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I PASSED!!!! :roll Wow! That was quick, I expected the results would have taken much longer. Good luck to you all! Feb 2007'ers you will be getting yours soon I am sure. Just saw a post that someone got theirs yesterday. Congrats!

Specializes in ICU, med/surg.

Yup, I used the Mosby book too. It was helpful, but I found myself going back to the prep guide all the time. If you can afford the Mosby's, great! But, if you're strapped for cash, stick with the CRNE prep guide.

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Hi again.

Well my approach was a little different. I personally thought the CRNE was gonna be more technical. It turned out to be A Lot more community health questions than technical nurse based questions (NCLEX (U.S.) was more technical: disease process, S/S, labs, etc).

I ended up using Saunders to help me review nursing knowledge (because its been 3 years since I have touched anything outside of neonatology). Saunders helped me review critical nursing knowledge. After doing so I went with the only prep guide Canada offers, CRNE prep guide. I did it once all the way through to see where my weak points still lay. I found I was most weak when it came to community health as well as health promotion.

Some Hints: KNOW: Community health: group dynamics, effective communication in group. Health and wellness: determinants of health. also know equivalents of American Heart association in Canada (AKA important canadian health websites).

All in all I would say that my "nursing" knowledge is what saved my butt. I must have gotten all those questions right because in the end I had to leave some of the short answer (community health) questions blank because I had no idea what to give them as an answer. I am an ICU nurse and I don't have a lot of patience for community health BUT seeing as how they test a lot on that I would make sure you know it well. What I would do is if you have any doubt about a community health question on the CRNE prep guide, research it further (go back to your community health books)Study CRNE prep guide, do the questions, make sure you have a solid understanding of diseases (SAUNDERS is excellent for review of disease process), their symptoms and what priority interventions you would administer AS WELL AS Community health. After that, PRAY, stay positive, and you WILL Pass.

Take Care, God Bless, and if you have any other questions please don't hesitate to ask me or anyone else. Everyone on this board has been GREAT!

Caroline:1luvu:

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congrates Hi I am BSc n thinking about to take crne toronto. can you tell me which books and web sites are useful to me?

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hi girl , more question: how many hours did you study per day ? and for how long ?

have a good weekend

Hi again.

Well my approach was a little different. I personally thought the CRNE was gonna be more technical. It turned out to be A Lot more community health questions than technical nurse based questions (NCLEX (U.S.) was more technical: disease process, S/S, labs, etc).

I ended up using Saunders to help me review nursing knowledge (because its been 3 years since I have touched anything outside of neonatology). Saunders helped me review critical nursing knowledge. After doing so I went with the only prep guide Canada offers, CRNE prep guide. I did it once all the way through to see where my weak points still lay. I found I was most weak when it came to community health as well as health promotion.

Some Hints: KNOW: Community health: group dynamics, effective communication in group. Health and wellness: determinants of health. also know equivalents of American Heart association in Canada (AKA important canadian health websites).

All in all I would say that my "nursing" knowledge is what saved my butt. I must have gotten all those questions right because in the end I had to leave some of the short answer (community health) questions blank because I had no idea what to give them as an answer. I am an ICU nurse and I don't have a lot of patience for community health BUT seeing as how they test a lot on that I would make sure you know it well. What I would do is if you have any doubt about a community health question on the CRNE prep guide, research it further (go back to your community health books)Study CRNE prep guide, do the questions, make sure you have a solid understanding of diseases (SAUNDERS is excellent for review of disease process), their symptoms and what priority interventions you would administer AS WELL AS Community health. After that, PRAY, stay positive, and you WILL Pass.

Take Care, God Bless, and if you have any other questions please don't hesitate to ask me or anyone else. Everyone on this board has been GREAT!

Caroline:1luvu:

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Specializes in CCU.

GREAT! CONGRATS!

You are up to a great adventure and a lot of learning! You will get frustrated, happy, sad, concerned, trusted, professional...

Don't be too scared! Be concerned and everything will be just fine!

Trust your co-worker, find your resource person, learn from the experienced ones, and remember that less talking is sometimes more!

We are holding hands!

Have fun!

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hello,carolline,

your advice is great! I 'm not sure what do u mean by "SAUNDERS"? Is it a text book? what's the complete name of this book?

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hi girl , more question: how many hours did you study per day ? and for how long ?

have a good weekend

hey there,

I guess everyone is different when it comes to studying but for me, I feel the need to understand everything. I can't just settle for memorizing. I did a lot of supplemental reading on subjects I didn't feel I had a good understanding of. So to answer your question, I was alittle excessive, studying about 8 hours everyday for 2 months before the exam.

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hello,carolline,

your advice is great! I 'm not sure what do u mean by "SAUNDERS"? Is it a text book? what's the complete name of this book?

Hi there,

Sorry about that. I guess I wasn't specific at all was I? The complete name is Saunders Comprehensive Review for NCLEX-RN. You can buy it on Amazon for about $50. I know it's expensive but it's not only a good resource for the exam, it's can also serve as a quick reference on the job as well, just in case you need to look up a certain disease quickly.

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congrates Hi I am BSc n thinking about to take crne toronto. can you tell me which books and web sites are useful to me?

Hi there,

Use the CRNE to familiarize yourself with the types of questions that will be asked. But also try to either have your textbooks or another resource (such as Saunders Comprehensive Review for NCLEX_RN) to supplement with in case you need to look up things you may not be familiar with or need a bit more review on. As far as websites I would start with this one that explains the determinants of health according to the Public Health Agency of Canada.

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ph-sp/phdd/determinants/index.html#determinants

Be able to recognize examples of different determinants of health.

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Hello,caroline,

Thanks for your detailed infor. Do you know any preperation workshop is available? Did any of ur friends attend it? - worth or not?

thanks again!

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I was not aware of any preparatorys course for the CRNE in my region (Ottawa) so I never thought about it.

The question format on the exam is very close to that of the CRNE prep guide. If you study the format of the CRNE questions on the prep guide, and make sure you know your nursing theory and of course community health...you won't need a preparatry course in my opinion. Although if you still feel like you need more resources you can go to this website http://www.care4nurses.org/ Depending on your location, they MIGHT have prep courses or at least be a resource for you to find out more about the availability of prep courses. Hope that helped. Take Care and Good Luck.

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