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Any ECPI grads or current students here? - page 2
I'm just curious as to the experience current students or grads of the Charlotte ECPI campus had. I have an appointment with a recruiter tomorrow evening. The school is close to me, and the appeal... Read More
0Aug 5, '09 by garnetgirl29Thank you for your input. I really like the scope of what CMA's do, but I am very afraid of the payscale and my ability to keep up on my current bills AND student loan.
I just found another nearby cc that offers an lpn course and all I have to do to get in is take the Compass, any applicable remedial courses and English 111, Bio 163, and PSY 110. I'll also have to take the ACT with a grade of 18 or higher, then I can apply to the nursing program.
I've been doing job searches for CMA's & LPN's, and I'm finding a lot more ads for CMA's. ALL of the LPN position's I've found advertised were with staffing agencies for either home health care or nursing homes. I can't do an RN program at this time, but will keep that option open for the future. Should I be worried about the job listings I'm seeing?? cc's do not help with job placement.
Also, all the ads I've seen are require 1 - 5 yrs of experiene. Will the LPN course also certify me for Phlebotemy, or should I do that separately? I've seen a couple mention that. -
1Jan 9, '10 by CrazierThanYouI definitely would NOT go to ECPI. I am always leary of those types of schools and often, employers are too.
Also, don't do CMA. Like the above poster said, there is no advancement opportunites and the pay is low.
In my area, there are no CMA jobs. I know people who have had their degrees for YEARS and haven't found jobs.ncsecretary likes this. -
0Jan 16, '10 by AndreaMWow I guess ECPI Rn programs are different depending on which one you attend. I started at ECPI VA Beach and besides having alot of information to learn in such a short amount of time there was so many students in each class that it was very hard to get one on one time with the instructor and the Director of the RN program was NEVER availiable. The clinicals were awesome- we went to several hospitals in the area and had alot of hands on training. The down side to VA beach campus clinicals is that there was no room for error. They did not work with anyone if an emergency came up (say, a car accident on the way to clinical)- a 0 would be given for that day and no make up would be offered. I then switched over to Newport News campus and totally different! The RN Director's door is always open; plenty of tutoring was offered from the instructors, and make up days were offered for clinicals. We also attended a wide array of hospital settings. The ECPI/MCI staff have been nothing but helpful. Both schools have a very good NCLEX pass rate. I graduate Thursday! I moved to Fayetteville with husband and will be taking my boards in NC. Oh before I forget, I worked as a Nurse care partner (Basically a CNA) after I finished my first round of clinicals. It really helped me with my skills because I didn't have a background in healthcare. At ECPI they will try to tell you to go LPN and then come back and go to school for RN if you have no healthcare experience.... please do what is best for you and know that you can do it!
1Jan 16, '10 by AndreaMLike I said before all ECPI's are different. The clinical experience and the number of clinical hours I obtained thru ECPI's program has set me up for success. Knowing that employers may have a negative view of programs like ECPI, my resume reflects the number of clinical hours and location of clinicals. I also have references from several of the nurses whom I did clinicals with.....ncsecretary likes this.
0Jul 29, '10 by NorthernCaliRNI know this is an older post; however, could someone tell me what the cost of ECPI's RN program is? I am a student in the Central Valley of CA and was just curious. Also are there any other private schools in the Charlotte area that is worth the money?
Thank you for any input one would like to add!


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June 2011 Newsletter: The Holy Spirit - Annunciation - Pentecost
Concerning the Manner of the Lord's Conception
(OSB Translation & Comments: St. John Damascus)
The angel of the Lord was sent to the holy Virgin, a descendent of David, a house fallen and disgraced. And bearing glad tidings to her, he said, Hail thou highly favored, the Lord is with thee. She was concerned at his word, yet the angel said to her, "Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favor with God, and shalt bring forth a Son and shalt call His name Jesus; for He shall save His people from their sins. Hence it comes that Jesus has the interpretation Savior. When she asked in her perplexity, "How can this be, seeing I know not a man?", the angel answered, "The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee. Therefore also, the holy thing who shall be born of thee, shall be called the Son of God. She responded, "Behold the handmaid of the Lord: be it unto me according to Thy word."
