CPNE workshops

Aliakey · Sep 4, 2012

I have not taken the on-site workshop, but have been diving into her online workshop material. Personally, I'm glad I waited until:

I read the Study Guide thoroughly and took my notes on it (I'm a notetaker kinda person).

I also ordered the Excelsior DVD and watched that a few times over, and intentionally looked for their unmentioned little mistakes to refresh what I learned from the study guide. The workbook was kind of useless for me; learned a lot of that information from the study guide itself and the discussion board at Excelsior.

Hate to say it, but I found some minor "ooops" in Sheri Taylor's videos as well, but if anything, helped me more that way to recognize them. Overall though, her videos were well worth the month's subscription.

I also made daily pilgrimages to the Excelsior discussion board for CPNE, where I learned the bulk of care plan documentation and many of the simple mistakes to avoid during the CPNE. Get to know that apples-to-apples concept; makes the nursing diagnosis documentation much easier!

I ordered the skills kit with the wound from Excelsior. Viewing Sheri Taylor's videos while getting the skills down at home was a great combination, and she offered a lot of great tips, particularly with sterile field considerations in wound packing and piggyback IV medications.

Also don't forget the textbook publishers' websites for their free videos and such on skills, if you have the access code. I particularly like the one for our Fundamentals of Nursing book. I didn't care for the CD that came with the book, but the online content was great!

My opinion is to go into the workshop with a solid foundation of knowledge about the CPNE and study guide so you can focus on a lot of the smaller things that might bite you during the actual exam. Sorry I don't have any advise specifically for her on-site workshops.

Hope it helps!

jessica*34 · Sep 7, 2012

Thanks! :)

jbeanmi · Sep 20, 2012

I just finished her on-site workshop. I don't have a clinical date yet, although everything has been approved. My preference was to attend after reading over the content guide for CPNE because I found it to be overwhelming and was not sure where to begin my studying or really how or what to study. I now have my own plan of attack for studying. It was very much simplified in her workshop so I find it to be much more doable now! For me this was the way to go, before I have a set date. I can always do her online as time draws closer if I need it. I have a good base to organize my study now. I didn't want to learn a bunch of different ways and learn something the wrong way. I will just stick to Sheri's method. Hope this helps! Everyone has their own learning style.