How bad are boards...For REAL

[MoLee228]

From day one professors and preceptors have been saying, "This might be on boards so remember it," and famously, "We don't use this but it might be on boards." I know through nursing school everyone worried about boards and made a huge deal out of them, and I thought they were pretty easy (as did most of my friends in school). Is it the same way with CRNA boards? They are scaring us already, but is it a lot of hype over nothing?

[wtbcrna, MSN, DNP, CRNA]

From day one professors and preceptors have been saying, "This might be on boards so remember it," and famously, "We don't use this but it might be on boards." I know through nursing school everyone worried about boards and made a huge deal out of them, and I thought they were pretty easy (as did most of my friends in school). Is it the same way with CRNA boards? They are scaring us already, but is it a lot of hype over nothing?

Have you actually looked for yourself what is going to be on the exam? http://www.nbcrna.com/downloads/CCNA/NCE%20Materials/11%202011%20CCNA%20Candidate%20Handbook.pdf

Yes, the exam is probably going to be the exam you study most for in your life. It has massive amounts of information, but on the upside it has high 80's% pass rate for 1st time test takers.