After the assent of the holy Virgin, the Holy Spirit descended on her, according to the word of the Lord which the angel spoke, purifying her, and granting her power to receive the divinity of the Word, and likewise power to bring forth. And then was she overshadowed by the enhypostatic Wisdom and Power of the most high God, the Son of God Who is of like essence with the Father as of Divine seed, and from her holy and most pure blood He formed flesh animated with the spirit of reason and thought, the first-fruits of our compound nature: not by procreation but by creation through the Holy Spirit.
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May 2011 Newsletter: An Invitation to Study with the Academy
The response to our April newsletter was most pleasing, along with the numerous requests to know more about this man of great faith – St. Athanasius the Great.
With this in mind, the Academy wants to invite you to take advantage of a special offer for this summer. For a donation to help defer the costs of our Prisoner Education Project - Scholarship Program, we will send you as a thank-you gift, LESSON I of our correspondence course: CHST 400: The Incarnation – a study of the work written by St. Athanasius concerning the Incarnation of Christ.
Lesson One puts focus on his early life and days as a Bishop as well as the theological significance of St. Athanasius and his work. If you choose to continue, Lesson 2 - 10 are a careful study of his book On the Incarnation, moving from the Fall and its dilemma, to our desperate need of His Incarnation - life, death, and resurrection. You will also study the refutations of the other wrong teachings held by Jew and Gentile, concerning Jesus as the Christ. The course opens with CS Lewis and closes with a discussion of the great and holy things we gain through Jesus, our Christ.
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April 2011 Newsletter: Celebrating Pascha with St. Athanasius
Dear Friend of St. Athanasius Academy:
Throughout Church history, God raises up men to defend her from heresies attempting to compromise the divine person Jesus, and His saving Grace. They do so by trying to confuse and reduce the two distinct natures of Christ, thus making Him less than fully God, fully man.
St. Athanasius became one of those great defenders. In particular, against the mother of all heresies – Arianism and its chief author, Arius. Arius denied the divinity of Christ, claiming there was a time Jesus was not, making Jesus a created being and our hope of salvation null and void.
As archdeacon to Bishop Alexander of Alexandria, and barely in his early twenties, Athanasius successfully answered this false teaching at the great Council of Nicaea (A.D. 325) based on his two-part work, Against the Heathen and The Incarnation of the Word of God. As it turned out, his role would not be forgotten by the defenders this horrific heresy, for after becoming bishop of Alexandria, he became the focus of their raging anger, being exiled several times.
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March 2011 Newsletter: Death and Eternal Life
Dear Friend of St. Athanasius Academy:
CHAPTER 23 presents the beginnings of a Christian philosophy of death and our hope in Christ, Jesus. It is most appropriate for the upcoming Season as we approach the Lord's death and Resurrection, and its meaning to us as seen in the Book of Genesis – OSB Septuagint Old Testament and New Testament. For among other things, philosophy is a study of death and the hope. And just as life is twofold, so death is likewise.
1) Life is both natural and voluntary. It is natural in the sense of satisfying the blameless passions, for example, those of hunger, thirst and sleep; it is voluntary in the sense of clinging lovingly to this present life.
2) Death, likewise, is both natural and voluntary. It is natural when the soul is separated from the body; it is voluntary when one disdains this present life and aspires to the world to come. For as the Nicene Creed says, "I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come."
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February 2011 Newsletter: Born Again to Eternal Life
Dear Friend of St. Athanasius Academy:
As we gain momentum – moving from the Baptism of our Lord in the River Jordan, to His coming Pascha – it is often helpful to be mindful of the Lord's Words. This is especially true as they relate to His Incarnation and our salvation. They are critical in our gaining a deeper understanding of what it means for us, through Him and in the Holy Spirit, to be "born again to eternal life". In this, we more clearly see how His Baptism is our Baptism, and how His Resurrection points us toward the promise of our resurrection and hope of eternal life. This month's booklet – GOSPEL OF JOHN: Chapter 5 – With Study Notes – is a good starting point, offering a helpful perspective for the upcoming Great Lent. Below is a small sample.
5:24 Truly, truly I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has eternal life, and he shall not come into judgment, but passes from death into life.
1. The Jews were very angry at Jesus and wanted to kill Him, for He violated the Sabbath Day by healing the paralyzed man and by telling him to take up his bed and walk. Therefore Jesus tried to defuse the situation and calm their anger in an attempt to save them.
2. To accomplish these ends, He would vary His teaching – sometimes He would say high things and sometimes low things. He would say low things so as to calm down His opponents, and also to teach us humility. He would say high things, so as to lift up His opponents (and us as well) to the true faith.
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