Hoping everyone is off to a good start this year. I wanted to ask you all for counsel on how to prepare for the RPN Exam (CPRNE).
Currently, I am in my last semester of the RPN program in Ontario. Being in the home stretch, I will be responsible for practicing with a preceptor who works full-time which means being in clinical roughly 40hrs/wk. In addition, I will also be accountable with preparing for 4 comprehensive tests, encompassing everything I learned in nursing school and also the provincial exam.
Despite having some depth of knowledge, skill and judgement on what I learned through out nursing school, I still feel there is a lot for me to review (everything beginning from my first semester).
My challenge is trying to figure out how to create a study schedule that allows me to review everything I've learned in the program within 15 weeks outside of my full-time clinical placement for these tests and importantly, the provincial exam.
The resources that were suggested by Faculty was the CPRNE Prep Guide and maybe one other NCLEX-PN Exam Review Textbook. I personally feel that this may not be enough - If it is, I would greatly appreciate your feedback on how to go about studying using these resources.
Your ideas and thoughts on how to effectively cover all this content on such a limited amount of time would greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much in advance.
Nursing ROCKS!!! I look forward to being a member of this heroic profession soon!
