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I am an LPN and recently decided to go to EC for my RN when I ran into someone at work who had just come back from the clinical weekend for EC. She FAILED because of not melting jello in the microwave to measure it for a patient with fluid mgmt. This has made me very nervous. Does anyone have info on the clinical test to share? I am so worried to go through this program and fail the clinical (a lot of $) to pay to take it again! This woman I am speaking of was a very bright girl with wonderful grades and did great on all aspects of the clinical except that jello incident..
Thanks,
Kris
I am an LPN and recently decided to go to EC for my RN when I ran into someone at work who had just come back from the clinical weekend for EC. She FAILED because of not melting jello in the microwave to measure it for a patient with fluid mgmt. This has made me very nervous. Does anyone have info on the clinical test to share? I am so worried to go through this program and fail the clinical (a lot of $) to pay to take it again! This woman I am speaking of was a very bright girl with wonderful grades and did great on all aspects of the clinical except that jello incident..Thanks,
Kris
Kris, to calm your nerves about the exam. Go back and ask your friend what else did she fail? She had to failed 2 Adult PCS or 2 Peds PCS or the lab portion after repeat ing in order to fail the CPNE. I REPEAT you DO NOT fail the CPNE for 1 mistake. Don't let her fool you. I know she is a friend of yours but she is not giving you the whole story. Stuff Like this makes me mad because they try to give the school a bad name. I passed my CPNE with no repeats and made some mistakes. We are all human and the CE's know that. When I hear others failing the CPNE, they still say that the CE's were nice and really want you to pass. Don't shy away from EC. It is so doable and this situation that you brought up has never happened in the history of EC. I feel in my heart that it is not true . Good Luck!
NC Girl BSN
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I would do 3-5 reps of PROM and where gloves when taking the temp. My friend did not wear gloves during her CPNE and passed but it depends on who you get. It states in the study guide to wear gloves and that is what I did.