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I logged ino Excelsior's website on Friday and found that they are offering an online equivalent to the Health Assessment and Promotion exam. This is fantastic news; I was really dreading the thought of driving back to Albany and squaring off with those nurses. I lost a lot of stomach lining to my last Excelsior clinical performance exam.
The only problem with the online class is that there is no flexibility in terms of scheduling. It starts in September, and lasts sixteen weeks. It would be far less attractice if I were more confident that I could nail the performance exam on the first try, and not drive myself completely crazy preparing for it.
That leaves statistics, the research exam, and the professionalism project, all of which should be complete by the end of the summer, and the teaching assignment. I started to prepare for the teaching project last spring, but I got aggravated by the requirements and let it drop. I'll probably have more confidence to tackle it after I have the professionalism project under my belt.
The final requirement is the baccalaureate capstone course, another online class. That class is offered in January, May and September, and is only open to students who have completed all other nursing requirements for the degree. It would have been great to have everything done in time to take that course in September -- that would have wrapped up the degree right before my lease ended, leaving me free to bounce. Unfortunately, adding two performance exams to the summer's courseload would be sort of crazy.
I'll call Excelsior in the morning and see if it would be impossible for me to take the capstone course at the same time as the HAPE. Maybe I can pull the teaching assignment off before September.
The only problem with the online class is that there is no flexibility in terms of scheduling. It starts in September, and lasts sixteen weeks. It would be far less attractice if I were more confident that I could nail the performance exam on the first try, and not drive myself completely crazy preparing for it.
That leaves statistics, the research exam, and the professionalism project, all of which should be complete by the end of the summer, and the teaching assignment. I started to prepare for the teaching project last spring, but I got aggravated by the requirements and let it drop. I'll probably have more confidence to tackle it after I have the professionalism project under my belt.
The final requirement is the baccalaureate capstone course, another online class. That class is offered in January, May and September, and is only open to students who have completed all other nursing requirements for the degree. It would have been great to have everything done in time to take that course in September -- that would have wrapped up the degree right before my lease ended, leaving me free to bounce. Unfortunately, adding two performance exams to the summer's courseload would be sort of crazy.
I'll call Excelsior in the morning and see if it would be impossible for me to take the capstone course at the same time as the HAPE. Maybe I can pull the teaching assignment off before September.
posted by Nurse Cha at 6:15 AM
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