Have you already taken the CRNE? HELPPPP! Too much studying?

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Hey everyone!

So I have my CRNE this coming June. I already have 3 review books (I have a mosby one, a lippincott one and the CNA one). BUT- I feel like I REALLY want to know my stuff inside out. I love the "made incredibly easy" series and I was going to divide my next 7 months into studying patho, pharm, med-surg, mental, pediatric, mother-baby, fluids and electrolytes, etc. etc. and then have 3 months (March, April and May) to go over my review books and review everything again.

In order for me to get through all this material- I would have to study about 4 hours a day from now until June. I would be willing to do so as I would do ANYTHING in the world for my nursing career. It sounds crazy to me though. Would this be too much studying? How did you guys study for it?

Thankyou. So. Much.

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Are just reviewing the review books adequate in your opinion? Or should I go subject by subject with other books and then at the end do the review books?

Thanks!

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I can't really answer your question, since I'm just in my first year, but have you checked out the Canadian forum on this site? If you posted the question there, I'm sure you would get more answers.

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Specializes in NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology.

I'm going to move this thread over to the Canadian Forum. LR_C, are you an internationally-educated nurse? I only ask becuase nurses educated in Canada would know that the major focus of the CRNE is more of a psycho-social, community-based care, soft science one rather than those areas you're planning to concentrate on. As SurroDoula suggests, you should read the CRNE threads for a ton of information on how to prepare.

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Thank you so much! Yes, I am educated in Canada and I as well have heard that it is not-so-science-based. Since it is based on psycho-social aspects, however, I feel unsure as to how to prepare.

Thank you again for moving this over to the other thread!

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How do I get to the Canadian forum?

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
How do I get to the Canadian forum?

You are in it. Another way to find it is by going to the International forum which you can find under the region tab above

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Hello everyone, just got a sad news today and a failed my CRNE. Am so scare on preparing for the next one for I used all the textbook that were recommended on blog and by few people that I know. I graduated from USA 6years ago and passed my NCLEX one time, I studied for crne very well but still failed, am very confused what to read, how to read and how they answer their psychosocial based questions. Can anyone help? Thanks

crneexam

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Hello everyone, just got a sad news today and a failed my CRNE. Am so scare on preparing for the next one for I used all the textbook that were recommended on blog and by few people that I know. I graduated from USA 6years ago and passed my NCLEX one time, I studied for crne very well but still failed, am very confused what to read, how to read and how they answer their psychosocial based questions. Can anyone help? Thanks

crneexam

I think you need to work on your English language skills from the wording of your post.

How would you treat the Canadian patient as a Canadian nurse? Did you review the social aspects of healthcare?

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Hello everyone, just got a sad news today and a failed my CRNE. Am so scare on preparing for the next one for I used all the textbook that were recommended on blog and by few people that I know. I graduated from USA 6years ago and passed my NCLEX one time, I studied for crne very well but still failed, am very confused what to read, how to read and how they answer their psychosocial based questions. Can anyone help? Thanks

crneexam

Hi crneexam. I wrote the CRNE in June and was successful. One thing I have learned through researching the NCLEX is that it is much more pathophysiologically based. The CRNE on the other hand, isn't. There seems to be a greater focus on psychosocial implications of our nursing interventions. The CRNE tests if we're able to demonstrate our ability to "respond" to various situations. You can probably attest to that. When I studied for the CRNE, while I did many practice questions, I mainly referred and redid many of the CNA practice questions (both in the CNA practice test booklet and the online readiness exams). Reason being is that the questions in these resources reflect the questions that will be asked on the CRNE. I would recommending using this resource moreso than other practice question manuals.

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I am sorry you did not pass the exam. :(. No worries, you can do it!!! I used the Mosby's comprehensive review ONLY as a guide. I studied for 4 months. This is exactly what I did, in this exact order...

1) I read the entire Mosby book, and made notes on things I believed I needed a more thorough/ in depth understanding of. ( I also completed all the multiple choice quizzes at the end of each chapter).

2) CNA guide

3)I reviewed my Nursing text books from school (Med-surg, Maternal, Community, Mental Health etc)... Now I pretty much reviewed these books front to back, but I more skim read through them an stopped at topics I needed to further explore (This is where I used my notes from number 1)( I also completed all the multiple choice quizzes at the end of each chapter).

4) CNA guide

5) re-read Mosby's

6) CNA guide

Hope this helps, good luck

:)

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