Quoted: The school is irrelevant most of the time. In your situation a state university is a no-brainer, that's ligit. A license is a license once you get it. I did on line LPN to RN. Regents/Excelsior on line. Compare parices, best of all work as slow or fast as you want, cheaper. I went from LPN to RN in about 7 months. I did have pre reqs done, though. Couldn't be happier, when I have to get a BS I will use them again. Their SITE has a complete catalog you can see or download (at work, it's big) IM any questions.
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Well, I know this thread is old, but we are now at the point where it is decision time. I am currently in WY and the wife is going to finish with her LPN in June. She has two options. Stay at the Tech school she is at now for an additional year, or do the same exact route you did.
Obviously the tech school she is at now is the easier decision, but we would be living apart from august to next june while she does her last year. She would get the summer off and could come out here from june to august of this year, but then she would be there for the school year and I would be here. We have no kids yet, so that is not a concern. Just us.
On the other hand, she met with a gal from College Network about Excelsior's LPN to RN degree. It sounds like it would work out fine for here to do it and be able to live here with me from this june on, but we are nervous about taking that plunge. The program is recognized by WY and by the national board I believe, but it still sounds kinda wierd. My understanding is that she signs up w/ College Network and gives them roughly $7k and in return she gets all the materials to study for and take tests through Excelsior. Then she after she passes all the program tests she applies to Excelsior and they give her a degree.
Has anyone else used Excelsior before? This is a big desision for us, any help would be nice.