Received my CPNE disk today....and totally overwhelmed!

china4mom · Aug 13, 2011

I hope so but I have had my disk for a month now and I go from being like ok I can do this to reading it again and going " oh my goodness how can I remember all of this"!! :eek: :crying2: !!!

CRudlerRN · Aug 13, 2011

Break it down into chunks....it's not as overwhelming them....I've been studying the past 3 months and I am testing next week and actually feeling pretty good about it all...you will get it! :-) Good Luck!

Mommymedic · Aug 13, 2011

I hope so but I have had my disk for a month now and I go from being like ok I can do this to reading it again and going " oh my goodness how can I remember all of this"!! !!!

I think breaking it down into chunks may be the only trick that works for me. I printed out the first "area" - Planning phase- to read and re-read it hoping to absorb the contents. I think it will all make sense eventually. If not, we could always try to sleep with the paperwork under our pillow hoping for a miraculous osmotic event in which we wake up knowing all the materal... :yeah: but as wishful a thought as it is...lol I know I will have to work hard at it :cool:

Mommymedic · Aug 13, 2011

Break it down into chunks....it's not as overwhelming them....I've been studying the past 3 months and I am testing next week and actually feeling pretty good about it all...you will get it! :-) Good Luck!

Thank you! It does make sense to do it that way... and I will. I hope it all comes together just as it has for you! Good Luck with your testing!!! keep us posted!! :nurse:

Murse901, MSN, RN · Aug 14, 2011

Can I tell you a secret? *looks around nervously*

I only skimmed the CPNE manual one time. It was information overload.

I went to a good CPNE workshop. I bought Rob's CPNE videos. I watched the videos once at home, and then listened to them over and over and over on an 11-hour drive to Mansfield, OH until I could pretty much quote both videos from start to finish.

I also had a skills lab set up at home, and practiced my skills in my hotel alongside Rob's skills video the day before the lab check-off.

I passed the CPNE first shot with no repeats. It can be done, and you will do it if you study in a way that works for you. Reading the 400-page carjack from front to back just wasn't going to work for me.

Good luck. :up:

LoopsRN2 · Aug 14, 2011

Can I tell you a secret? *looks around nervously*
I only skimmed the CPNE manual one time. It was information overload.
I went to a good CPNE workshop. I bought Rob's CPNE videos. I watched the videos once at home, and then listened to them over and over and over on an 11-hour drive to Mansfield, OH until I could pretty much quote both videos from start to finish.
I also had a skills lab set up at home, and practiced my skills in my hotel alongside Rob's skills video the day before the lab check-off.
I passed the CPNE first shot with no repeats. It can be done, and you will do it if you study in a way that works for you. Reading the 400-page carjack from front to back just wasn't going to work for me.
Good luck.

Thanks for input! I am also prepping for CPNE & I am still shopping for a workshop, may I ask which you did? Most likely I will have to go without, as nothing is near me in my time frame. What were you doing for your profession at the time you were testing? I am a first assist in the OR, and can do very little practice vs if I worked the floor--so sad! My poor kids will be very busy being patients for next month...lol..

Murse901, MSN, RN · Aug 15, 2011

Thanks for input! I am also prepping for CPNE & I am still shopping for a workshop, may I ask which you did? Most likely I will have to go without, as nothing is near me in my time frame. What were you doing for your profession at the time you were testing? I am a first assist in the OR, and can do very little practice vs if I worked the floor--so sad! My poor kids will be very busy being patients for next month...lol..

I was an LPN in a Correctional facility, so no chance to practice at work. I got some cheap supplies and made a makeshift clinical area at home. You don't need a whole bed/mannequin setup. You just need a wound for the wound care lab (there are many sites that tell you how to make your own) and I just rolled up a towel to use for IM/SQ injection and IV station.

I used Lynn Fredrick's workshop. I have heard that some people complain that her information is not up to date and that her workshops were not very thorough, but that was not my experience. I got a lot of great info from her, and I think her workshop is the least expensive.

LoopsRN2 · Aug 15, 2011

I was an LPN in a Correctional facility, so no chance to practice at work. I got some cheap supplies and made a makeshift clinical area at home. You don't need a whole bed/mannequin setup. You just need a wound for the wound care lab (there are many sites that tell you how to make your own) and I just rolled up a towel to use for IM/SQ injection and IV station.
I used Lynn Fredrick's workshop. I have heard that some people complain that her information is not up to date and that her workshops were not very thorough, but that was not my experience. I got a lot of great info from her, and I think her workshop is the least expensive.

At this point, Lynn's is my safest bet as she is coming to my midwest area next month. She also has a newer home study that is interesting that I am considering, the only one I found that has someone view a video of you. Right now, she doesn't know if she has enough interested in her workshop though, so it may not go and that is a huge gamble for me to just wait around and then not have one . Thanks so much for taking the time to help those of us trying to get through this CPNE!! :yeah:

dblpn · Aug 15, 2011

Not sure if its just nerves getting the best of me, but I breezed through it, and WOW! I got so nervous, you would have thought I was on my way to test today... I hope its just now I feel this way and not every day I look through the guide to absorb the contents. Please tell me I'll soon get over this feeling of doom....

I just enrolled into excelsior and ive read about this cpne. hope all goes well for you. you can do this and pass. think pleasant thoughts. :)

**Elektra6, ASN, BSN, RN** · Aug 16, 2011

I'm so overwhelmed I'm heading to a workshop next month just to get a grip on this.