PCCN study materials

[Nurse_Soni D]

Hello, I'm trying to study for my PCCN exam. Don't know when I'll take it but need to study; hopefully in a month? I've attended 2 days review class but it was just too fast and not able to record it. What are the materials that some of you have used or using? I read some people have used David Woodruff material but I can't find them only a PDF file with no lectures videos or recordings. Please need your help to successfully pass this test. Thank you!

[cleback]

I just passed the PCCN to be recertified (yippeee!) Took the exam once before. I used the Ahren's review book both times, but it contains a lot of information that isn't on the exam (be sure to follow the blueprint). Also, I think the Ahren's book is quickly becoming outdated, particularly for the cardiac sections. Some of the newer ACS meds and pacemaker procedures are not covered, for example.

I found the AACN self assessment exam very helpful and true to the type of questions you'll encounter.

Make sure to review your ACLS book too.

Finally, I bought the AACN'S online course, but I did not find it to be very helpful. I took it in 2013 for my first certification and found it very helpful... Unfortunately, they changed the speaker and format since then, and the current course is just about unbearable. The instructor wanders quite a bit in her presentation (talking about her lunch at one time... ugh) and glosses over quite a bit of material without going into useful explanation. Not helpful at all.

But I still passed. Good luck, OP!