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Buy your books on EBay that people are trying to get rid of from College Network or Chancelors. They have condenced the chapters to only the important things you need to learn. Also take the Excelsior pretest. You will usually find a few of the question on the final test. Get all of your nursing classes out of the way first, if you can. As long as you have less than 10 credits of the other classes to complete you can apply for you CPNE. It take about 6 months to get you test. This way while you wait. You can take the final classes and study for you CPNE. Good Luck. I just Graduated from Excelsior, and just waiting to take my Boards.

Becky Lynn, I am a GN from Excelsior College,but in MI they have no GN so I am an LPN waitng to take my RN Boards. I searched alot of sites on distance learning and found the best advice on this web site. It helped me alot so I am going to pass it on to you. 1) Go directally to Excelsior College for your Degree. 2) College Network, and Chancelors are Publishing house that want you to buy their books. You degree still comes from EC and you spend all kinds of money on their books, and may even take classes you really do not need. 3) Go to EBay, buy those publishing house books for alot cheaper. People are always trying to get rid of them, and they can help cut your study time down. Just make sure they are for the latest EC Program, as they changed the classes in the past year. I was able to work full time in an ER and study for my classes to pass in about 1 1/2 yrs, for much less than if I went to the local University. If this is not for you Bay De Noc Community College in Escanaba MI has a great Bridge Program that you can do both there and online. I hope this will help you. Good Luck. Kim