CRNE October 2010

World Canada CRNE

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Hello every1,

I am going to take CRNE in October 2010. I need your tips and suggestions. I am registered with CARNA (Alberta board of Nursing) but going to take my exam in Toronto. I guess CRNE is standardized exam and is same all over Canada. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Thank you

Specializes in geriatrics.

Some of you may not agree, but 3 attempts is more than fair. The pass rate is higher than 80 percent. If you aren't passing, then you need to determine why and seek out a new strategy. If time is the issue, learn to work under pressure. Seek out help from friends and use resources such as this message board. It is our responsibility to meet the standards they have set. There is no reason why we can't pass after 3 attempts.

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Specializes in geriatrics.

i think if CNA allows 5-6 attempts then it is simply unfair for ppl who passes 1st and 2nd attempts. There are only so many jobs for new grads out there due to the economy recession. Why do all of us have to compete while 3 times is a define line drawing between new grads?

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Specializes in geriatrics.

sorry if this sounds crucial, but we all go through 4 years training and 30,000 student loans, many of us have language barrier and many of us raised children, or being @ a mature age when attended school. Nobody should be treated specially, exam is exam

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Specializes in acute care med/surg, LTC, orthopedics.

Wow, I'm appalled by some of these egotistical posts! The reason you aren't passing your repeated attempts at the exam is because YOU have not learned enough. It's that simple. You can dissect all the reasons this is so, but the fact remains: YOU have not gleaned enough knowledge to make you safe to practice nursing.

Being given 3 attempts is more than generous and the problem isn't with the system. It's with YOU. Remember this is an entry to practice exam meaning, theoretically, base knowledge that you should have gained during your years of nursing school. If you haven't gained this knowledge then you are UNSAFE to be practicing as a nurse. Our mandates as nurses is to protect the public, stop thinking that it's all about YOU. Does the public care you have families to support and student loans to pay and English isn't your first language? How ridiculous and narcissistic!

If you can't pass after 3 attempts (which is still WAY to generous) then you should not be a nurse. Point blank. Go back to school or pick another career. In case I haven't made it clear yet, is it definitely and unequivocally not about YOU.

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Specializes in NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology.

WE MUST SPEAK UP ...THIS LIFE OUR LIFE AND OUR FUTURE.

No, actually it's the lives and futures of your potential patients. I for one would not be really happy knowing that the nurse providing my care required 6 attempts to pass an entry-to-practice, basic nursing knowledge exam of 200 questions or less. Having a Bachelor's degree does not mean you are able to apply the knowledge you've accummulated over 4 years and that's why there has to be a licensing exam in the first place.

a few years ago it was a total of 5 or 6 attempt ...... Why do we get only 3 attempts??????

We have to do something ..... When we speak up rules will change!!!

Please post out thoughts.

It has NEVER been 5 or 6 attempts EVER. When I graduated in 1994, it was 3 strikes... and the exam was 4 booklets, 700 questions over two full days. And it had been that way for a very long time. I have to agree with OttawaRPN, joanna73 and whitebunny. Three attempts is more than enough.

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Specializes in geriatrics.

I am also a mature student, who struggled on her own, like many of you. I worked full time while attending school, with massive student loans. I was fortunate enough to get a part time job, which I am relocating for. So I am still broke, but feel very blessed. As I mentioned, failing wasn't an option.

To the whiner... Seriously we all worked hard. Suck it up and do the work. No one owes you anything.

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While I do agree that the previous posters about keeping the CRNE at 3 attempts, I do want to say that the person who passed with only one attempt is no way better than the person who took 2 attempts to pass it. I do not think the CRNE is 100% indicative of how adequate a nurse is but I do believe that the CRNE is a very imperative step in becoming a nurse. I know I was smart enough, in practice and in the classroom through peers and professors but my downfall was most likely reading through the questions and not understanding what exactly it was asking for but this does not make me less of a qualified nurse because I passed on my 2nd attempt.

Completing your BScN degree should not qualify you as a nurse either. I know I have seen people cheat on their school exams, do they deserve to graduate? No but they did. Same with the people who coast through the 4 years and not giving a damn. I do know a few people who have passed the CRNE and they've coasted through 4 years and cheated, does it mean they are better nurses than me? I seriously hope not and I do hope karma works its magic. The test is to ensure all the nursing students in Canada are able to enter the work-field as a basic nurse with the knowledge and competency to handle a human life. This is not a regular business job, a person's life is literally in your hands so there HAS to be a control measure for new graduates. The test does pass a very high percentage, like a previous poster said (80%+) of individuals, but what has been working for the colleges for many years continues to today.

After one repeats an examination many times, is it because of their knowledge? capability of answering MC questions, finally overcome their anxiety OR because they took it so many times, it is just SO familiar to them and they haven't actually learned anything? I don't think people who passed their first attempt are better nurses than those who took 2 attempts but there has to be a line drawn somewhere. This isn't meant to degrade all the others who have failed on their attempts but I seriously hope all of you are not like cant wait RN - learn from your mistakes on the exam and try to overcome it, whining about your osap debt, the way the colleges have been handling the exams or any other trivial matter will not solve anything.

Three attempts, no time limit on when you take them (besides your own personal due date because of loans and other matters), 200+ questions - if you aren't taking this seriously and not looking at what you did wrong, the colleges are correct in preventing you from obtaining your license.

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Wow, I'm appalled by some of these egotistical posts! The reason you aren't passing your repeated attempts at the exam is because YOU have not learned enough. It's that simple. You can dissect all the reasons this is so, but the fact remains: YOU have not gleaned enough knowledge to make you safe to practice nursing.

Being given 3 attempts is more than generous and the problem isn't with the system. It's with YOU. Remember this is an entry to practice exam meaning, theoretically, base knowledge that you should have gained during your years of nursing school. If you haven't gained this knowledge then you are UNSAFE to be practicing as a nurse. Our mandates as nurses is to protect the public, stop thinking that it's all about YOU. Does the public care you have families to support and student loans to pay and English isn't your first language? How ridiculous and narcissistic!

If you can't pass after 3 attempts (which is still WAY to generous) then you should not be a nurse. Point blank. Go back to school or pick another career. In case I haven't made it clear yet, is it definitely and unequivocally not about YOU.

Hear hear! :up:

I wrote the CRNE in June - when they changed it all to multiple choice and ditched the short answers - and I thought it was a very, very fair exam. I don't see a reason to change it to more than three attempts and I don't see it happening for a long, long, long, long time.

I think instead of emailing the CNA and wasting your time, you could be better off studying or memorizing a couple of lab values.

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i fail by 4 marks so i want to know is there any hope in hand score

please respond.

do you know any one who pass in hand score...

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hello did you find primed helpful?

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anyone asking about Primed:

I am an IEN, just started work in VCH for less than a year, took prep course thru PRIMED.. and i passed with my first attempt.

Yes we all learn all the theory with our 4 yr BSN course, but Primed teach us the exam testing techniques, keywords you need to

be alerted, and the confidence to take the CRNE.. esp for me who is not a Canadian educated, it is more difficult because

of the diff healthcare system settings..

I am so glad took this course in primed..:yeah:

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Specializes in MPH Student Fall/14, Emergency, Research.

These CRNE threads get more and more entertaining every time I read them. Nursing really is the most inclusive profession there is. My SO is an engineer and I'm pretty sure they don't have pity parties encouraging each other to make it through and try, try again. Well, they don't write boards, but the same applies for lawyers I'm sure... do they petition for the bar to become easier?

I'm glad nursing is so care-focused that we can encourage each other, I mean it's kind of a defining feature, but this is just getting ridiculous.

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