Timeline from pass cpne to grad date?

MissingMyErica · Jun 6, 2011

I took my CPNE on March 25th, Graduation date of May 20th, Nclex on June 1st. It felt like forever but it was actually only about two months. I live in Pennsylvania, I don't don't know how long it takes in other states. Good luck! I'm a timeline kinda person myself and I feel so weird because I usually feel like I have some sort of axe hanging over my head and now I can just BREATHE!!!!! LOL!

LoopsRN2 · Jun 6, 2011

Whhat is the general wait time from cpne passing to graduating from EC?
Also i havent got my cpne date yet and i' ll mail my fcca back tomorrow so ec willget it wed. Do i need to pass fccabefore i get adate? I applied to mpac with 8/1. Anyone else got a date yet from mpac lately?
I work better knowing i have a timeline or date to be done by. Imstill in the cpne sg but i do read journals aswell. The sg really gives great info!
Let me know if anyone has heard anything! Thanks! Hope all others studyingare doing great as well!!

I am pretty sure that some people are getting their CPNE dates before their FCCA is sent/ received. Is there anyone you can call?

dslpninla · Jun 6, 2011

I have a few other questions so I suppose Ill call EC.

Missingmyerica- me tooo! If I have a date or deadline, Im much better at prepping bc I know the length of time I have for whatever it is.

Editorial Team / Moderator · Jun 6, 2011

Completed CPNE on June 15, graduation on August 15, NCLEX on August 6 -- we can take it before graduating in Virginia. Your grad date is driven by your CPNE date -- there is a graduation calendar on EC's website.

dslpninla · Jun 6, 2011

Completed CPNE on June 15, graduation on August 15, NCLEX on August 6 -- we can take it before graduating in Virginia. Your grad date is driven by your CPNE date -- there is a graduation calendar on EC's website.

I am hoping to pass in aug/sept to make the sept 16 grad date i think it is. Is that poss if I take cpne in aug??

Editorial Team / Moderator · Jun 6, 2011

I am hoping to pass in aug/sept to make the sept 16 grad date i think it is. Is that poss if I take cpne in aug??

Again, the graduation calender on EC's site will tell you the CPNE completion cut-off date for graduation.

BeachieRN84 · Jun 7, 2011

I am hoping to pass in aug/sept to make the sept 16 grad date i think it is. Is that poss if I take cpne in aug??

I couldn't find it on the website, but there was some deadlines in the magazine they sent out recently. I think to make the Sept 16th graduation date you have to have to have completed the CPNE by July. It looks like the graduation date is about 6-8 weeks from your completion date. I know they have graduation dates each month, but there is a CPNE cut off date for each specific graduation date. I test the beginning of September so I am hoping my grad date will be the end of October. Lunah, can you provide a link for us? I have trouble navigating EC's site sometimes.

Call the MPAC and see if they have a date for you and tell them to put you on the cancel list also. Last person I heard that got scheduled in Mansfield was a student on here who is testing in November.

savagetrojan · Jun 7, 2011

Completed CPNE on June 15, graduation on August 15, NCLEX on August 6 -- we can take it before graduating in Virginia. Your grad date is driven by your CPNE date -- there is a graduation calendar on EC's website.

Did you graduate BEFORE Virginia changed their rules? I won't even be able to be licensed in Virginia without 960 clinical hours so I'm actually moving several hours south to North Carolina. I've always love the ocean, loved my time in the military so the logical spot was Jacksonville! Topsail Beach is awesome!

BeachieRN84 · Jun 7, 2011

Did you graduate BEFORE Virginia changed their rules? I won't even be able to be licensed in Virginia without 960 clinical hours so I'm actually moving several hours south to North Carolina. I've always love the ocean, loved my time in the military so the logical spot was Jacksonville! Topsail Beach is awesome!

Topsail Beach is awesome! Enjoy it!! I used to live in Raleigh, NC and I loved it, was just up there last week. :-)

I was actually thinking of applying to NC (my 1st state of licensure for my LPN) and endorsing into Florida, do you know if we can take the NCLEX without the grad date in NC?

dslpninla · Jun 7, 2011

I couldn't find it on the website, but there was some deadlines in the magazine they sent out recently. I think to make the Sept 16th graduation date you have to have to have completed the CPNE by July. It looks like the graduation date is about 6-8 weeks from your completion date. I know they have graduation dates each month, but there is a CPNE cut off date for each specific graduation date. I test the beginning of September so I am hoping my grad date will be the end of October. Lunah, can you provide a link for us? I have trouble navigating EC's site sometimes.
Call the MPAC and see if they have a date for you and tell them to put you on the cancel list also. Last person I heard that got scheduled in Mansfield was a student on here who is testing in November.

Wow- november? What was their ready date though?

dslpninla · Jun 7, 2011

http://www.excelsior.edu/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=6f53016c-5b44-4f39-b2b0-d0df0abb1459&groupId=78666

This is the link i found on EC about cpne and graduation. Thanks!