PiedPiperRN

I'm shocked!!! Oh wait, no I am not!!! I knew that you can do it, congrats!! Have you started your CPNE application?

As a new Excelsior Grad I think that I am super smart.

You crack me up, since I know why you are asking this question... :) I have been told it is sujective, unless it is charted.

angel, i have to disagree with you there... i once did call ec with a question about scope of practice as it pertained to an assignment, and was told that ec does not confirm to any specific state's scope of practice (including ny). when i did have ...

Yeah, totally not a stupid question! I have always been tripped up by what is covered in a state Nurse Practice Act and what is not. Iowa LPNS are not supposed to touch, look at, or even think about an IV! If this question is in regards to an Excel...

I don't think that they do have any information on the website. It isn't really something that you need to study for.

RNWannabe12: Erikadawn is right! My one big suggestion to you would be to call EC if anything on the test isn't clear. I found one area that I was not sure about, and when I called the EC she clarified. I am not sure if I would have been successfu...

Another general suggestion... use the books that EC recommends. I had a bunch of other textbooks that I used. Both textbooks were good books, but I got a better score when I used EC's textbooks. Although all nursing books have generally the same i...

Make sure that you get all the CPNE stuff together now. You have a few things that you have to get-- a medical exam, a background check, etc... you can actually sign up for the CPNE without having finished (or even registered) for the FCCA, so put t...

I took the practice exam for A&P, and I did not take any practice exams for my Nursing tests. All were passed, although I did get an 'A' in A&P and only got 'A' in about 2/3 of my nursing tests. (I am a bit of a perfectionist!) I would reco...

The CPNE consists of two parts: One part is done with actual patients, and you must write an implement a care plan as well as performed various assigned areas of care. The second part is a simulated labratory where you perform the following skills: I...

May I ask what happened?

To add: When planning the classes that I would take, I would include nutrition, ethics, and statistics. These are the courses that are generally required if you decide to move towards a BSN at some point.

I think that it is fairly self-explainitory. If you have experience in these areas, then I would go ahead and take the Excelsior exams as then you will be sure that you have satisfied these requirements to thier satisfaction. Otherwise, I would tak...

Wow, I should have taken that one!!

Um... you are supposed to check tubing? I didn't see anything about that in the study guide... I wonder what else I am missing...

I meant that in the test I BELIEVE that you would not be able to get consent from a person who was chemically or medically impared.

You know, I am going on expereince here, but I think that it is done by the extent of the injury and the severeness of what they are consent. In the test, I think that the answer is no, but in reality they do it all the time. I don't think that they...

This is an old topic so I am not sure who will see this... I highly recommend the Peace Corps (www.peacecorps.gov) and I am pretty sure that they always need nurses. Most of thier jobs are probably going to be education based, ie you will be teachin...

Another trick with Pearson... if you don't get a date as quickly as you want, check back often as dates will often open. Attempt to "rescedule" and you can often get a date very near in the future as other people cancel. For one test, I resgistere...

You are right, the answer is both. The instructor holds a little more "weight" as s/he can be held accountable to the standards of her license, as well as being the trained professional. The student RN, on the other hand, is expected to make mistakes...

In the meantime, download the study guide for the CPNE and start working through that.

Nope. Applying the percentage to the weight of each section does not give you a grade. For me, I got an 'A' in one exam that I got about 79% and a 'B' in an exam that I got 82% in. Go figure. I think that it has to do with a mixture of how hard t...

The exams totally baffled me. When you get the results you get a letter grade and a percentage of what questions you got right. (ie, 73% on Oxygenation and 83% on cardiac, or whatever is on the exam...) When I took my first exam, they handed me the...

Just a warning... Excelsior has many good points, but thier website is not one of them. It is very hard to navigate and it seems like the most vital information is buried under loads of unrelated links. It generally takes me about five minutes just...