Has anyone taken the CCRN as of recently?

Mimi_RN08 · May 21, 2016

To me they were. I took and passed the CCRN on the first try in April of this year using only those two things to study with.

Weebs3 · May 21, 2016

I took and passed it yesterday using both of those reviews. I also did an online review from AACN that had a lot of good content in it.

AJPV · May 21, 2016

I passed the CCRN yesterday. I spent the majority of my time studying the AACN online review course and doing the Pass CCRN online question bank. I did watch the Vonfrolio videos about a year ago and made notes. I skimmed over the notes recently but I did not do Vonfrolio's big question book. Parts of Vonfrolio's videos are helpful - mostly because she uses clever memory tricks. She also includes some concepts that the AACN course doesn't that are important. For example, which particular heart rhythm/valvular complications/hemodynamic changes (ie, Swan Ganz numbers) can occur with different locations of MI (inferior vs. septal vs. lateral). The AACN course just tells you how to determine the location of the MI based on which EKG leads show ischemic changes and it leaves it at that. However, the downsides to Vonfrolio's videos are that they are overly brief, they are light on pathophysiology, and that they are dated. They tend to be more of a Cliff-notes study - not a comprehensive review. There are so many things changing in critical care that you really want to use a resource that is more current than from 7 years ago - at least as your primary source. If you want to study not just to pass the test but to really learn, the AACN course is great for that. If you do all the Pass CCRN questions, you will definitely be ready for the test.

guyman123 · May 21, 2016

Thank you. I love you all.

CCRNdude · May 24, 2016

I passed CCRN in March and passed the CMC last week as well. I used her videos and the pass CCRN questions only, and I did just fine. I opened the pass CCRN book once, but there was no way that I was going to read all that info.

2011_RN · May 28, 2016

I took and passed the test a few days ago. I mainly used the Pass CCRN test bank. A few months ago I watched the laura gasparis vonfrolio dvds.

tnk11 · Jun 1, 2016

I passed a few months ago and I used Vonfrolio's CCRN review dvd's and the AACN's practice test book. I passed on the first attempt. That's what I would recommend to study.

guyman123 · Jun 3, 2016

How hard did you guys think it was?

guyman123 · Jun 3, 2016

And I know Vonfrolio has been proven to be helpful time and time again, but how does/did she know what questions are on the test? Just curious.

CCRNdude · Jun 3, 2016

It was difficult, but definitely doable if you know the info. I think the questions are more objective than nursing school questions, so if you know the info, you can pass. In her videos I think I remember her mentioning something about the AACN outline for the test, so I'm assuming she goes off of that.

Greenclip · Jun 10, 2016

I used Barron's CCRN Exam review book. In my opinion, Barron's was the best by far. The book is easy to approach and the author is very practical about what you can expect to see on the test. There are plenty of practice questions in the book, two practice exams, and an online practice exam. My scores from the practice exams were very consistent and they matched with my real exam score.

I also used the Pass CCRN question bank only (you don't have to buy the book). This was nice as a source of extra questions. Just like nursing school, it's all about practice. But the questions in Barron's were much closer to what I actually saw on the exam.