cgardner2010

I have been an LVN for 5 years and to be honest, I feel it was a waste of my time and money. Finding a job as an LVN is like pulling teeth....the only options you have are SNF, Home Health or if you are lucky, working in a clinic at one of the major ...

After pass Fundamentals of Nursing you will be able to challenge the CNA exam

As far as the prereq classes go, I was told by the admissions rep at CSU East Bay, they really want you to have a B or higher in A&P, Micro & Chem for their LVN - BSN program. In regards to GPA you want to shoot for a 3.5 or higher because yo...

University of Phenox offers a LVN to BSN program at thier Modesto campus....one night a week feom 6pm to 10pm. Pacific Union College in Fairfield offers a program as well in the evening....as far as online programs go, the CA BON does not allow them ...

Jackie, I am trying to do the UOP program at the Modesto Campus hopefully for 2014. I responded to the invite for the Program Preview & waiting to hear back from someone. Are you trying to get into the program this year as well? It would be nice ...

I am now really confused because I spoke with the director of the nursing dept for distance education today who specifically stated that are accepting applications from California students once you have completed the required general education prereq...

Don1984, As I stated in an earlier post, ISU began accepting new students from CA into their program beginning July 2013! I know this because I started the program (Phase 1) here in CA in August! They are using the VA hospital & the CA Dept of Co...

Leny061, Cal State East Bay has a Concord campus that has an LVN to BSN program...they are the only school that I know of that is left that offer that program since Holy Names stopped offering their program. Another suggestion is to do the Online LVN...

ISU has reopened their program to California residents as of July 2013

They have been talking about an LVN to RN program since I was a student there from 2011-2012...the last I heard they had not set a date of when they were starting the program & told to keep checking back.

I am a 2012 LVN grad from the Concord campus...your textbooks, uniforms, HESI review are included in your tuition. Since I went to the Concord campus, I do not know about the instructors, but I can say that going to Gurnick prepared me to enter the ...

I am with the college network working on the rest of my prereq's for ISU's Online LVN to BSN program...I DID NOT purchase the study guides because they are all online anyway and can be printed out chapter by chapter or the entire course...the only th...

First off, I KNOW that TCN is not a school...duh! Secondly, the only part of the program I am doing through TCN is the Phase One & Phase two (which ISU REQUIRES you to go through if you have ANY of the general ed classes to finish and to test ou...

I am doing the online ISU LVN to BSN program with The College Network.

ISU is nationally and regionally accredited. If you go on ISU's site you can see the accredidation there. Look under the "Distance Education" link or "DegreeLink" ISU was paired with Sonoma State for a number of years because of the fact that ISU nee...

I am a LVN here in CA and after being told from University of Phoenix that if you completed English 1A, Psych, Sociology, ect 5 years ago or longer you HAVE to retake those courses! Are you kidding me??? So, then I applied to Holy Names and was not a...

ISU has just started accepting applications for CA in certain zip codes. In regards to taking the NCLEX here in CA from another out of state school, they will not allow it because CA has is one of the strictest states to get a nursing license in. On ...

Depending on what prereq classes you still need to take along with the actual program you can be done in 3 1/2 years. The first phase is the general ed stuff, phase two is the 4 nursing courses you need to test out of and then phase three is the actu...

I just started the CMS courses with the College Network to enter into ISU's LVN to BSN program...I live in CA and they finally started accepting us within certain zip codes. They apparently were able to get their contracts for clinical rotations with...

I have a friend that is in the last phase of the program and has no complaints about it. She said that she has found that taking the classes she needed through the College Network in lieu of going to a junior college, was so much easier. After she sh...

Relax, breathe and just veg out the day before...when you wake up, review your notes or just pray. God would not of brought you this far to let you fail now, so trust in Him to guide you through the exam and you will be okay. Proverbs 3:5-6

What exactly are you having problems with? Content of the question or are you just not sure how to answer the questions? The HESI is simular to the NCLEX exam and the best indicator on your success of passing the NCLEX the first time. In order to pas...

I did Kaplan's program as well and felt the same way you did...I consistantly was scoring in the 50's and really getting discouraged, but just kept going through the test bank. When I finished (3 weeks before my test date), I went back and created 25...

I took the HESI exit exam for my LVN class and passed the first time with a score of 950. We only needed to get a 850 to graduate. What I did to study for the test was get the HESI NCLEX-PN book and read that book cover to cover along with doing all ...

I am applying for the Summer program as well and was wondering how long it takes to get the interview. I looked at my application page, and everything is posted but under the Interview is states "pending". I graduated in May of last year from LVN sc...