COHN-S Study Materials

1wellnessnurse · Jan 5, 2013

I took as many free practice tests as I could find online and made my own flash cards from the following book:

]Core Curriculum for Occupational & Environmental Health Nursing ]by American Association of Occupational Health Nurses

Check out this website: COHN | Occupational Health Nursing at PearlsReview.com

They have practice tests. I haven't personally tried it. So if you do and like it, post back in this forum and let us know

42pines · Mar 17, 2013

Datachem has a study disk (COHNprep v3.6) CD Rom and COHN-Sprep v3.0 each for $300. I've been looking to find someone to sell me one but have not been successful. $300 is a bit out of my price range. Their site say that you can sell them as the disk is a key disk and cannot be copied.

Since I'm out of work I'm studying to take the exam in May and boy...much of the stuff is boooooooooooring....

ABOHN.org has lots of information and a small practice test. They also comment on the number of hours of study that most need to pass the various tests (COHN, COHN-S) which appears to be around 140 hours of study.

See:

http://www.abohn.org/documents/ABOHN_COHNHandbookDec2012_CM2.pdf

In the handbook they have a list of resources.

I hope that you come back and visit us someday sbutikofer

Julie Reyes, DNP, RN · Jan 12, 2016

So, did you all pass the certification exam?

sflava · Feb 23, 2021

I realize that my fellow occ health nurses continue to take the COHN-S exam, so bringing this thread back from the dead with hopes of helping others besides myself.

So far I’ve found a handful of review materials and courses:

1. OHN Prep Course by the University of Colorado and Johns Hopkins University. Offerings range from $600-$1000, with some options including practice test questions. Online.

http://learn.chwe.ucdenver.edu/diweb/catalog/item/id/5011443/q/t=8865&c=61

2. Annette Haag’s Occupational Health & Safety Principles and Nursing Certification Review for $600. Online.

https://erc.ucla.edu/course/ohn/

3. ABOHN’s Handbooks and Certification self assessment tests:

https://www.abohn.org/certification/cohn-cohn-s-eligibility/handbooks (free)

https://www.abohn.org/cohn-s-volume-1-0 ($100)

I haven’t used any of these but considering how much money some of them are, I hope anyone out there can comment on any of them.

Also, I just completed a MSN as a primary care NP with a specialty in occ health. Anyone out there who did an occ health nursing graduate program and think that some of these review courses are overkill, and the graduate program courses provide enough to pass the COHN-S exam?