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Hello,
I am in the same boat as you. I applied and when you apply you pay $65 (actually think it went up since then) and list your transcripts that you will be sending. You will be elibigle to take Gen Eds and NC1 & 2 w/out actually enrolling while you wait for the transcripts to be received and reviewed.
Hope this helps - good luck to you
I have gotten the info on Life Span and from what I have gathered, you don't have to enroll until you are ready to tackle NC 3-7. In other words, you just notify Excelsior that you want to schedule to take the exam. They will then send you a letter confiming your test date. Once you take the test, you can then move on to another area such as Micro, A&P, etc.
Nursing Concepts 2 is no longer required! Plus, you ONLY have to be enrolled with Excelsior to take the last five nursing courses (NC 3-7).
Once you enroll, you have 12 months to complete the entire program and the clinical...if you do not, you have to pay the re-enrollment fee and it's over $400!
You can do all your pre-reqs and the first nursing course before you have to be enrolled!!!
Also, EC is adding a 4-credit, 3 part clinical competency assessment of skills related to head-to-toes assessment, managing multiple patients, and interacting with an interdisciplinary health care team. The CPNE is still required.
Sounds like they're trying to get in good w/ the states that are having additional requirements for EC grads.
I have gotten the info on Life Span and from what I have gathered, you don't have to enroll until you are ready to tackle NC 3-7. In other words, you just notify Excelsior that you want to schedule to take the exam. They will then send you a letter confiming your test date. Once you take the test, you can then move on to another area such as Micro, A&P, etc.
Did you buy the study guides from EC?
Residentmaid, MSN
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Hello, I am finally ready to take my first test with excelsior, (lifespan) but I understand I need to apply there first. I am up with a peds case now, and would like to do it tonight, but I am not sure If I send the transcripts in with my application or if I can send them after I apply. ( I just called for the school for transcripts, so it will be a few days.) Also can I take loans out for excelsior? I was just going to pay as I go ( I have most of the books already from former students) but I was thinking that if I do the loans at least that way i would be reimbursed through the tuition reimbursment program...
Thanks in advance,
Sharon