CRNE February 2012

MattJoey · Nov 23, 2011

But they can not call them selves nurses until they sit and pass CRNE therefore they are still writers until they get their result

They are called "Student nurses". For those who pass the CRNE are Registered Nurses!

Pediatric Critical Care Columnist · Nov 23, 2011

All right, MattJoey, since you just won't let this one go, please do tell us what a "CRNE writer" is, and then call it a day. There will be no more off-topic posts, if you don't mind.

joanna73, BSN, RN · Nov 23, 2011

You all have the knowledge and skill to pass the exam. Focus on your study, and never mind the semantics. You want your RN designation? Simple. Apply yourselves and make sure you're prepared well.

MattJoey · Nov 23, 2011

All right, MattJoey, since you just won't let this one go, please do tell us what a "CRNE writer" is, and then call it a day. There will be no more off-topic posts, if you don't mind.

You are omitting words from your comments "Canadian-trained CRNE writer" is different from "CRNE writer". There might be some similarities but not totally the same. But focusing on what you ask about, "CRNE writer" is the one who qualify to write the CRNE, maybe a Canadian graduate or an Internationally Educated Nurses! I hope this satisfies your question.

MattJoey · Nov 23, 2011

You folks might want to have a look into the copyright on the review package from nurse2canada. If you're sharing copyrighted material there could be legal complications from that. Don't forget that this site is available to anyone with a computer/smartphone/tablet and an internet connection and it's not as anonymous as you think since you've all shared your email addresses publicly right here.

Janfrn,

There's no copyright in the package. It's the nurses2canada who will get the legal complications because they took the some of the questions from Lippincott. They just put some little changes on it.

its_electric · Nov 28, 2011

I am new to this site and I really appreciate the amount of information I have been getting since I started reading this site. Since I received my results I have been trying to decide whether I should give my last chance on the exam in February or June. This is a very hard decision to make since this will be my LAST CHANCE. As far as I know for both my first and second chance I really studied hard and utitilized most of the recommended resources. I even took a prep course with Primed but still I fell short by 0.5%, well it all comes down to the fact that I failed! Like most of the writers on this website who had to take this exam three times or more I know for sure I am not an idiot but for some reason I can't seem to get it.
About taking the NCLEX I have been doing some research since I received my results and I gathered that New York state, North Carolina and Colorado just to mention a few are some of the states that don't require one to be registered in Canada in order to take the NCLEX, all they need is proof that you graduated from an accredited school of nursing here. Some of them even mentioned that they are willing to communicate with the school if they feel something needs verification, just to make it work. This is very encouraging to people like me and I think all we need is a few kind words of encouragement from our fellow nurses especially from people like you who have been in the field for so long. The only catch to the whole thing about NCLEX is the amount of time it will take for CFGNS to send the report to the requested states.
thank you

Hey have you ever caught yourself doing something wrong when you are going through practice exam questions? Maybe you have heard of this already, but what I was doing wrong was reading the questions in my head quickly, I was literally scanning the questions not reading word for word in my head. I think that was my downfall on my first try. I also was not reading all the answers. The questions are really tricky I find, even the answers were tricky. What I did was find what I was doing wrong, and wrote the things I need to work on on the exam booklet itself. I know it seems ridiculous, but it reminds you to do it. I wrote things like: "Read the questions in your head slowly", "thing like a new grad", "don't bring in experience to the questions", "do not add extra information", etc. I even wrote down the ABG normal values. Small information you can memorize is good to write down because you an automatically do them without worrying about the answers. I even wrote down the formula for calculating drip rates. If you have a hard time remembering the nursing process because then write it down, because it is always assess first, and keeping in mind safety of you and your patients. I also tried answering the questions before looking at the answer, and if an answer is close to what I thought the answer is going to be I picked that one.

Honestly I didn't study as much the second time around, I found out what I was doing wrong, and what I needed to work on. There were two competencies, health and wellness, and changes in health. Those two brought my scores down. I only practiced those competencies, until it brought my scores up. I emailed the instructor of primed on how to increase my scores on the health and wellness competencies, and she told me to brush up on my community health nursing in perry and potter. One hint she told us was that nurses are pro immunization, so if there is a question about immunization, then chose the one that is for immunizing. I had questions about immunizations on practice exams, and the answers were always to immunize or promote immunization. For the changes in health, she told me to make a table with headings like: definition, assessment, diagnosis, interventions, teaching, discharge; then do this on a disease/illness you are unfamiliar with.

Try writing down what you need to do on a practice exam, I think they serve as motivation and reminders for yourself, so that you don't get flustered on the answers. I think most of us already know there is always the "two" answers left, and I think if you are systematic you will get to the correct answers, by that I mean go back to what you wrote down on your booklet or practice exam. I think you have like 90 seconds per questions, which enough time to carefully read the questions and evaluate the answers.

During the exam, I had lozenges to keep me from being distracted and helped me maintain that sugar level. I think all that thinking during the exam uses a lot of energy, and you need to be awake and alert. I am the type for person that can't sit still for long periods of time, I honestly wanted to just yell during the first hour. LOL. And give yourself pep talks throughout the exam. This was my experience anyway and I know my suggestion was FLUFFY but it helped me, I'm not saying it may work for all of you, but does not hurt to try what you are comfortable with.

