Well, as before, I am gonna post my weekend. This time I will be broadcasting from the bright sunny state of NY, and from the city where our beloved Excelsior college hails from, Albany, NY.
A little back story for those who may not know. In February of this year I flew out to Wisconsin fry first shot at the CPNE. It did not go as planned and due to some errors on Excelsiors part I was granted my appeal and was given a priority reschedule for the CPNE.
Since I live in Philadelphia and Albany, according to mapquest, is only a 3 1/2 hour drive from my house, I will be commuting.
So my bags are packed. Car is packed. It's about 90 degrees out already and if I am not sweating from nerves because of this weekend, I am sweating cause it is so damn hot out.
Will post more when I have something to say.
Bill- out
PS. Let's all wish our own PixieRN who is gonna be a momma very, VERY soon. I'm rooting for ya Lisa!
Specializes in EMT since 92, Paramedic since 97, RN and PHRN 2021.
Day two is in the history book. I know not everyone has made it through to the last day tomorrow. Will find out in the morning. I can see the finish line!!!'
I've been checking here a couple of times everyday since Sunday evening. On Monday, I said that Bill was out celebrating his success, after all, he was in or near The Big Apple. Today, I can only hope that my thoughts are incorrect.
For everyone who has ever asked me, I've always responded with "keep your testing date to yourself; doing so goes a long way with minimizing the stress". I only told one person about my CPNE testing date, and that a----le served me with divorce papers the date before my test began. Fortunately, I went on to pass the CPNE since, as an acute care LPN, I felt right at home in a hospital setting with people watching my every move. Come to think of it, my dad didn't even know I was in college until after that CPNE weekend was over. I called to tell him I was getting divorced; shock was his reaction; joy followed when I told him that my then-husband did not want me graduating and making more than him. At that point, my dad only heard that I graduated.
My NCLEX date was the world's best-kept secret, though. I did not tell a soul until after I got "the good pop-up". I posted it on the now-defunct Electronic Peer Network (EPN) that EC once had, but did not tell my family until I received the quick results saying 'pass'.
If Bill is reading this, I just want to say that if he did fail the CPNE, he should not be embarrassed or humiliated or anything of the sort. I would have given anything to have a supportive and stable home life over a CPNE pass ANY day. My entire EC experience was a struggle because my husband and his mom were both praying for my failure. I am fortunate that I passed anyway because I was going to need that to take care of myself as it turned out, instead of making life easier for my husband and me.
After overcoming all of that, I went on to fail my first-ever nursing exam during my BSN pursuit! I was shocked:nailbiting:, in denial:banghead:, EMBARRASSED (because of 26 total years of nursing...how does a nurse fail a nursing exam?!?!?!?!) furious:madface:...you name it! I didn't announce that until, what, about eight weeks after I had taken it.
So, we ALL have 4 or 5 bad experiences to share for every 1 good story. But, still hoping for good news here...
, in denial:banghead:, EMBARRASSED (because of 26 total years of nursing...how does a nurse fail a nursing exam?!?!?!?!
) furious:madface:...you name it! I didn't announce that until, what, about eight weeks after I had taken it.
emtpbill, ASN, RN, EMT-P
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Day two is in the history book. I know not everyone has made it through to the last day tomorrow. Will find out in the morning. I can see the finish line!!!'