Brownie_43

I am a new grad RN looking to get into public health nursing and getting a job at a local health unit. I am looking for any advice on getting my foot in the door, or how to gain skills/ knowledge in this aspect of nursing. Every job ad I have read in Ontario, requires a Bachelor degree in public health nursing or a public health nursing certificate. I have been going in circles trying to figure how the heck I can get a certificate in public health and can't find anything. Can anybody help!??

CNO was nice enough to SHUT THEIR WEBSITE DOWN for maintenance while I was writing it. RIDICULOUS!! Luckily I still passed, but could not access any of the stuff online to help me with the exam. I guess I am just lucky and a good guesser lol

I can't even imagine how frustrated you are Hang in there, and hopefully they get their **** sorted out soon

I found the questions very difficult! I narrowed every question down to the "best two answers" and then pretty much randomly picked one. ALOT of the questions were based on ER nursing like steven007 said. Most of the questions ended in "what would the nurse do?" If I had to study again I think I would review my acute care textbook.

Hey fairy_C I also wrote the Feb 6, 2013 CRNE exam. I found the majority of the questions were in some way related to emergency nursing. If I had to rewrite I think that's what I would focus on. I also found what helped me to pass was to read the ENTIRE textbook (Mosbys Comprehensive Review) page for page and make notes on all the diseases- manifestations, diagnosis etc and then review all the notes I had made as I went along (usually before bed, or once I woke up). I found the Mosbys book to be somewhat vague though, so I also had the NCLEX Comprehensive Review for RN by Maryann Hogan to refer to when I thought Mosby's wasn't explaining things well enough or being to vague. I also had a little note book that I would study medications in (I recorded all the drugs that I came into contact with by doing the practice questions, and their significant side effects) and tried to add 1-2 drugs per day into my study book. I did all the review questions in the textbook after each chapter. I also used the CNA prep guide, and answered the questions 2-3 times before the exam. I found they are not related at all in difficulty to the actual exam, but they do teach you what the CRNE is looking for (for example, I found themes of what/how they wanted you to answer the questions ex. How to handle conflict, how to find out the needs in the community by using focus groups etc). When I did all of the practice questions, including the CRNE prep guide, and I found I got a question wrong, I would write the correct answer on a Q-Card, with the rationale on the back, so I could continuously study all of the questions I got wrong until I memorized everything (by the time I was done studying I had literally 500 Q-cards lol). I studied everyday for about 5 weeks from around 10am to 3pm, and then reviewed the Q-cards at night. I also agree with fleetfoxRN that you should study the body systems. I found that I forgot alot of this stuff from first and second year, so when I was reviewing respiratory problems, I would review how the lungs worked, which helped me logically think of answers during the CRNE. Good luck though, and don't give up, you can do it!

Congrats Renzlao! I really hope we get our results here in Ontario soon, although someone said on the facebook group yesterday that Ontario hadn't even sent out our exams yet! Its so ridiculous, I don't think they realize how much torture this is waiting! ANYONE from Ontario... I have a question about the HFO new grad initiative jobs. Does anyone know what happens if we have an interview for a job, but then fail our exam? I am stressing as I have an interview for one of the new grad jobs next Wed. but am worried that if I fail the exam, I am no longer eligible for the program as it is only good for 6 months after we graduate (I finished in Decemeber so must find employment by June). Any insight would be great! :)

No results yet here north of Toronto, Ontario.. So nervous!