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Specializes in Tele, ICU, ER.

Well... I have never seen such an ornery, convoluted test, but I DID IT!!

Nothing on that test resembled anything I studied - I swear it was worse than NCLEX, and I walked out sure that I failed, but I PASSED.

Ok just had to tell folks - I was so excited! But what a miserable test!

Anyone else think it was really really hard, or just me?

Phew!

EmerNurse, RN, CEN:balloons:

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Specializes in 6 years of ER fun, med/surg, blah, blah.

Congrats! It is a horribly hard test. My brain was twisted in every direction, after I took it. And you did it!!!!!:monkeydance:

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Specializes in NICU, Psych, Education.

Congrats on your pass!

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Specializes in Tele, ICU, ER.

Thanks! My non-nursing friends don't understand how tough this was - I know you all do - thank you!!

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Specializes in Maternity & Well Baby Nursery.

What is Cen? I am a first semester, first year nursing student and don't know what it is.

Thanks for helping out someone who is still ignorant.

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Specializes in Emergency, Trauma.

(Certified Emergency Nurse exam.) I wasn't sure I had passed when I took it, and I didn't realise that you got your results right then. I remember walking out, and as the lady handed me a piece of paper, she glanced down at it first, then looked up at me and said congratulations. I went out to my car and screamed and laughed like a crazy woman! Congratulations!

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Specializes in Flight, ER, Transport, ICU/Critical Care.

:balloons: :balloons: :balloons: :balloons: :balloons: :balloons:

Congratulations! Go RN, CEN!

It was, at best, an ODD test. I passed in 03 - so I'll re-take it next year for recert. The nomenclature gets a bit long with all the certs, but be proud and use it! I hope your facility "recognizes" it with $, but at the least get your badge changed to reflect your BOARD CERTIFICATION IN EMERGENCY NURSING!

Yeah!!!!!

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Specializes in ED-CEN/PACU/Flight.

Congrats!

I've been putting off taking the CEN for awhile now, but will probably get my rear in gear when I get my tax returns...

*sigh*

Hope I don't vomit on the keyboard like I wanted to after NCLEX!

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Specializes in Maternity & Well Baby Nursery.
(Certified Emergency Nurse exam.) I wasn't sure I had passed when I took it, and I didn't realise that you got your results right then. I remember walking out, and as the lady handed me a piece of paper, she glanced down at it first, then looked up at me and said congratulations. I went out to my car and screamed and laughed like a crazy woman! Congratulations!

Thank you for replying!

I apologize for not adding my congratulations to everyone else's. You sound so happy! And I am happy for you!:smiley_aa

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Specializes in ER, ICU, L&D, OR.

They make it difficult that way because they get a perverse pleasure from it

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Specializes in Tele, ICU, ER.

Thanks all for the sweet words.

I DO wonder, though, do only sadists make up the test questions? Good Lord! I can't even remember the questions now, they were so odd, convoluted and bizarre.

Eek - gonna go into work tonite and look for stuff that was on the exam just for fun - like license plate bingo on long car rides LOL.

:wink2:

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I have done the CEN exam 3 times and it never gets any better. I hate the fact that you do 250 questions and 50 do not count. Hell my brain is fried at 100 questions.

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