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I think listening to the Laura Gasparis Vonfrolio CD's -CCRN review cram would be a great tool to orient to an ICU setting. I think they are a great resource- I do believe that some of the info she gives will make more sense once you start working but at at least you will have some base knowledge of critical care info before and while working in your first ICU job. The ABG explanation was so helpful- I wish I had listened to the CD's when I first started on an ICU. Good Luck and I hope you love ICU just as much as I do.

I just took the CCRN for my second time today and I was SOOOOO relieved I passed! I've been a nurse for 15 years, 11 years which were PACU and MICU. The first time I took the test I didn't study and I didn't pass by a few questions . The second time around I studied for a good 5 weeks. I listened to the Laura Gasparis Vonfrolio CCRN Review Cram audio CD's over and over again. I listened to it sooo much- I can still feel the ear buds in my ears. I also reviewed the book that came with the audio CD's. The book and audio CD is to the point, and packed with info that I saw on the test. Daily I would do the quiz questions on Pass CCRN Computer CD. I barely read the Pass CCRN book, it was overwhelming and I don't do well reading info in outline form. The book is huge and packed with way too much info- simply put its good for a reference. At the end of my 5weeks I did a total of 3 practice tests from the PASS CCRN CD. I would always score 70%-75%. The tests and quizzes were great since they would give rationale for the answers. I was worried that 70-75% wouldn't be good enough to pass the actual test, but I passed with most sections of the test in the low 80 percentiles. You need 70% overall to pass. Looking back I really felt the Pass CCRN test questions were more difficult than the actual exam. Hope this helps anyone taking this exam. All I can say is it's a relief to be done- I finally have my CCRN!!!