Any Tips on preparing CNOR exam?

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Specializes in OR, GI, Endoscopy.

To all the CNOR certified OR experts:

How did you prepare for your CNOR exam?

Besides Alexander and CCI CNOR prep book, any other material or courses did you use? Study plan?

More importantly, how did you study your AORN guideline? There are so much information in that guideline book and it seems so much to read.

Thanks all.

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Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.

Back in my day....

Just kidding. But honestly, just skim over the highlighted sections of the guidelines. There's so much "this research said and that research said" in the text. Hit the highlights instead of trying to read everything.

Personally, all I did was the CCI review book and a review course through AORN with money back guarantee.

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The AORN course is pretty much worthless, in my opinion. The Zander course, which I took, was awesome and gave strategies for how to answer multiple-choice questions, and simplified the guidelines into points that you really had to know.

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I also used CCI CNOR Exam Prep Phone APP and paid for the upgrade. This book is a paperback and a little $$ but I read it, highlighted and studied from cover to cover.

CNOR Exam Secrets Study Guide: CNOR Test Review for the CNOR Exam: 97816

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