[CVICURN2003]

Now that I've passed the CCRN (YAY) it's on to the next one. Anyone taken the CSC? What study materials did you use? Hopefully, it's time for a new "sticky" to get started....

Glutton for punishment I know...if I could just motivate myself to lose weight...

[Burnt2]

hahaha slow down, girl!

I glanced through the CSC/CMC stuff online today, apparently not too many people go for it:

"Since the CMC exam was launched in January 2005, 390 have passed for a pass rate of 82%."

(around 475 ppl have tried to take it)

"Since the CSC exam was launched in January 2005, 533 have passed for a pass rate of 87%."

(around 612 ppl have tried to take it)


I found that here

I don't think I could squeeze another title onto my badge.....thats without putting the ccrn on there, lol

[CVICURN2003]

I wonder why so few people have tried to take it. Any thoughts? Am I just being am overacheiver?? I looked at the stuff too and it is not too bad. I wonder why so few take it??

[Burnt2]

Originally Posted by CVICURN2003

I wonder why so few people have tried to take it. Any thoughts? Am I just being am overacheiver?? I looked at the stuff too and it is not too bad. I wonder why so few take it??

Yea I looked at all the sample questions and they didn't seem really difficult......


*shrug*

I think its the perfect followup - does your unit pay for it?

[CCUROB]

Sup peeps, passed the CSC, studied Manual Of Perioperative Care In Adult Cardiac Surgery by Robert M. Bojar. Test is a lot of hemodynamic numbers, drugs, etc. A lot of "off the wall" topics like Protamine reactions, types of AAA dissections, Maze procedure... It pretty much follows the outline on the AACN website.

Applying to anesthesia school next fall and wanted a thicker resume'. If you have been recovering hearts for a a few years you will ace it. :hatparty:

[cvicugirl]

I took the CSC recently and would agree that if you know cardiac A&P and have been recovering hearts for several years--you'll do fine. I didn't study, but then again, CV is my thing...