I realize when I had to write my nursing exam how much pressure I experienced about the whole thing. I wrote mine in June 2010 and passed in first attempt but still remember when I walked out the exam, I was not sure what would be the result.
The purpose of this thread is supporting those nursing students who are planning to write their CRNE in upcoming June. Students, please feel free to share your concerns and questions. Nurses please support those students with tips for study.
Just couple of reminders before we get started:
1. Please do not discuss specific questions or any content tested in CRNE.
2. Please read other threads for more information as well. Other threads give you valuable information and be smart and take them into your advantage.
I wrote my June CRNE in Toronto and waiting for the result, and I tell you, that everyday is dread~!!
I just want to share my experience with you.
My experience with the exam was "OMG!! This is IT~!!I am so nervous that I am going to **** o my pants"
Case study questions were confusing and somewhat unclear
and I had left lots of these questions to move on to next one.
at this point, I am almost screaming in my head that "I am SOOOO failing"
It feel like it was really depends on the key words within the case study
that changed the answer completely.
Or, I am analysing too much and thus, I am wrong.
Short answer questions were not as bad but it does not mean it was easy or clearly written.
I spent 2 hours on case study questions and about 75minutes with short answers.
(still there were so many questions I left out or did not even bother to attempt to answer since I don't know)
I manged to finish the exam 45 minutes before the four hours
and went back to questions I left out.
By then, I felt like my brain was slowing down and tired, and it fact, it was good for me because I was not as nervous as before due to fatigue.(or maybe I uncontiously given up in my mind:confused:)
I did my best to the end and tried to fill in all the blanks:o(somtimes guessing like rolling the pencils and such)
As you all know, I was not able to go back and re read all the questions due to time constraints.
Only few questions I spent some times.
And I agree with time management skills and being not nervous during the exam are really important.
I hope I pass but who knows??
I am trying to be positive and not think about it everyday
since it is eating me inside out..yum...yum...
If I don't, well...this is an experience that I will never forget and be misrable until I pass haha...
This is my everyday life.
Thank you for reading:up:
I hope you've passed too and I am sure you did! Your recollection of the exam is funny though -I am sure a lot of other people were having the same internal dialogue as you that day:)
You're welcome. I was wondering what they would do regarding the postal strike, because it wouldn't be fair to make us wait longer. They should really have a better system for these results. Still praying for us all.
I am trying to be positive and not think about it everyday
since it is eating me inside out..yum...yum...
If I don't, well...this is an experience that I will never forget and be misrable until I pass haha...
This is my everyday life.
Thank you for reading:up:
A part of me *feels* like I passed but again, I think it's just wishful thinking . lol Stay strong everyone. Our time will come. I honestly wish I can just forget about it entirely.
Hi ALL HAS ANYONE ROUGHLY ANY IDEA WHEN WE GET THE RESULTS OF THE JUNE EXAM.IM HOPING WELL GUESSING ITS BEFORE THE END OF JULY,THAT MORE THAN 6 WEEKS ISNT IT?. ITS DOING MY HEAD IN THE WAITING ITS LIKE FOREVER.
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Last year the results started tricking in around July 8. But this year there's the postal strike to take into account. A poster on another thread indicated they'd called their College about that and were told that there would not be an alternate method of notification. I guess we'll have to see.
I think what we need at this point of time is having positive minds and wait.
yesterday, I was reading calender and shocked me that it has not even passed 3 weeks yet since the exam.
So it means another 3 weeks in the state of zombie-like
and certainly, canada post's strike situation is not putting off any stress, but adding more.
oh well, someone who is wiser and passed the exam few years ago advised me to make myself busy with works.
thus, I've decided to employ myself with numerous things
such as attending dance classes, reading great books, dating and partying with as many beaus as possible to persuade my depressive state and feelings into happy ones:idea:
so far the books and dance classes worked extremely well for past week and half
and now I am back to the earthly ground of humble, depression and anxiety.
Oh what should I do next 3 more weeks? I do not know but I will find something.
If i find something that is extremely interesting and distracting enough to the point of annoyance,
I promise I will not hesitate to share with all of you (out of sisterly love).
