Starting PCCN process

[CrazyCatLadyRN]

So my goal is to have the PCCN done before August. I recently took the month long AACN formatted critical care class (ECCO) that was offered at a local community college. My telemetry unit sends nurses there several times a year to increase the knowledge base on the unit and also requires you to do it before you begin doing Charge. I bought the PCCN Certification Review book by Brorsen and Rogelet and have been doing practice questions from that. I also have the workbook/textbook that we used in the ECCO class as a reference along with a Critical Care Nursing textbook from nursing school as a reference. I was wondering if people who have taken the class think that this would be enough study material and your reviews if you have used this practice question book. Any study tips?? My ANM goes to a PCCN/CCRN review every year and gave me all her notes that she took during the two day class too. SO nervous because I've heard horror stories about these tests! I'm normally a pretty good test taker, did very well in school, but it's been 2 years since college and this whole study thing is just not as easy as it used to be!

[Applern2014]

CrazyCatLadyRN, I saw on another thread that you created a study guide for the pbds assessment for when you took it? I am pretty sure I will have to take it in the next few weeks, and I lent a lot of my nursing study guides and nclex books to a friend preparing for the nclex, I could really use something to study from. Do you still have it?

[nursejackie11]

Did anyone use the webinar from AACN? By Carol Rauen? How did you find it correlated with the actual test? I'm thinking of getting the Ahrens book in addition to my other materials

[nscheid]

I know this was a few years ago when you posted this....but do you recall if the 7 week PCCN webinar helpful in your success?

[Motherofcorgis, BSN, RN]

I purchased the online webinar from AACN and although I did enjoy it, I felt like the newly released PASS PCCN was a much better resource. The online question bank was immense and gave extremely detailed rationales. Not only for the correct answers but for why the wrong answers weren't correct. I do think purchasing the review booklet from the AACN was helpful because it gives you an idea as to how the test questions were worded.