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Hello, I passed m PCCN yesterday with a very good score and I thought about sharing with you the review material. I think the key to passing the test is doing lots of questions. So what I used for the exam was the PCCN review course from AACN (paid about 200$ for it), I also bought the progressive care nursing certification book by Ahrens, Prentice and Kleinpell. I think it was a good review book, however it had too many unnecessary details. I personally don't recommend starting by buying this book. If you have another review book, you can use the one you have. This book also comes with a CD that has 2 practice tests on it. I scored 68% and 66% on the tests. The test just shows you the right answer and doesn't include rationals for the incorrect ones. I don't remember the questions being similar to the PCCN test questions. The actual test doesn't ask you to memorize lab results and such. It's just whether the result is increased or decreased. The other question book that I got and I highly recommend it for questions, is the Ace the PCCN you can do it by Nicole Kupchik ($40). That is a wonderful practice review book with amazing rationals. And the questions in this book are kind of similar to the test. Now speaking about the test questions are very well worded, and make sense. I really enjoyed answering the questions on the test. some questions are direct questions, others require you to think a little. Not impossible to solve. I also did the AACN SAE which I bought for $45. I scored 69% on it. The rationals were nice. So basically I was scoring low on my practice tests but I had a really high score on the actual test and I was surprised. I knew I was well prepared for the test though. Now the journey towards getting the PCCN was just amazing. I learned so many things and I am so grateful for the certification. I studied for about 2-3 months on and off. I encourage every progressive care unit nurse to consider taking the PCCN. The stuff that you learn is incredible and when you pass, it's just rewarding. Hard work paid off!!!

Omg!! I cant believe that! How come they re still making decisions regarding admission! School is gonna start in less than 2 months!! They should at least let you know what s going on. Anyway Im glad you found another school! I hope you re happy with the program! Good thing they told me I was denied before or else I would still be waiting for an answer and I wouldn't have gotten my job!

I am so sorry you still haven't heard from them. Personally i only applied to ODU. Didnt find any good schools around. Never heard of the ones you mentioned. I got a job and I m starting soon. I really hope you hear back from them, Good things :)

Oh!! That must be frustrating! Hope you re not gonna be waiting for so long!! As I hope you only hear good news :) Keep us posted!

Yes it was in mydominion. Let us know if you need anything else. Good luck and hope you'll get in :)

I found out this morning, I was denied as well. I think experience matters the most. It's fine, we still have time, we can still reapply later on. I am gonna have to look for jobs now. Best of luck to all the other applicants and to you hlk250. Good luck in your career smilesweet and remember everything happens for your best :)

Yeah, I think it's because they're getting lots of calls! Don't worry about it. Hopefully we'll know this week. Thank you anyway for letting us know! :)

I totally understand! Same here, I just wanna know because the wait has been horrible! Especially that we have been waiting forever..

I have no idea! I hope it s not the opposite! I dont know what they look for when they make their decision. I graduated from an international program and only have one year of experience outside the US!! That s why i have mixed feelings! And no I did not receive any email saying that the status has changed or anything!

Yup I know!! that's what I thought they would do. I hope you ll hear soon from them!

Congrats on your admission !!

Hey, i checked the mydominion page earlier this morning, and where I used to have: 'My application is Complete' i now have :'View my decision' Whenever I click on it, it takes me to the app.applyyourself.com page where the status of my application is still 'Submitted' I called the graduate office of admission and they told me to check online. That wasn't really helpful. So i decided to wait and see

Yup !! I personlly don't feel they will be out this week! I think it ll be next week just as they told us before: 1st week of May! sorry about that, I dont know why they told me its gonna be this week! All we have to do is wait..

I really hope so!!

I hope it won't take long!! I felt like she was saying early next week. Think positive :)