GOOD LUCK everyone!

Watchme27 · Nov 28, 2011

Originally Posted by Watchme27

I am new to this site and I really appreciate the amount of information I have been getting since I started reading this site. Since I received my results I have been trying to decide whether I should give my last chance on the exam in February or June. This is a very hard decision to make since this will be my LAST CHANCE. As far as I know for both my first and second chance I really studied hard and utitilized most of the recommended resources. I even took a prep course with Primed but still I fell short by 0.5%, well it all comes down to the fact that I failed! Like most of the writers on this website who had to take this exam three times or more I know for sure I am not an idiot but for some reason I can't seem to get it.

About taking the NCLEX I have been doing some research since I received my results and I gathered that New York state, North Carolina and Colorado just to mention a few are some of the states that don't require one to be registered in Canada in order to take the NCLEX, all they need is proof that you graduated from an accredited school of nursing here. Some of them even mentioned that they are willing to communicate with the school if they feel something needs verification, just to make it work. This is very encouraging to people like me and I think all we need is a few kind words of encouragement from our fellow nurses especially from people like you who have been in the field for so long. The only catch to the whole thing about NCLEX is the amount of time it will take for CFGNS to send the report to the requested states.

thank you

Hey have you ever caught yourself doing something wrong when you are going through practice exam questions? Maybe you have heard of this already, but what I was doing wrong was reading the questions in my head quickly, I was literally scanning the questions not reading word for word in my head. I think that was my downfall on my first try. I also was not reading all the answers. The questions are really tricky I find, even the answers were tricky. What I did was find what I was doing wrong, and wrote the things I need to work on on the exam booklet itself. I know it seems ridiculous, but it reminds you to do it. I wrote things like: "Read the questions in your head slowly", "thing like a new grad", "don't bring in experience to the questions", "do not add extra information", etc. I even wrote down the ABG normal values. Small information you can memorize is good to write down because you an automatically do them without worrying about the answers. I even wrote down the formula for calculating drip rates. If you have a hard time remembering the nursing process because then write it down, because it is always assess first, and keeping in mind safety of you and your patients. I also tried answering the questions before looking at the answer, and if an answer is close to what I thought the answer is going to be I picked that one.

Honestly I didn't study as much the second time around, I found out what I was doing wrong, and what I needed to work on. There were two competencies, health and wellness, and changes in health. Those two brought my scores down. I only practiced those competencies, until it brought my scores up. I emailed the instructor of primed on how to increase my scores on the health and wellness competencies, and she told me to brush up on my community health nursing in perry and potter. One hint she told us was that nurses are pro immunization, so if there is a question about immunization, then chose the one that is for immunizing. I had questions about immunizations on practice exams, and the answers were always to immunize or promote immunization. For the changes in health, she told me to make a table with headings like: definition, assessment, diagnosis, interventions, teaching, discharge; then do this on a disease/illness you are unfamiliar with.

Try writing down what you need to do on a practice exam, I think they serve as motivation and reminders for yourself, so that you don't get flustered on the answers. I think most of us already know there is always the "two" answers left, and I think if you are systematic you will get to the correct answers, by that I mean go back to what you wrote down on your booklet or practice exam. I think you have like 90 seconds per questions, which enough time to carefully read the questions and evaluate the answers.

During the exam, I had lozenges to keep me from being distracted and helped me maintain that sugar level. I think all that thinking during the exam uses a lot of energy, and you need to be awake and alert. I am the type for person that can't sit still for long periods of time, I honestly wanted to just yell during the first hour. LOL. And give yourself pep talks throughout the exam. This was my experience anyway and I know my suggestion was FLUFFY but it helped me, I'm not saying it may work for all of you, but does not hurt to try what you are comfortable with.

Thanks for your advice and I will definately take all of it into consideration.

MattJoey · Nov 29, 2011

For those who are interested in group study in Toronto you can contact this email

dream4thainurse · Nov 29, 2011

I just worried about my Exam application form i sent on november 9th from hamilton ontario( 45 mins from toronto) i called CNO to look if they got my application ( i sent regular mailed) they said havenot found in the file yet i am so worry becuase it deadline for apply in on 21 november and i called them after that day ,second time i called the said might hold it for 10 more days ( i pay exam fee 508$ by credit card ) and my money still in the account .

anybody has any idea i am so worried .

Pediatric Critical Care Columnist · Nov 29, 2011

I just worried about my Exam application form i sent on november 9th from hamilton ontario( 45 mins from toronto) i called CNO to look if they got my application ( i sent regular mailed) they said havenot found in the file yet i am so worry becuase it deadline for apply in on 21 november and i called them after that day ,second time i called the said might hold it for 10 more days ( i pay exam fee 508$ by credit card ) and my money still in the account .
anybody has any idea i am so worried .

It's probably in a pile of other applications. Ontario has the largest number of people writing every single time so there are likely hundreds of applications there and a good number of them would have come in very close to the deadline as those who are rewriting got their results of the October exam. The deadline was only a week ago. Give them some time.

dream4thainurse · Nov 29, 2011

thank you very much @Janfrn to explain to me i just feel so nervouse i am IEN and this is my first time for CRNE

Frd4ever08 · Nov 29, 2011

hi guys m also preparing fro the test is there anyone from toronto or brampton

Have you joined any studygroup?