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  1. Anyone from WA state gone through Excelsior LPN to RN?

    ChrisRicci replied to lpnstudent2013's topic in Excelsior College

    Pre-Admission State Board Form is needed. Preceptorship required. Initial: Only LPNs with 200 hours precepted experience set up through a Washington Nursing Commission approved facility may apply...

  2. Confused: Can EC grad work in colorado or not?

    ChrisRicci replied to northmississippi's topic in Excelsior College

    Pre-Admission State Board Form is needed. Preceptorship required. Students who enrolled after January 1, 2006 are eligible to apply to the Colorado Board but must complete a preceptorship after...

  3. A&P at Excelsior College

    ChrisRicci replied to nurse_bell80's topic in Excelsior College

    The practice exams don't really correlate to your overall progress. Several people have posted 40's and 50s for anp and still passed the exam. On the nursing exams I never got over a 76 and passed...

  4. Questions regarding getting started with Excelsior

    ChrisRicci replied to glenn216's topic in Excelsior College

    Studygroup101 is a great resource and only $10 for each class. I used them for all my classes and barely opened a book. But you can get books on Amazon cheap and sometimes you can get by with an...

  5. Brand new to excelsior and confused about registering

    ChrisRicci replied to melmoj's topic in Excelsior College

    I tested out of all the exams and didn't take any of the 'classes' so I never had to be on any wait list. I didn't think $1400 for a class was worth it when you could spend less than 400 and get the...

  6. Thoughts on reproductive health exam.

    ChrisRicci replied to IAMPROGRESS's topic in Excelsior College

    LS1 was prbably the easiest of the life spans, same advice follow the content guide outline. I used studygroup101 for my exams - just study study study! Congrats on

  7. Thoughts on reproductive health exam.

    ChrisRicci replied to IAMPROGRESS's topic in Excelsior College

    Zack - always follow the content guide from the college and get the practice exams because they are a great study resource, study the rationales and review congenital disorders. Repro was one of the...

  8. Does EC do anything special to prepare you for cpne?

    ChrisRicci replied to northmississippi's topic in Excelsior College

    You can take the CPNE 3

  9. Does EC do anything special to prepare you for cpne?

    ChrisRicci replied to northmississippi's topic in Excelsior College

    They do give you a complete study guide that tells you exactly what you need to know and exactly how to do it. Also, you have access to advisers that will answer questions and they will critique care...

  10. New to Excelsior

    ChrisRicci replied to Mfrazr's topic in Excelsior College

    Try studygroup101, the practice exams from EC, and youtube videos, the exams are not as difficult as you would think and very doable without spending a ton of money just by reading the material and...

  11. CPNE workshop ( which is the best one to attend)

    ChrisRicci replied to graduate2014's topic in Excelsior College

    from mystudygroup101 page: CPNE workshop - google search Christy Rodriguez CPNE BootCamp - No Sweat Clinical Bootcamp 3 day Hands on practice - located in Miami FL - additional Care Plan Class...

  12. Class hours for Fundamental of Nursing EC exam

    ChrisRicci replied to Natasha A.'s topic in Excelsior College

    From the outline it looks like areas from Transition (NC7), Health Safety (NC1) and Health Differences (NC2) - you can get study guides for all three for $10 apiece from

  13. POLL - All CPNE takers please

    ChrisRicci posted a topic in Excelsior College

    There is a lively discussion of pass rates of those who have attempted the CPNE. Please vote if you passed or failed the CPNE without a workshop, passed or failed the CPNE with a workshop. The poll...

  14. POLL - All CPNE takers please

    ChrisRicci replied to ChrisRicci's topic in Excelsior College

    Nalon1 - Should we consider Rob's CPNE a 'video' workshop for practical purposes? So far 23 recipients: 30% passed CPNE without a workshop, 48% passed with a workshop, 9% failed CPNE without a...

  15. rue education

    ChrisRicci replied to Freddie75's topic in LPN to RN

    Are you talking about Excelsior? I don't think they ever have a group of more than 6 or 7. If you study and practice and keep your nerves under control, the clinical is doable. I think the latest...

  16. FCCA and CPNE

    ChrisRicci replied to MsPC's topic in Excelsior College

    awheat11 - If you notice that post is from November 2011 - the FCCA used to be a written exam and you got a package of paperwork from EC in the mail - It is now totally online, no 'package'

  17. Excelsior College: FCCA HELP!

    ChrisRicci replied to SVT511's topic in Excelsior College

    MOST take them simultaneously! I did and did not have an issue with time or studying. You can definately take them both at the same

  18. The Excelsior College Distance Learning ADN Program: Facts, Answers, and Links

    ChrisRicci replied to Lunah's topic in Excelsior College

    Bump!

  19. Passed my LS3!!!

    ChrisRicci replied to Maltruistic's topic in Excelsior College

    FCCA uses the same textbooks you used for health safety and transition and sg101 has the chapter summaries in the study

  20. CLEP exams and Excelsior

    ChrisRicci replied to PurpleViolet's topic in Excelsior College

    Excelsior College | National exams for credit - check this link for EC equivalent for clep, dsst, uexcel - under Clep Exams you can download the student guide that tells what exams are equivalent to...

  21. Discouraged

    ChrisRicci replied to DelleBrock's topic in Excelsior College

    Delle - do one section at a time. Read the first section, do some quizzes, if you do well on those move to the next section. Don't go past the section you are working on, you will just frustrate...

  22. HELP! Essentials: Health Differences

    ChrisRicci replied to mo09's topic in Excelsior College

    Download the content guide outline for each exam from Excelsior - follow the content guide outline and concentrate on the higher percentage areas. Also get the EC practice exams they really help. I...

  23. on line programs

    ChrisRicci replied to mdcdlt123's topic in LPN to RN

    Excelsior is a good program, but you have to be responsible and motivated. The price is reasonable and yes the clinical is stressful but it is skills that you should know as an RN. You can download...

  24. New to excelsior

    ChrisRicci replied to mrskupidlowski's topic in Excelsior College

    Check out this link:

  25. studygroup101 audio study guides

    ChrisRicci replied to UlanaD's topic in Excelsior College

    Check google play for WinZip - it works on all android