Anyone taking the CPEN

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Specializes in emergency nursing-ENPC, CATN, CEN.

I am planning to sit for the CPEN exam this summer. Has anyone taken it yet? If so--any specific resources they recommend (Currently certified ENPC, PALS, APLS)

The site has about 6 books listed. I was hoping to see if one was more favorable than any of the others

Thanks

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Specializes in Emergency.

i believe this is the first year (as of this jan) that the CPEN is offered, so you might be hard pressed to find someone who has already taken it.

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Specializes in emergency nursing-ENPC, CATN, CEN.

I know--it just opened for testing applications in Jan--

I am starting to see some "prep" courses now-so hopefully one may come by locally-- Scott DeBoers is holding some and he is excellent (His Peds-R-Us classes are superb) so I'll bet his prep class will be top notch too--Thank you

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Specializes in Pediatric Emergency Medicine/Trauma.

I took and passed the CPEN just today. I used the ENA Core Curriculum of Pediatric Emergency Nursing. The majority of the test is analysis of different situations, like "a 2 year old presents with etc etc what do you do first". I'm ENPC and PALS certified and found those somewhat helpful but must of the questions I relied on my personal knowledge from work. Any specific questions - let me know.

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Specializes in emergency nursing-ENPC, CATN, CEN.
I took and passed the CPEN just today. I used the ENA Core Curriculum of Pediatric Emergency Nursing. The majority of the test is analysis of different situations, like "a 2 year old presents with etc etc what do you do first". I'm ENPC and PALS certified and found those somewhat helpful but must of the questions I relied on my personal knowledge from work. Any specific questions - let me know.

Congratulations first off-well done

Well- that makes me feel a bit better-- I have PALS, ENPC (used to be an instructor), CATN so good to know that someone with similiar background relied on their experiences--

Was it a similiar format to the CEN-- computerized, etc?

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Specializes in ER/Peds ER.

I'm one of the 'lucky' RNs who passed the Certified Pediatric Emergency Nurse (CPEN) beta exam last October, 2008.

Anyway, if you have the current Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) manual, the ENA-Core Curriculum for Pediatric Emergency Nursing, & Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) provider manual, you'll be fine. Most/Majority of the questions were taken from those books, plus your 'stock knowledge' & work experience/cases. I had my ENPC recert a couple of months before the exam, so, it really helped me. Just study what's given on the outline provided by the BCEN & PNCB. I didn't take any review courses, though there were already available ones by independent reviewers. Since the focus of the exam is only pediatrics, it's not as hard as CEN, where it's very broad and many disease entities. Don't forget to read on legal issues, eg. EMTALA.

I hope these feedback will help those who want to take the exam.

GOOD LUCK!

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Specializes in ER/Peds ER.

I'm one of the 'lucky' RNs who passed the Certified Pediatric Emergency Nurse (CPEN) beta exam last October, 2008.

Anyway, if you have the current Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) manual, the ENA-Core Curriculum for Pediatric Emergency Nursing, & Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) provider manual, you'll be fine. Most/Majority of the questions were taken from those books, plus your 'stock knowledge' & work experience/cases. I had my ENPC recert a couple of months before the exam, so, it really helped me. Just study what's given on the outline provided by the BCEN & PNCB. I didn't take any review courses, though there were already available ones by independent reviewers. Since the focus of the exam is only pediatrics, it's not as hard as CEN, where it's very broad and many disease entities. Don't forget to read on legal issues, eg. EMTALA.

I hope these feedback will help those who want to take the exam.

GOOD LUCK!

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