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Hi Everyone!
Thought I would start a thread for our examination group.
I found the exam really challenging but after reading the CPNRE - January 2012 threads and seeing how freaked out everyone was and worried that they failed, then seeing their posts about passing the exam, I feel encouraged.
I also spent a good month prepping by reviewing my notes, doing the prep guide, doing the predictor tests, and doing various test bank questions from dozens of textbooks and internet sites. I am becoming quite confident that I passed.
From what I can gather, the passing grade for last January's exam was only a 56%!!! Let's hope it is the same for us, as some of the repeat writers who failed the January exam but wrote the May exam found it as equally as difficult.
Please post your thoughts about your CPNRE May 16, 2012 experience!
- Rachel
Mohawk Practical Nursing Program Jan. 2010-April 2012
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
I have to ask...am I the only one that found there was just simply not enough time given for the test? I also had several questions that I did not finish when the time was up...I wish we could have had at least one extra hour..I wrote in London and there were many others that didn't finish as well...I am so scared!
I can't answer for past results because I'm not sure but I think it hovers around the 60% more or less. Take into consideration that last January 2012 was the new format/blue print in which the CPNRE has adapted the format similar to the RN licensing exam. There is a document out on the web that shows that the passing rate for the CPNRE for nurses educated outside of Canada hovers around 50% or lower so that may have an impact on the passing mark because a lot of IEN's write the CPNRE.
I commonly hear a lot of people complain that the exam does not test their knowledge and its not suppose to hence why knowledge is worth about 15%.
i wrotemy exam on january 11, 2012 and received my results in the mail on february13th. my exam was the first with the new format and i finished the whole examin lots of time. it really depends on an individual person's reading skills(speed) and comprehension of exam questions. the pass for our exam was only 56%or 101/180 and it is based on an average of the grades of those who wrote andnot on a pre-determined score. the exam is not scored out of four categories.it is an overall of all questions combined and totals the number of answers yougot right. wrong answers do not count. the four category thing basicallydivides the exam into the kind of questions you wrote. our program coordinator explained this to my class in great depth. the exam content isdifferent every time and schools do not know what the content is going to be sothey are unable to decide what to focus on when preparing lectures. it is definitelythe student’s responsibility to have a wide range of knowledge.
good luck to everyone who wrote. you should probably expect your results in theweek of june 18th. a small envelope with 2 pieces of paper is a pass :)
Kadm1
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Exactly...I believe what this link states...it is straight from the testing company...There are a lot of rumors going around about how they grade it, but this gives us the answers...:-)