You would think that with such a HUGE waiting list for CPNE, some sort of alternative "Plan B" would be devised.
If an RN in your hometown (or, even better-- at the facility you work at) would be willing to follow EC's stringent testing guidelines (and sign an affidavit to that fact) and proctor an LPN, we'd have little or no wait for clinicals and a lot more RN's running around!
The CPNE tests on things we (LPNs) do everyday in acute care settings(except IV pushes and hanging blood). Wound care, hanging piggybacks, starting IVs, drawing labs, TFs, working with vent-dependent pts, and of course-head-to-toe assessments and writing care plans.
I guess that would make too much sense and not enough dollars for EC, considering the pass rate of 64%.
