Life Span Three

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When will / are you done with all the tests?

Great Job- Congrats!!!

so how long has it taken you total to do all your exams? Good luck with FCCA and CPNE, i'm sure you will do great!

I signed up for EC in Oct 2009, worked like a fool and banked up $ all the test fees and whatnot and started testing in May 2010, completed all Sept 2010. I ignored everyone, hid in my cave and kept glued to the study guides to keep me on track. Not an easy task, didn't have much of a summer, but it was well worth it.

Congrats - got 2 & 3 left myself. Was on a roll but my Mother-in-law who has had Alzheimer's for 10 years now and who we took care of got aspiration pneumonia a month ago, severe aphasia and ended up on hospice and passed away last week. Will get back on track in a few weeks after we get the estate all settled and everything else done. That's why online is so great when things like this happen you can take a break.

Mystic- wow you ROCK...how many exams did you have to take total?

Cathy - so sorry for your loss! I wish you the best in your final exams...i have 7 left myself, but out of 12 i think it's pretty good since i just started the end of May this year too!

It really is all a blur, I had just about all the pre-req's done already cuz I'm a professional student ;-) I didn't look at the big picture, I scheduled the exams on a rather quick timeline and focused on just that one, then moved onto the next one. Can't say I spent more than 3-4 days studying for each exam either. The outline broke it down-the percentage per area on the test. Example: LS 3 had four content areas, all 25% each. Spent one day on each section. I didn't do any practice tests either. Went in and took the test. Take your time with the tests. Have a rationale for every answer, why (out of the four possible choices) the one you pick is the best, and the easiest way to do that is to figure out why the other three possible answers aren't as good as the one you choose. Out of all the tests, the Life Span series were the most challenging, not in as much as for content, but to me, I had to really stop and think from the role of what would an RN do, not (where my comfort zone is) from a LPN view. That in itself really opens up your eyes on a whole different way of looking at things. And Cathy, seems like we've been neck-to-neck in this journey ;-)