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I graduated from Excelsior in August, passed the NCLEX in September, and was hired into the Emergency department of one of the Cleveland Clinic's community hospitals in October. I was never asked where I went to school.

We have 4 rooms per nurse with the possibility of 1-2 more hall beds per nurse in my ED. I'm a new nurse, so I find that any more than 4 patients seems overwhelming. I can't imagine having 8 or more! That's insane!

Am I missing something or have you been asking the same question for the past 5 years?

I have been a paramedic in Ohio for the past 10 years. I recently graduated from Excelsior's P-RN program and actually got my license number today. The program worked great for my rotating schedule. I was already offered an ER position. I would say g...

Thanks. And the program was fine. As long as you can motivate yourself to study, you'll get through it quick. It took me a year. I used the college network books. I wouldn't recommend using them, but their material was spot on. When you get to the cp...

I'm from Ohio and recently graduated from Excelsior's program. I take the NCLEX next week. I already have an offer in an Emergency Department in the Cleveland area contingent on me passing the NCLEX. I didn't have any problems finding a job after gra...

Use Rob's CPNE material. It's less than $100 and more than you need to pass the first time.

For the Excelsior LPN to RN there are 31 general education credits required in addition to the nursing courses/ exams. I had an associates degree in fire science, so I was able to transfer in most of the general education requirements. The only Gen E...

I'm using the ATI program provided by Excelsior, Rx for Success provided by the college network, and an exam cram book I bought from Barnes and Noble. I'll let you know if they work. I test in two weeks.

Congrats!

You can apply to whatever rpac you want. I applied to npac at the end of march, got a date mid April, and tested June 28th.

Question for anyone who has completed the Excelsior ADN program and then moved on to a BSN program: did your credits transfer or did you have to retake several of the prereq's? The reason I ask is because the micro and a&p courses don't have labs...

Thanks

Good luck with the program. And stay motivated.

I already have the stats and chems from my fire science degree. I sent all my transcripts to the adviser and all the excelsior sciences were approved without the labs. I even questioned her when I got the approval. It's strange since their prereq lis...

That's the one

Thanks for responding. Since I passed the CPNE I've been looking into the different rn to bsn programs and have found 3 (cleveland state, Louisiana at lafayette, and univ of Cincinnati) that will accept those labless sciences. And all 3 can be comple...

I'm a fire medic for a busy dept and a medic in a busy ER. The majority of people that call 911 probably don't need a squad. However, a good percentage do and those calls are exciting. But in the ER the majority of patients are walk ins that couldn't...

I second that.

6 weeks. I studied most days of the week. On average I probably spent 2-3 hours studying per day that I studied. I didn't start practicing the labs until I was 2 weeks out since that is the easy part. I spent the majority of my study time memorizing ...

Don't second guess yourself!!! It's not that bad. Im sure you'll do fine if you keep on studying until you test. Good luck.

Anyone else from Ohio taking the CPNE soon?

Thanks. I took the cpne at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany.

I didn't know I was ready until during the middle of the cpne. I read all those negative posts and allowed myself to doubt my preparedness. However, after my first PCS I knew I was ready. That doesn't really answer your question. I was able to spit o...

Don't over think it. Just say what specifically could happen to your patient if whatever happens or doesn't happen.