22nd Edition CPNE

Nursing Students Excelsior

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Welp... Just when I had begun studying for the 21st edition study guide it was changed in the fall. I swear there must be a gray cloud that follows me around. :banghead: I was trying to get a date sooner but I could not get a cancellation date. Now I see why! So now I'm looking at the new 22nd edition CPNE and I am literally shaking in my boots. True, I have been nursing for 4 years but, yikes! It's a lot more stuff that has been added to this 22nd edition in my opinion. I could go on whining about it for hours but I was just wondering if anyone else is preparing to take the CPNE for 2017 soon. If so, do you find it a better format? (not trying to discuss testing material)

Why so quiet on the home front?

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.
Why so quiet on the home front?

If you are asking me, I have a newborn who is occupying a lot of my time. :)

I don't think appealing is a bad idea. We have to remember that the exam is administered by humans and is subject to error, and that is why there is an appeals process. Did you address it with the CE or CA at the time of failure?

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Thank you for responding. No, I wasn't directly speaking to you, and congratulations by the way. I was actually being sarcastic because while the CE's are humans, so are the students. I was grateful for passing the one PCS, but it only solidified my belief that testers are at the mercy of the CE's, and if they really want to, they have more authority than they let on. The CE passed me because she rushed to get my patient together, did not complete her paper work, left the medications for simulation in the basement(the hospital did not allow students to pass meds), and basically said, and I quote, "I'm just going to tell her you passed, I saw you do everything, you know what you're doing". This is why I don't feel everyone is getting a fair shot. I cannot be politically correct, or self deprecating when it's obvious that they are abusing their authority.

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What location did you test at? So I can sign up to go there lol.

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