbook - OMG!

  20. Transition

    BrillyD replied to nrdlpn's topic in Excelsior College

    I used SG101 for transition and got an A - I thought the study guide was superb. I searched mine and found the error in the quiz that you mentioned and sent a message to them, which is the...

  21. Excelsior : Chronicity!

    BrillyD replied to nurse_bear's topic in Excelsior College

    I used SG101 for Transition and Health safety and the outlines from Excelsior and got A's on both. Passed chronicity with a B on Thursday using studygroup101, medsurg and fundamentals!! Woot!! 3...

  22. CPNE

    BrillyD replied to nursingforever35's topic in Excelsior College

    Congratulations!!

  23. Content Guides

    BrillyD replied to MzAlwayzGud's topic in Excelsior College

    It's studygroup101 - they do study guides for the nursing exams and some of the pre-reqs and sciences. They have a website and you can get the study guides on cd or download - I linked the name...

  24. Just got back on track

    BrillyD replied to sondon's topic in Excelsior College

    Good luck! You can do

  25. Transfering credits to Excelsior?

    BrillyD replied to veggieLPN's topic in Excelsior College

    Oct1 changes 1. you will no longer be able to take Health Safety before enrolling. 2. Anatomy & Microbiology must be taken before the nursing courses (except Transition to RN role) and cannot be...