Skip to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.
allnurses

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.
Discussion

CPNE Advise

Hi. I have currently completed all 6 FCCA quizzes, I am just waiting to take the final exams for both FCCA between April 18-24th. I am now looking ahead to my CPNE, I live in Nashville, TN so Atlanta, GA is very close to me the problem is I have not heard any reviews from people who took the CPNE in Atlanta. Is there anyone on here who could shed light on their experiences testing in Atlanta or in GA period. I would greatly appreciate the info. I am planning on taking Sherri Taylor's workshop the weekend before my CPNE.

  • Quote

    • Featured Replies

    • Moderator

    Which hospital, Grady? You can search this forum for experiences, they're here.

  • Quote
    • Author

    I wanted advice about all 5 clinical sites in GA.

  • Quote
    • Moderator
    I wanted advice about all 5 clinical sites in GA.

    There are actually only four sites — the CHOA location is where the Grady testers go for the peds patients. No one is going to be able to provide you with advice on all the sites, and you can Google journals all day long and still get one student's opinion. Your best bet is to focus on your own preparation; the sites will be very similar, and in Georgia the CA/CEs rotate between sites so you'd probably get some of the same people administering the test anywhere you go. You can look at the websites for each hospital if you want to get an idea of patient population: Excelsior College | Finding a Test Site

    You will see good and bad about EVERY site. If you want to decrease your wait time, don't limit yourself to a handful of sites.

  • Quote
    • Author

    Yeah I kinda figured that it seems everyone does their CPNE in Ny I have read so many reviews on all the places up there, guess the south is not so popular lol

  • Quote

    If you are going to take a workshop to help you prepare, I wouldn't wait to do it the weekend before your CPNE. You should already be set to test the weekend before. I would give yourself time.

    I took a workshop in April 2015 and I tested July 10-12, 2015. I felt like that was the perfect amount of time to apply what I had learned from the workshop to what I was already doing. I wouldn't have wanted to have less time because I may not have been able to really soak in all that I had learned from the workshop.

    I tested at Southern Regional. It is a nice test site. I think it seems like the northern sites are more popular because there are more of them. I have seen plenty of people post in the facebook groups and on the EC community boards that they tested SPAC.

  • Quote
    • Author

    Thank you for the feed back I really wanted to test in GA because it's closer and cheaper but I had just heard nothing about them, I did read that it takes longer to get a test date in the SPAC?

  • Quote

    I don't know that it takes longer. There are only 4 sites so perhaps, but that was the first date I was offered and it was a comparable wait to those who were waiting for NPAC dates.

  • Quote
    • Author

    thanks for the input I truly appreciate it I am just ready to have it done lol

  • Quote

    I was at the same workshop as MedicFireRN and tested and passed about six weeks after she did, so about four months after the workshop. I agree with her that you shouldn't take a workshop the weekend before you test. I'd say a month or two ahead of time is better, since then you have plenty of time to practice things you learned at the workshop, but not so much time that you start forgetting what you learned.

    Good luck!

  • Quote
    • Author

    Did you test in GA as well? I have decided I will be done with FCCA on April 24th last day to take final and Sherri Taylor has a workshop the weekend of May 20th I am going to go ahead and sign up before it is full, at first I really wasn't stressing finishing I guess because I know I have the time with my school, but my job is now wanting me in a RN position they are holding for me by August.

  • Quote

    No, I tested in Wisconsin before they closed both test sites.

  • Quote

    I just passed in Lubbock yesterday after failing twice in Atlanta. The staff in Texas are far superior and truly want you to succeed . I never felt like the Atlanta staff cared one way or another if you passed. I tested at Southern Regional , then Grady 7 months later. I had to wait longer for Lubbock but it sure paid off. I feel I could teach the CPNE after 3 of them, but now I have passed and know it is possible . I had 3 of the same examiners at Grady as I had at Southern Regional.

  • Quote

    • Join the conversation

    You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

    Guest
    Add a Comment
    Go to topic listing

    Currently Reading 0

    • No registered users viewing this page.

    Account

    Navigation

    Search

    Search

    Configure browser push notifications
    Chrome (Android)
    1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
    2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
    3. Adjust your preference.
    Chrome (Desktop)
    1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
    2. Select Site settings.
    3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.