How long for CPNE wait??

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I just would like to know how long everyone waited since the date of there application to get a date and how far out the date was from application time...thanks and also if anyone has tested at the Queens Site....I am just planning ahead. thanks again

wow, that's quick. Thank you

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12/11-12/13 (New York Queens Hospital) NPAC

I thank God for you Rob. I never once attended a workshop, i was stuck home with play doe's (diff colors), gauze and an IV bag with needless syringes. I went through my CPNE just like that (snap) lol. I mean like everyone else yeah you get nervous at the begining and all but those mneumonics really helps especially when you write them down before begining. My fav was the Australian guy (I glove I glove CDS AO) for the IV station just couldnt get it out of my mind...lol. Please make use of that 15min during labs. It helped alot. I quickly went to the wound station to practice packing the wound on the manequin. I got soo used to the play doe wound home and I wanted to do the real thing. It was great. My Mosby's 2nd edition was all tagged and possible goals with interventions highlighted.(its allowed) as long as there are no mneumonics written in it . Blue for all resp DX , Red for Peripheral DX, Yellow for pain DX and Orange for all other Risk DX. Believe me this worked out soo well. All my patients fell in the Acute pain categories. This worked out beautifully. I was done with my planing phase in about 5min. Trust me you can never go wrong with Acute pain and Ineffective airway clearance and oh yeah Risk for injury. Most pt's fall under these categories or if not are at risk. The examiners are really there to do their job. I mean if you appear confident you wont have a problem. These patients are human beings and need to be treated as such. I mean you may feel that oh the book says this that etc... but how would you want to be treated if you were in their shoes? I mean all these things are silently observed by these examiners (body language, attitude etc..). I always went in thinking how fast and well i can do this. With this thought in mind believe me the CE sitting or standing over you will not even matter. I always completed the evaluation phase with about 10-15 min to spare. The excelsior EPN can be resourceful at times. The CPNE is not bad believe me. The Queens site rocks (NPAC). Fast to get a test date, nice staff, and nice CE's. Remember your confidence brings out the niceness in these CE's Good Luck. :yeah:

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Specializes in Clinic, Travel Meds, Acute Clinic.

I got a date much faster than I expected. I was CPNE approved in 10/14/09, on 12/04/09 received email with CPNE date of 2/19/10. I only signed up for the Mansfield, Oh and the 6 Wisconsin sites with accepting a cancellation date. I got Mansfield -- which is a few hours away! yay!

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

I applied on December 1st for NPAC, selected all sites and put myself on a cancellation list. Got a call on Friday, Dec 4th with a CPNE date offer for Jan. 8-9-10 in Utica. I accepted.

Now my dining room turned into lab and it will stay this way till I pass:) My family is going for Christmas dinner to our friend's house.

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