Need Excelsior CPNE Advice Please!!!

[JAndrew]

Hey all you super nurses and super nursing students out there! I am awaiting the CPNE exam the last weekend in Jan and I heard of a "grid" out there that is taught at the CPNE workshop. My friend said it was great but she can't find it. Does anyone have this and want to share it with me? Also, I am taking the test in Amarillo, Tx. I would appreciate any advice, study hints, really anything you have to offer concerning passing this test. Thanks so much for your time. JAndrew

[sunrock]

I do indeed!

It worked, thank you so much, see you next door:clown:

[katherine100, LPN]

How many diff scenarios did you study? I so want to go to Excelsior

[sunrock]

How many diff scenarios did you study? I so want to go to Excelsior

i MADE UP SCENARIOS AS I WENT ALONG FROMTHE JOURNALS POSTED FROM OTHER STUDENTS, PLUS YOU HAVE THE LABS WHICH IS IVP, IM, SQ,IVMB AND THE WOUND STATION. ONCE YOU ARE REGISTERED IT COMES ALIVE AS TO WHAT IS EXPECTED OF YOU, DOES THIS ANSWER YOUR QUESTION

[sunrock]

I am scheduled to test in May 2010 in Racine, WI. I am dumbstruck at everything that is needed to succeed . I actually feel like my head is a hot air balloon. Tips and guidlines would be helpful, thank you for any feedback.

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[katherine100, LPN]

Thank you for responding. What i am asking is how many did you study. I know about the labs. But for wound care, did you study 4-5 diff types of wounds? Did you study your nursing dx? Would you say 20 diff scenarios?

[sunrock]

Thank you for responding. What i am asking is how many did you study. I know about the labs. But for wound care, did you study 4-5 diff types of wounds? Did you study your nursing dx? Would you say 20 diff scenarios?

The care plans i studied were:

Impaired mobility, Deficient fluid volume, impaired verbal comm., Impaired skin integrity, inflammatory bowel disease, activity intolerance, ineffective airway clearance, impaired gas exchange, fear, risk for peripheral neurovascular dysfunction, ineffective breathing pattern, fatigue, and risk for injury, risk for falls, risk for injury R/T maturational age, Diarrhea.

For the wound; i practice the flower method and the loose rope method, the rope cannot be tight it must be fluffy. So there you are, hope this helps.

[lisashee]

Just came back from my CPNE at AMC....I PASSED!!!!!!!! No repeats!! Such a good feeling!! For anyone out there that failed the first time....go back...you can do it!

[katherine100, LPN]

Wow....that is alot of studying. Plus you have to rem your assessments (esp for peds)....yup so its about twenty something different things you have to study. Congrats to you , and thank you. I don't know what I will do yet so i am looking at the school.

[sunrock]

Just came back from my CPNE at AMC....I PASSED!!!!!!!! No repeats!! Such a good feeling!! For anyone out there that failed the first time....go back...you can do it!

Hallelujah! congratulations, job well done, now on to nclex. Get prioritization, delegation & assignment by LaCharity, nclex-rn questions 3rd edition by lippincott(for the fillins), RN for dummies, saunders or kaplan, try ebay for used books.:nurse::nurse:

[cjd04082008]

I am taking my CPNE in 10 days, ahhhh!!! I have been studying for a few months now, and i feel pretty confident about the critical elements, but i feel that i am going to let my nerves get the best of me and forget things!! Does anyone have any advice for me?? I keep reading about this grid that everyone is talking about, but i have not been able to find it. Preparing for this test has been the most stressful thing that i think i have ever done, so any thing would help. Thank you, despirate nurse in need:confused:

[EquuszARNP]

Well, the grid is usually taught at a CPNE workshop. I highly recommend taking one of these, a few different companies offer them around the country. The grid is very important, it's what you draw when you are given your areas of care for each patient. Basically it's something you can write down and carry into the room with you to remember your critical elements for each area of care. Good luck!

[Conqueror+, BSN, RN]

I am taking my CPNE in 10 days, ahhhh!!! I have been studying for a few months now, and i feel pretty confident about the critical elements, but i feel that i am going to let my nerves get the best of me and forget things!! Does anyone have any advice for me?? I keep reading about this grid that everyone is talking about, but i have not been able to find it. Preparing for this test has been the most stressful thing that i think i have ever done, so any thing would help. Thank you, despirate nurse in need:confused:

The grid is simply what you write out on the blank page on the back of your PCS form. When you write your eval careplan you flip the booklet over to the back, make squares (grid) like a tic tac toe board, and each critical element goes in a square written out as a mneumonic. When you are done it should look like a tic tac toe board with a checklist in each box. As you complete something you simply check it off. It prevents you from forgetting anything WHEN you get distracted or interrupted. The first square should have your 20 minute checks in it. I actually numbered my assessments/managements and did them in order of laying down things(abd assess) sitting things(resp assess) and then ambulation/mobility was always last. I spent no more than one hour in each room. It can be done if you control your nerves and stay organized. You also save yourself a load of stress by passing all of your labs on friday night. I didn't know at the time but you can write out your mnemonics on your sim lab form. Would have saved me much stress. Hope this helps :)