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Oh I know what you mean! I think we invest so much in this exam, that we pick a part every single aspect, assessment, critical element, etc to be sure we understand it before we have our one chance to put it into motion, and we want to do it right, ...

I agree Lunah--We wash, glove, oral temp, glove off, gel and document temp with pen~asepsis is not violated. I did read where students will bring 10 pens, in case they fall to the floor and I guess that works too, but you still need to pick up the ...

great link, and i like the tip of doing the 02 sat 1st to get a baseline before assessing vs. brought up 2 questions that i don't really understand which i copied and pasted below: **use your implementation start/stop times to calculate icd fluids...

Congrats on the date!

IF you are testing under the 17th edtion, you can have assessment as an intervention--I don't know if you are allowed to have one or two, and you are allowed to use one at risk nursing diagnostic label and one actual nursing diagnostic label under t...

Nona is our faculty advisor on the electronic peer network (epn). If you have not been there I highly recommend stopping by the cpne board : D

The 18th Edition of the CPNE study guide is effective November 4th....MY CPNE WEEKEND It was rumored to start earlier but Nona has confirmed Nov 4, Yayyyyy ME (and k9kabs too...lol!)

Do the required reading, practice exams and follow that study guide! I didn't really appreciate that blasted content guide from excelsior until I got down to the last couple of exams. Everything is there that you need to know. A fun place to jazz ...

Hello again! Just a quick heads up, we are having a student hosted CPNE chat at the EPN chat rooms on Wed at 7 pm central time if you want to stop in-logging in will be similar to how you do for EPN, and I think the the actual chatroom itself will b...

I am going to be testing in Wisconsin 11/4, so it is really a few miles but we will still be going through this unique weekend together none the less! We are have also been doing Tina's online together. I wish this weekend didn't have such a stre...

You are not really alone Jan, we are testing the same weekend, just a few miles apart

@Oneflynurz I sent you an email to your regular email address :)

Aw, what a nice thing to say!! :) The motivation I found on this site was so instrumental in getting me through this program, and I think we definately get that positive energy from eachother! Have you been posting on EPN? I am on there constantl...

Congrats on the new date! How did you get it, did they call you or you them? Did you stay within the NPAC? I am testing on 11/4 and I wanted a cancellation for Oct, but so far nothing for MPAC. I have not done Sheri's, but I am doing Tina's onli...

Ahh...thanks for the tip! I will not obsess about watch timer anymore. I am using a dress watch now that I got from Target (I have not worn watch in 15 years, silly...) but I want something that I can see the sweephand better. In also have an obno...

NPAC is the north-eastern branch of testing centers-NY, PA so yes, Albany is in there. MPAC is the Midwest-WI, Ohio and Tx SPAC is the Southern branch-Savannah, etc It is hard to say what exactly the wait would be until you actually get there and h...

We can't have digital, only sweephand but I asked if we could have a timer on our watch and that would be fine. So far I have been unable to find such a thing, lol....

Hmm....maybe someone who has actually been to the CPNE can help us out here, not sure I exactly understand. We may not actually need to do a transfer, the patient may only be require repositioning-may be confined to bed, traction, etc. I do believe...

Mobility I think will depend on what you are going to be assigned to do for your patient, how you will be receiving your patient, what areas of care need to be done first, if they have to go the bathroom etc. For my morning adult patients, I may fin...

Hi Boostiadrug; I am studying for CPNE right now too under the 18th edition. For enteral intake we count everything they consume by mouth, including liquid meds, and if under enteral/parental feeding if one is finishing, then I believe we documen...

I felt the same way, many of us did! The best advice I got was "do not over-think the FCCA...." and it is true. Use your nursing diagnosis handbook and have at it and send that baby back in! I put in a phone call and received a bit of direction, ...

Hey Jan I saw your post on the epn too, and will also answer there. I am bringing my Davis Drug Guide and also those testing on the 18th edition are suppose to have Mosby's 3rd edition. Still in search of the perfect calculator, and I am also looki...

[WIKI][/WIKI]It depends somewhat on when you get a date for CPNE. Earlier last Spring, the NPAC (3-4 months) was giving out test dates sooner than the MPAC (4-5 months) but with the MPAC losing 2 more test sites in August (Racine and Milwaukee are...

Congrats on getting your date! 3 people have recently tested at Syracuse and enjoyed their experience!! Happy studying and practicing :)

Aww, I knew you would do GREAT, K3104RN Way to go and thank you so much for the update!! What was NCLEX like (after doing all of those exams @ Pearsonvue for EC?! ) Call me crazy, but I don't think I will ever be stressed again after this clini...