PCCN review questions ?

bumblebee2010 · Jul 17, 2011

What is PCCN test? ??

dxbtocvg · Jul 17, 2011

Progressive Care Certification, usually stepdown or tele units

Jules Anne · Jul 25, 2011

I bought the practice test from the AACN website and it was certainly worth the money. It is very similar in style, content, and level of difficulty to the actual test as it is written by the same people who write the exam. Good luck and kudos to you for pursuing certification!

sam945 · Jul 26, 2011

I did the AACN practice test too. Loved David Woodruff's course but wanted more practice. I reviewed questions from Pass CCRN and that helped some. For the CMC I got the review course from Med-Ed and it was very helpful.

MBARN · Nov 1, 2011

Is there career advantages for taking the PCCN exam? Thanks

turnforthenurse, MSN, NP · Nov 1, 2011

Just wondering how different PCCN is from CCRN? I know PCCN is for progressive care/stepdown/telemetry nurses and CCRN is typically for ICU nurses, but I thought about buying the "Pass CCRN!" book to help prep for the PCCN. There doesn't seem to be a lot of PCCN review books out there. There is one from the AACN but based on reviews there are supposedly a lot of errors in it :/

zcoq72mehs · Nov 1, 2011

Just wondering how different PCCN is from CCRN? I know PCCN is for progressive care/stepdown/telemetry nurses and CCRN is typically for ICU nurses, but I thought about buying the "Pass CCRN!" book to help prep for the PCCN. There doesn't seem to be a lot of PCCN review books out there. There is one from the AACN but based on reviews there are supposedly a lot of errors in it :/

studying for the ccrn should adequately prepare you for the pccn (until more resources become available. ahrens has one, but his products havent been kindly reviewed, despite his prestigious academic role at wash u. altho i did like his little book back in the 90s for a quick review--loaded with errors tho)

you can not overstudy for that ccrn. seriously. make sure you are ready. imo, study for months, not weeks. put the information into long-term memory, read the rationales extensively.

you could study for the cen and cfrn too as there is some cross-over in the event u r not good at test questions--they can be tricky

best

first

priority

most important

etc

they just love that priority one for the cen

they will give u correct answers, but u must pick the priority..........

airway isnt always the scenario option, otherwise we know it is airway

dxbtocvg · Nov 1, 2011

Passed my PCCN recently although just barely. It felt like it was 90% cardio and resp and ABG calculations, although that was probably not the case. I rushed through prep and my resources were a PCCN qbook, some free to use online reviews and questions, borrowed another qbank from a friend who is also prepping, and having recently completed our in house critical care class.

Definitely something you should study for, and well.

How does it help: well our place is heading towards magnet status and they are pushing for us to get our certifications, so it earned brownie points there. Plus if i relocate from here, its aother way of saying i knew what i was supposed to for this level of care (i work in icu step down/tele)

turnforthenurse, MSN, NP · Nov 1, 2011

studying for the ccrn should adequately prepare you for the pccn (until more resources become available. ahrens has one, but his products havent been kindly reviewed, despite his prestigious academic role at wash u. altho i did like his little book back in the 90s for a quick review--loaded with errors tho)
you can not overstudy for that ccrn. seriously. make sure you are ready. imo, study for months, not weeks. put the information into long-term memory, read the rationales extensively.
you could study for the cen and cfrn too as there is some cross-over in the event u r not good at test questions--they can be tricky
best
first
priority
most important
etc
they just love that priority one for the cen
they will give u correct answers, but u must pick the priority..........
airway isnt always the scenario option, otherwise we know it is airway

Thank you. I do not qualify for the CCRN because I work primarily in progressive care (even though I float to ICU occasionally, 99% of my "patient care hours" will qualify me for the PCCN, not CCRN) but I was thinking of just buying the "Pass CCRN!" book to help me prepare for the PCCN since PCCN resources are limited. I thought about buying David Woodruff's course prep but I honestly do not feel like paying over $200 for it.

zcoq72mehs · Nov 1, 2011

I know you dont qualify to sit for the ccrn.

:)

The pass ccrn book will help--you need the cd.

I believe there are 1200 questions.

i have the book myself.

i need to go look thru my cd collection and see if i can find the cd, however.

There are other ccrn books, even tho they may be old. springfield and the gasparsis gall--findable on amazon.

those two have the questions.

along with the pass ccrn cd which i believe would need to be printed out.

i would use all 3 books for that test--no, i am not certain how close the pccn is to the ccrn, but i imagine they are relatively similar in difficulty--much analysis-type questions.

no, i wouldnt pay that for that.

altho it is difficult to find on the website, med-ed seminars has a NEXT program online for like $25/month or something

sign up and watch the videos a couple times thru.

i aint too fond of cammy tho

or buy the ccrn and cmc cd versions for like 150 a piece.

the next training is like 70hours of video, and at 25/month, a pretty good deal if u ask me.

but you still need the thousands of practice questions, imo

turnforthenurse, MSN, NP · Nov 1, 2011

Does the Pass CCRN! book have a lot of questions in addition to review material? Kaplan also has a PCCN book but I don't know how that compares...