I paid the $50 to have the study guide printed and put on paper.

If you do NOTHING else, print pages 411-491.

Everything that you need to pass is on these pages. These are the actual check off sheets that the examiners will be using to check to make sure that you are following things according to the "Excelsior Way."

I am pulling these pages out and taking them with me every where I go.

I strongly recommend doing this- it simplifies everything, and there will be absolutely no question as to what they are looking for, and you will only be studying what you need to know, not all the extra stuff.

This has changed my whole look and studying process here. I am also using Rob's CPNE dvd, but these sheets are the way to go for me.

Good luck!

Thanks for those tips. I will check out those pages again and I am also using Rob's DVD'S.

Smart girl. :) You'd be surprised how many students don't make it that far through the study guide ... I'm just sayin'. The weekend before my CPNE, my buddy Lisa B. called me and we studied over the phone for a couple of hours, and she used those sheets to critique me as I verbalized my way through every area of care, double-checking that my mnemonics hit all the high points as well (I knew they did, but this was a final test of putting them in action, sorta).

I am so excited for you to finish!! :)

Smart girl. :) You'd be surprised how many students don't make it that far through the study guide ... I'm just sayin'. The weekend before my CPNE, my buddy Lisa B. called me and we studied over the phone for a couple of hours, and she used those sheets to critique me as I verbalized my way through every area of care, double-checking that my mnemonics hit all the high points as well (I knew they did, but this was a final test of putting them in action, sorta).

I am so excited for you to finish!! :)

I am excited too.

Now I feel that I will be 100% ready come October 8th.

Hell, by that time, I'll have memorized the whole darn check off sheets! Much easier than a "GRID" or Mnemonics, if you ask me!

I needed my grid/mnemonics to keep me on track during my PCSs ... not that it saved me from failing a PCS for not IDing my patient properly (duh), but that's because it was my last PCS and I was losing focus and didn't look at my grid. LOL.

Not everyone uses mnemonics. My friend Ed just knew every step for each AOC as outlined in those sheets, and it worked for him. :)

Lunah - I appreciate all your posts. You seem to have alot of helpful tips for Excelsior. I will probably be bugging you alot in the future

that's how i studied for and passed my CPNE in May. I made my mnuemonics off of those pages!!! :) like for O2 management, i did

ROCOPS

Response to activity

02 status( 3 C= color,cap refill or clubbing)

Condition of skin in contact with oxygen devices

02 maintained by (check pulse ox, check flowmeter if needed)

Pt. response to care

Spark free environment. (I think they may have omitted this one in the 17th edition)

good luck to you

smitty, G.N.

Yes they did remove "old sparky" in the 17th edition and your mneumonic lokks great:yeah:

I paid the $50 to have the study guide printed and put on paper.

If you do NOTHING else, print pages 411-491.

Everything that you need to pass is on these pages. These are the actual check off sheets that the examiners will be using to check to make sure that you are following things according to the "Excelsior Way."

I am pulling these pages out and taking them with me every where I go.

I strongly recommend doing this- it simplifies everything, and there will be absolutely no question as to what they are looking for, and you will only be studying what you need to know, not all the extra stuff.

This has changed my whole look and studying process here. I am also using Rob's CPNE dvd, but these sheets are the way to go for me.

Good luck!

This is so true! I got the thing printed and took those specific pages and had them bound into a spiral book at office max and carried them around with me everywhere. Sounds like your gonna do Great!

Yes they did remove "old sparky" in the 17th edition and your mneumonic lokks great:yeah:

What was old sparky?

The part about ensuring a spark-free environment for patients on O2.

what is the cpne grid everyone talks about, I just started studying for the cpne

A grid are boxes that people make with their mnemonics (for the most part). When you prepare for your PCS, you are allowed and encouraged by the CEs to make a "Grid" on the back of a blank page. The grid allows you to organize your thoughts (the critical elements) and write them down in form of a mnemonic. Then as you do the tasks, you cross them off. If you didn't cross the task off then you have forgotten something which could cause you to fail a PCS. Like some have said, you don't have to use a grid but I would definitely come up with something that will help you organize the tasks you need to do. As simple as, "washing" your hands may seem, it is a failure if you don't do it so sometimes coming up with a mnemonic to make you remember it is just beneficial under pressure. Believe me, the CPNE is all about stress and pressure so you need all the help you can get. The grid is also good to use when you are documenting. Even though you have done a task you must document that you did it at the end of each PCS.

It's very hard to explain but once you do it a few times, it's will come naturally.

Good Luck with your studies!

Attached an example..but you need to make your own mnemonics because you will remember them better... :)

Sample GRID.doc