how to prepare for canadian RPN exam

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iam an internationally educated nurse from the philippines (i passed teh phil board exam) and we migrated here in canada and already sent out my application to CNO which iam pretty sure they will allow me to take the RPN exam.. can you give me hints or guides how to prepare? as well as books? what to read? or maybe any sample questions that i can read? or any review center you might recommend? iam still waiting for the result of the evaluation maybe after a couple of months but i want to prepare now as early as possible. and does anybody know the passing rate of the exam? to all filipinos out there who took tha canadian RPN exam can you tell me how to prepare for it? is it almost the same as our board exam in the philippines god bless you all..

Then I would ask one of your instructors how to prepare for the exam since that what they do help their students pass.

Also the Canadian Nurses Association has a prep guide for $40.

what is that prep guide? is that a book? can you give me a title on how much or where can i get that book and the eact title and edition

Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
what is that prep guide? is that a book? can you give me a title on how much or where can i get that book and the eact title and edition

The province website should have all information regarding the prep guide

anybody has prep guide to share to me?

As an LPN who has written the exam, I want to know why you are so reluctant to share your educational background.

Honesty and personal morals/ethics appear on the exam.

Just search the provincial colleges of LPNs and you will find all the information you need, including where to find the prep guide.

I'm assuming that since English is your second language you don't really understand how you are coming across in your posts.

to pass the BC RPN exam: look for one of those large Psychiatric/mental health nursing books. they are usually written by american / canadian authors. they come with a CD rom to help readers pass NCLEX exams. practise these questions. they cover about 60% of the exams. 40% covers basic general nursing.

Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

I think that they are referring to the Registered Practical nursing exam, not the Reg. Pyschiatric Nursing exam.

Hi Busog! Since you are a graduate nurse in Philippines, you need to know your scope of nursing. There's two kinds of nursing here in Canada. One is Registered Nursing and the other one is Licensed Practical Nursing.

If you are wanting to write the Canadian PN Exam, you need to get an assessment first from the College of LPN. If you are from BC check out this website http://www.clpnbc.org/

If you are looking for the exam prep guide, you can buy them at local colleges/universities that offers the course. The book that I used is called The Canadian PN Exam Prep Guide for $79.95. However, it is not returnable though.

Just to clarify, in BC, if you are a RN student, you can take the LPN Exam (which obviously needs to get assessed first from CLPNBC). This was suggested to us while we were still on our 2nd year because this will help us earn money while studying. As some of you know, working as a student (RN) nurse is a bit difficult as they only offer the program during summer and only certain hours are offered per student.

Hope this helps :)

Hi! I'm Registered Nurse in Philippines and I apply here to be a RPN and they approved me. I'll take the exam this September..Anyway, I'm still in the middle of nowhere I dont know where to start all over again to reiew but then I'm not planning to go in a review center here cuz it's to expensive but I will borrow a book from toronto library the canadian PN guide and after that I'll try the predictor test online....anyway how old are U?

hi busog and kfv

i am also an internationally educated nurse from Philippines and still thinking if i will be going to take the cprne exam this September because of lack of idea how the exam will be..are you in a review or just self review?i'm still confuse if i am going to take the exam this year or next year..

hi guys...im a nurse from philippines and i just got here 3 days ago...and i am planning to apply RPN next week..can i get your YM accts?i have so many questions for you guys that might help me...lols...

Specializes in acute care med/surg, LTC, orthopedics.

I'm assuming you are in Ontario? The first place you need to go is cno.org and click on the link for internationally educated students.

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