PedsRN&momto5girls

PedsRN&momto5girls

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  1. ADN transfer to Excelsior

    I know you werne't asking me and I don't live in PA, but just wanted to make sure you know that in order to get an RN with Excelsior you have to be or have done one of these three things: be an LPN,...
  2. A girl I met at my CPNE had failed her traditional nursing program during her last semester (BSN) so she ended up going with Excelsior, but she had completed and PASSED 50% of the program. As long as...
  3. Pedi PCA

    How about going to one of the 'other' private nursing programs (affiliated with the hospitals)? Especially since you are now working at one of them you can probably get the auxiliary scholarship....
  4. Pedi PCA

    Honestly, no. I think just go for RN right from the get go, especially if you want to work at the hospital where you are starting your new job (trying not to name the name) after you graduate. I know...
  5. Pedi PCA

    Oh my gosh!!! It's such a small world! I don't get on here very often, but how cool! I was a PCA before I graduated. I'm doing the graduate nurse internship right now. Being a PEDS PCA will be...
  6. Pedi PCA

    HELLO!!!! Do you know Lorinda? I ask you that so I don't give away where you may be. I think I know who you are because our nurse manager just today in staff meeting described our new PCA exactly the...
  7. I just found out that I can enroll there after completing 50% of a nursing program. I will finish that in December this year and am considering going through Excelsior after that. I'm pretty sure the...
  8. Will intro to Psychology fullfill Psych requirement 4 Excelsior?

    No it did not. I ended up taking Life Span. It was really easy though. I just did my CPNE on November 30th and passed and I graduate on the 18th!!! Woo HOO!!! Melissa GN and mom to Kaylee-10,...
  9. Appointment with College Network tomorrow

    icunurse - Please PM me. For some reason I couldn't get my account to work to PM
  10. I'm trying to figure out my flight info. How late did those of you who've already taken it, stay?
  11. online nursing program

    Hi there. I completed and passed 50% of a traditional nursing program. During my second semester I found out about Excelsior (http://www.excelsior.edu) and decided to enroll after completion of 2nd...
  12. Thinking about Excelsior

    Or if you're like me, you can send EC all of your outlines and objectives from your previous nursing courses and have the chance to get NC1 and NC2 waived. I took NC1 before I knew this, but I did get...
  13. Thinking about Excelsior

    OR.....50% completion (passing) of a traditional nursing
  14. I am hoping to have a graduation date of June 16th with EC, but I will have finished all school requirements by the end of April. The internship for the unit I want to work in are only started two...
  15. Question about New Graduate Missouri Temporary Permit

    Thank you so much for the information. I really appreciate it. I did e-mail them today so hopefully I'll hear back from them soon. Thanks
  16. Any Excelsior program nursing students out there??

    I am a nursing student with EC. I have completed NC1 and NC3. I take NC4 next week. I called the MO BON a few months ago and they assured me that Excelsior is accepted. Good luck to you!
  17. passed Con 6 today!

    WOWOWOWOWOWOWOW!!!!!!! You are going so fast! CONGRATULATIONS! I am waiting for enrollment right now and to see if NC2 will be waived since I just completed 50% of a traditional nursing program....
  18. L&D clinicals - any pointers???

    I'm in the second semester of an ASN nursing program. I hope it's okay for me to ask a question to those of you who are already working in L&D. I will be starting my L&D clinicals next week....
  19. L&D clinicals - any pointers???

    Thanks SG. Someone on the nursing students bb said that too. It's funny though. I would NEVER consider talking about my own experience when I'm taking care of a patient. Well, I shouldn't say never,...
  20. L&D clinicals - any pointers???

    I have five of my own live children (4 in heaven too), but I KNOW I will cry. I cry just when watching The Baby Story LOL! In general, I am not a cryer, but man, when a baby is born I just can't hold...
  21. Help me settle an argument

    While I can understand what she's saying, probably meaning one intervention leading to another which leads to another which leads to another in L&D, I would say her statement isn't accurate. Sure,...
  22. someone... anyone... i need advise!!

    Your best bet would be to go to their website and click on the nursing link. You will find the most info. there. I will tell you a few things though. I just can't 'talk' a lot because I have quite a...
  23. Eve/Wkend ADN programs KC area..Need Advice Please

    I only had time to scan your post, but you could bridge to RN through http://www.excelsior.edu Melissa, Kaylee 9/14/97, Megan 12/13/97, Chelsea 8/9/01, Sarah Grace 4/23/05, & 4 Angels In
  24. Balancing nursing school and life

    LOL!!! I just realized this was orginally posted in 2005. Oh well, maybe it will be of help to someone someday anyway. Melissa, Kaylee 9/14/97, Megan 12/13/97, Chelsea 8/9/01, Hannah 6/3/03 &...
  25. Balancing nursing school and life

    chembob . . . First off, you DO work. You may not be employed, but you work as a full time mom!! I have five young daughters, ages 8, 6, 4, 3, and 14 months and I too work as a full time mom. We...