Lisa Arends study guides

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Hello....1st time poster....I have been reading a lot and have found good info here...I am an EC student and still have concepts 3-7 and the cpne left, all else is done....Really worrying about the cpne with all the horror novels written....

I found some ppl writing about taking the arends course, and then i happened to find her Ebay store selling of all her study guide material and was wondering if any1 has used them and how it helped? I used the search function but did not find anything on the forums regarding this....Thanks a lot every1 in advance.... =)

Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.

I think I probably would have passed using just Lisa's notes, but I don't think I would have gotten all the A's that I did. :) I'm a geeeeeek, I admit it! I have notes AND study guides AND textbooks. :D LOL!! I have to say that I agree about StudyGroup101's notes: they're more than notes -- they're more like study guides.

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Specializes in ICU.

So any more opinions on which is better? I am looking to finish each remaining test in 2-4 weeks.

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Specializes in Day program consultant DD/MR.

Where do you get the studygroup101's guides from? ok sorry I found them and just relaized they are only for excelsior concept tests.......Never mind

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Specializes in ICU, PICC Nurse, Nursing Supervisor.

i only know about lisa arends guides. with them i have completed all but one of the concept test. i started in late august and will complete on january 10th..so it has gone quickly for me. i have not used the other study guides .

so any more opinions on which is better? i am looking to finish each remaining test in 2-4 weeks.
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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.
So any more opinions on which is better? I am looking to finish each remaining test in 2-4 weeks.

I dunno ... they're both good! StudyGroup101 seems to be a little more in-depth and isn't really written in a "notes" format. Lisa's notes were great for driving home key points when I was reviewing right before the exam.

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Specializes in ICU.

I ended up buying both!:lol2: I guess I will use studygroup as my study guide and follow the notes after going through the study guide and before the test. Thanks everyone.

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I had a terrible experience with my purchase. I got a blank CD and she told me that I had to pay to ship it back because it was beyond the exchange date. I bought the package deal so I hadn't looked at the CD before the exchange date. She says that people always think the CD is blank when it is not. But apparently I am competent enough to figure out how to read five CDs but not the last one. So she makes the customer pay and costs a huge time delay because of her own error of sending a blank CD.

Also, my wife is the nurse going through Excelsior and beware because she has found errors as she has worked through the material. My wife was valedictorian in her LVN school, became assistant director of nursing in two years as a nurse, and has also gotten all A's on all the exams she has taken thus far.

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Specializes in ICU, PICC Nurse, Nursing Supervisor.

lisa arends is all i use. i have nothing but good things to say about her stuff. the only thing was with the last cd i bought it took about 6 days longer for shipping. this probably was on the error side of the snail mail service. otherwise it is my preferred method of studying.

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Keith,

Don't buy from lisa arends. The material from yogadakota on ebay is way better. It is also much cheaper. No hassles at all.

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Txspadequeen921 are you saying that you do not use the textbook but take the test SOLELY with her notes?

Movieluver, have you taken any exams and used togadakota's stuff? I wouldn't want to buy textbooks for NC1. I'm truly an audio and visual learner. Reading those books will get on my nerves!!!!

PLEASE RESPOND.THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Specializes in ICU, PICC Nurse, Nursing Supervisor.

i have books just in case (not the ones that ec recommends) i need to clarify something. i think i have clarified something twice. i also rummage through the yahoo groups, sometimes i look at the seth test. i always do the ec practice test. my last exam is 1/10 and for this one i bought the istudysmart guide (via email) just because i could not wait for lisa to ship me her guide.

txspadequeen921 are you saying that you do not use the textbook but take the test solely with her notes?
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HELP-

I have been looking for Lisa's notes and I can not find them. I have looked on ebay but when I type in Lisa Arends notes, I end up with Lisa Arena. I need fund of nursing.

Can anyone help. Reading this book and answering the questions in the study guide just seem not to help.

Please help me :nurse:

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