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1. Anyone taking the ONC exam in October??

   cheech-RN replied to alyca's topic in Orthopaedic

   The exam covers a lot of material and it seems there is no way anyone could readily be familiar with everything (peds, onc, joints, etc.) I read the entire core curric. and took each test at the end and just kept reviewing my weaknesses. There is a...

2. Any advice for a new ortho nurse

   cheech-RN replied to Nice Nurse's topic in Orthopaedic

   I recommend Adult Orthopedic Nursing by Delores Schoen

3. any pregnant ortho nurses?

   cheech-RN replied to inwyte's topic in Orthopaedic

   During my second pregnancy I worked orthopedics full time, usually 12 hour shifts. It was difficult because not only was I a new grad but also I gained a lot of weight quickly (I was hungry a lot), so I was very slow and felt worse off than most of ...

4. What is the best Ortho Med-Surg Nursing Text out there?

   cheech-RN replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Orthopaedic

   Hello! I recently became ortho certified and wanted some useful information to keep my knowledge up to date without using the Ortho core curriculum (very boring). I found a paperback text titled Adult Orthopedic Nursing (Delores C. Schoen). It is ...

5. ONC certification exam...!

   cheech-RN replied to RENORN57's topic in Orthopaedic

   I just got my results today that I passed!! :balloons: I'm so relieved! It was a difficult exam but I'm glad I did it. Now if I can just keep up with the CE hours to maintain certification.

6. ONC certification exam...!

   cheech-RN replied to RENORN57's topic in Orthopaedic

   Hi, I took the exam in Philadelphia. I think there was only one other nurse there for the ortho cert exam, the rest were for med-surg and other stuff. She finished in less than two hours, I was there over three. I think I recovered from all of ...

7. ONC certification exam...!

   cheech-RN replied to RENORN57's topic in Orthopaedic

   Hello, I took the ortho cert exam on April 30th. I studied solely from the naon core curriculum. I read the entire book over about two weeks and then tried to focus on the main issues (DJD, trauma). I did the test questions at the end of each chapte...