Nursing - Excelsior College

Nursing from Excelsior College is a Campus Associate Registered Nurse degree that prepares you for a Nursing career. Accredited by NLNAC, Excelsior College associate degrees in nursing are the only ones you can earn at a distance. While you work in a health care clinical setting, you can study independently and test for credit in a respected program that prepares you to make a difference as an RN. It also prepares you to take the NCLEX exam: Excelsior College graduates have an NCLEX pass rate for first-time test takers that is at or above the national average. Technical Standards Technical standards are the required and essential abilities that an individual must effectively demonstrate as an Excelsior College Associate Degree nursing student taking the Clinical Performance Nursing Examination (CPNE). The CPNE tests a student's application of the nursing process and technical components for nursing practice in the care of adults and children in the acute care setting. Therefore the nursing student must be able to perform the following: Assess, perceive and understand the condition of assigned patients; See, hear, smell, touch and detect subtle changes in colors; Communicate (both verbally and in writing) with English speaking patients and/or family members/significant others as well as members of the health care team, including nurses, physicians, support staff and faculty; Read and understand documents written in English; Perform diagnostic and therapeutic functions necessary for the provision of general care and emergency treatment to the hospital patient Stand, sit, move and tolerate the required physical exertion necessary to meet the demands of providing safe clinical care; Solve problems involving measurement, calculation, reasoning, analysis and synthesis; and Perform nursing skills in the face of stressful conditions, exposure to infectious agents and blood-borne pathogens. View more details on Excelsior College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Registered Nurse courses.