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Interesting Pixie.RN. I just started a thread asking if anyone was pregnant while taking CPNE. I don't want to wait for a baby but I guess I worry about all the pressure put on that one weekend and then dealing with pregnancy at the same time. I mean, that pregnancy brain is killer!

Has anyone ever taken the CPNE while pregnant or shortly after giving birth? I have LS3 to take yet and will (hopefully) be eligible for the March FCCA. We continue to go back and forth about wanting another baby soon and waiting to finish the program. But, if I wait until being done with CPNE before even trying to conceive, I'm looking at 2+ years before giving birth. I'm just concerned about dealing with the pressure of that weekend while potentially being pregnant, not to mention the travelling. Anyone been through this or have any input?

I can't really help you except agree with you that Med/Surg is a really difficult placement. It's very demanding physically like you said. Many feel that you are there to wait on them but have no intent to better themselves or retain any of the teaching you are doing. Especially at our rural hospital, the med/surg floor is basically where everything except ICU gets dumped. You could have an infant or a 100 y.o patient in the same shift. With the vast array of diagnoses and illnesses that you will face, it's nearly impossible to think you could be proficient in all of them at any given time. It would be real easy to feel like an incompetent nurse. That's why I also plan to go into a specialty as soon as I finish my LPN-RN bridge program. Trying to decide if I want to go right to MSN/NP or BSN first...

Thanks both! Is Transitions the right test to start with? Or do you have another suggestion?

I've begun studying for Transitions with the content guide (my first exam with Excelsior). I was wondering if anyone has any advice regarding buying the "required" textbooks? Is it really necessary/beneficial? Any advice is greatly appreciated.