I am sure it would greatly help for the time being:lol2:
Yes I phoned them today and they said if the postal strike is still in effect around the first or second week of July, then the results will be sent via email! :)
does anyone else feel like this exam was way harder then any of the CRNE preparation guides... at least I was feeling slightly more confident doing those than I did writing this stupid exam. Anyone else feel like they want to jump infront of a train also lol?
I wrote my June CRNE in Toronto and waiting for the result, and I tell you, that everyday is dread~!!
I just want to share my experience with you.
My experience with the exam was "OMG!! This is IT~!!I am so nervous that I am going to **** o my pants"
Case study questions were confusing and somewhat unclear
and I had left lots of these questions to move on to next one.
at this point, I am almost screaming in my head that "I am SOOOO failing"
It feel like it was really depends on the key words within the case study
that changed the answer completely.
Or, I am analysing too much and thus, I am wrong.
Short answer questions were not as bad but it does not mean it was easy or clearly written.
I spent 2 hours on case study questions and about 75minutes with short answers.
(still there were so many questions I left out or did not even bother to attempt to answer since I don't know)
I manged to finish the exam 45 minutes before the four hours
and went back to questions I left out.
By then, I felt like my brain was slowing down and tired, and it fact, it was good for me because I was not as nervous as before due to fatigue.(or maybe I uncontiously given up in my mind:confused:)
I did my best to the end and tried to fill in all the blanks:o(somtimes guessing like rolling the pencils and such)
As you all know, I was not able to go back and re read all the questions due to time constraints.
Only few questions I spent some times.
And I agree with time management skills and being not nervous during the exam are really important.
I hope I pass but who knows??
I am trying to be positive and not think about it everyday
since it is eating me inside out..yum...yum...
If I don't, well...this is an experience that I will never forget and be misrable until I pass haha...
This is my everyday life.
Thank you for reading:up:
it's funny because I felt the same way. First question I looked at it and was like "***" I'm pretty sure I skipped over 50 questions in hopes of coming back to it, then I got late, I was falling asleep and the lady beside me smelt really bad (no affence). Afterwards I went to the hospital and found out that my hemoglobin was at a 92 so yeah. This exam was a disaster and I'm living on a prayer but I don't feel as confident as I really truly want to about this exam... honestly, way to hard... I felt like whichever team wrote it was different then the people who wrote the CRNE study guides from previous years. That's my story... and I still feel like I want to jump infront of a train lol..
I too feel the same as you, I chose not to apply right now until I know for sure that I passed. Because I'd rather be sure that I have my license and not have to go through the whole ordeal of explaining to your new boss that you failed, that would be twice as devastating for me. I also have a comment for the person that said that we will be getting our result by email?? Is this factual? Because I am pretty sure that the only way they have ever givren out results was by mail, so I am curious where you got this information.
I also did not bother to apply. It's just too much stress waiting for results... I just want to see where I stand before I jump the gun. Besides, there will always be nursing jobs and I'm really in no rush to find one as I'm still living at home.
My experience is quite the opposite when it comes to nervousness haha. I studied too early.. around January to March then I stopped studying April to May because I had to entertain some relatives who were visiting. But I took the CRNE readiness exam 1 day before and I only got 70. I studied the questionnaires 2 weeks before the exam too.
I have a big feeling I failed because.. I didn't feel a thing when I took my exam =(. I wasn't nervous or happy.. just nothing. When I took my NCLEX 3 years ago, I was so nervous but I did pass the exam. Plus I was really prepared. I felt like I left myself down because I wasn't prepared as much with CRNE. Although I read the Mosby comprehensive 3x -_-. The exam for me wasn't that hard but it wasn't easy either. You are always left with 2 possible answers but you are not sure which is the correct one .
I can't apply for work either because it would be embarrassing if they have to let me go because I failed it. Anyway, I will pray for everyone. I hope we all pass .
haha...
. lol Stay strong everyone. Our time will come. I honestly wish I can just forget about it entirely.
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tahitianmoon
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I hope you've passed too and I am sure you did! Your recollection of the exam is funny though -I am sure a lot of other people were having the same internal dialogue as you that day:)