CRNE February 2012

joanna73, BSN, RN · Mar 11, 2012

I agree. Quite honestly, now that I'm into my second year of nursing, I find myself nostalgic for school sometimes. The CRNE is nothing compared to the stress that all nurses face on the job. Every day, you face unexpected and less than ideal situations as a nurse. Get used to it. It's unlikely that the CNO will be sympathetic, because many people would have passed despite the distractions.

joanna73, BSN, RN · Mar 11, 2012

Just to give another example, I'm one RN for 30 people in LTC. The med passes are gigantic. During any given time, I might have 2 NA's talking to me, 4 or 5 residents also vying for my attention, people wandering, maybe a fall, and the Dr arrives to do rounds or write orders. Sometimes it gets insane. What can I do? Take a deep breath, prioritize, move on. You are never going to find that "ideal" situation. During the nice quiet times, we actually start to feel uncomfortable, because quiet and orderly is rare.

Lols ireland · Mar 11, 2012

thanks. did you sit the February CRNE?what part of Ireland are you from?

KAL1970 · Mar 11, 2012

Thank you janfrn for the post, i agree about what you wrote, as nurses we should be able to focus on critical situations regardless the surrounding environment, otherwise we can’t be nurses and save lives

MattJoey · Mar 11, 2012

Nobody can stop me me of filing complain to CNO, if they reconsider, it's their decision that we have to wait. For those who want to complain write them. There's no harm in trying. Some people just don't understand that taking exam and working in the hospital are two different things. How can they be the same?

Kilmihil · Mar 11, 2012

Clare, you? Yes I sat the Feb one in Hamilton.

Silverdragon102, BSN · Mar 11, 2012

If you are going to complain about something, especially exam conditions then it should be done as soon as the exam is completed, not 5-6 weeks later. Would you still be complaining if you received a pass?

Silverdragon102, BSN · Mar 11, 2012

I suspect this is something the college will ask. Why the delay

ngup · Mar 12, 2012

hi silverdragon102,

You are not the person who is suppose to be judging us regarding when we should be complaining to CNO. We have a things to say CNO if we have or haven't complained before or after the result. So, try to put yourself in our shoes then talk about this situation. If you can't then you don't have a right to say whatever you wanna say.

Hi Acadiana,

I'm sorry to hear that you had faced this kind of situation before in your life and you didn't voice yourself at that time. But we are going to voice this situation since we have the right and courage to bring this situation forward to CNO. I used the techniques to let myself focus by doing various things (this I have to say that to the CNO) and how i finished the exam. We have studied so hard for many years to be a nurse and no one has the right to block our way in becoming a Registered Nurse.

hi, janfrn, Please remember that we are writing here about CRNE and how we were distracted during exam time. You can't compare exam to working world. It is completely different. Whether it is in ICU, Emergency, Surgery, Medicine, etc..... we are trained to work this way (noisy environment). We are nurses who are suppose to be working in this kind of situations (noisy environment) so you can't compare to CRNE. Exams are "not" suppose to be"noisy" and in schools and universities we had trained to be completely silent.

Yes, your are right about working in a hospital should know how to handle noisy environment and we have that trained in nursing school, clinicals, as well as working as an RN (I worked before). But it is completely different when it comes to CRNE and I'm not sure why you are comparing this to CRNE and it really doesn't make sense.

hi MattJoey,

I completely agree with you regarding CREN and working world (hospitals) being two completely different situations. I cannot understand how people can't differentiate this two situations even after doing exams (in their lives) and working in the hospitals.

May be they have forgotten or don't know what kind of environment any exam writing environment should be. It could be that they have involved so much in a working world that they have forgotten what kind of environment CRNE or any school/universities exam really should be. This is my opinion about people who thinks CRNE and working in the hospitals are same.

MattJoey, I respect your decision and you should definitely voice this problems. I'm going to do the same. Good Luck!

joanna73, BSN, RN · Mar 12, 2012

Every year we hear the same types of complaints on this site from people who are unsuccessful with the CRNE. The fact is, for those of you who are dissatisfied with the last exam, yes you do have the right to complain. However, if you felt there was an issue, you all should have contacted your licensing body within a week of sitting the exam. Five weeks later, it's unlikely they will be sympathetic. You still have two more opportunities to write, so all is not lost.

MattJoey · Mar 12, 2012

11 Code Blue in your shift? I don't believe you, that's balooney. You just make me laugh. I'm working in Emergency and ICU in the one of the busiest hospital in Toronto. So far the most number of Code Blue there is 5-6.

Pediatric Critical Care Columnist · Mar 12, 2012

11 Code Blue in your shift? I don't believe you, that's balooney. You just make me laugh. I'm working in Emergency and ICU in the one of the busiest hospital in Toronto. So far the most number of Code Blue there is 5-6.

That's wonderful for you MattJoey. I work in a 650-bed hospital with one of the largest cardiac programs in the country (both adult and pediatric) and 6 ICUs. I didn't say there were 11 code Blues, I said 11 codes and MET calls. Our public address system announces both codes and MET calls in the same manner, with a claxon that sounds to get everyone's attention, and then an announcement of the details of the message. Does your hospital have a Medical Emergency Team? 11 isn't typical for us, but there are days when it seems there's something happening every time we turn around. That particular day we even had an adult code on a pediatric ward that, as charge nurse on the PICU, I had to verify was really an adult because sometimes they make a mistake in the announcement. But this discussion is off-topic.