CPNE 30 March- 01 April...nervous now!

RyanCarolinaBoy, ADN, BSN, MSN · Mar 16, 2012

Tasha...you got this. I have been slightly behind your pace this entire program. Now you're going to CPNE a few months ahead of me. I have confidence in ya! Can't wait to hear your sucess story!!!

TashaLPN2006RN2012, ASN, RN · Mar 16, 2012

Thanks! I disappeared off of here for awhile when i failed LS3, not once but twice...lol...but once i dusted off (and my bruised ego healed) and really put my mind to it I knocked LS3 out back in DEC, FCCA in Jan and got started on CPNE in Feb...just keep doing mnemonics everyday, then labs, and care plans, and then back to mnemonics and AOC's...it's all i can do! =) Really REALLY REALLY trying to stay positive and I am BANNED from saying IF i pass or What IF this happens...I have to keep saying WHEN i pass, and When this happens =) positive thoughts and prayers is all i need right now! =)

t-lo · Mar 16, 2012

The best of luck to you!:)

ajmedic · Mar 16, 2012

Good luck to you. You got this tho. Confidence will go along way. Im curious, how long did it take you to ge a CPNE date once you apllied?

Editorial Team / Moderator · Mar 16, 2012

Two weeks from today i will be in Atlanta awaiting to take my CPNE at Grady hospital...am I nervous YES, am I excited YES (weird i know)...

The "excited" part isn't weird to those of us who have been just about to go, and then went... I was far more excited than nervous by the time I got to Mansfield!! :)

BostonNurse2876 · Mar 16, 2012

Good luck girl!!! I'm excited and I have yet to take my FCCA!! haha. I'm sure it willflip flop between scred to death and psyched.I just said to myself last year "this is the LAST time I will renew this LPN license!!" Keep your head up and show them what a great nurse you are.:redbeathe

BeachCathyRN · Mar 17, 2012

Good Luck Tasha - you got this!! Will be sending prayers your way-looking forward hearing on April 1st you passed!! :redpinkhe

TashaLPN2006RN2012, ASN, RN · Mar 17, 2012

Good luck to you. You got this tho. Confidence will go along way. Im curious, how long did it take you to ge a CPNE date once you apllied?

My application was submitted and accepted Dec 13, I passed FCCA Jan 9th i think, and then I waited for a date. I put a "ready date" of March 1. I am using my husband's GI bill so basically everything was paid for the day i registered, and then my husband got order and we move the last week of May, so I called to find out if I was even going to be given a date before May (didn't want to be packing/moving and testing all in the same month) and they offered me that following weekend, i turned it down it was too soon and she said well would March work? I told her yes and she gave me 30 March. Said something about someone had just cancelled and she had a spot open so I took it. they are a very military friendly school so that may have had something to do with, however, a friend of mine applied 3 wks after me and recieved the SAME test site for 5 wks after mine, so i do believe the test date I was given would have been close to or within a couple weeks of any other offered date.

TashaLPN2006RN2012, ASN, RN · Mar 17, 2012

guess i should have said i found out my date the first week of feb

Mimi2BNP · Mar 22, 2012

Good Luck and post your experience as soon as you pass and get back to the hotel!!

Erikadawn RN · Mar 22, 2012

Tasha I am so happy for you. It seems that we were on this journey together. I have followed your posts and cheered you on. I failed my first time at the CPNE, so my best pieces of advice is know your labs, be able to do them in your sleep. If you are having trouble with that wound at home, then you will have trouble at the CPNE, know your mnemonics like the back of your hand. They will cue you if you forget a part of your assessment and always advocate for yourself. I saw decisions overturned because the ce were mistaken, wrong, or not informed. Just breathe you can do this.