Pediatric CCRN Certification Review

This was my main source of practice questions I used to study for the exam. I paid for an aacn online review course with slides and a lecture that I thought was terrible. I borrowed a review course booklet (but wasn't able to attend the actual course) so I had a little bit of review info to look at. Aside from that, I just buckled down and answered question after question, doing almost every question in this book. The rationales were helpful and I checked them even on questions I got right because they usually offered further insight and helpful info. And I just passed the test today! :) Definitely recommend this book. It's worth the expense. Everyone in my unit has used this book and that's how I knew to get it. Glad I did. Side note: It has a section including the synergy model which is now I think 20% of the exam...everything I looked at said you only need to know how to apply it, which is often "common sense" and you won't be asked specifically about the terminology. That is not true! You will be asked about the terminology. So be sure to pay attention to that in this study book! Knowing how to answer the questions, having that strategy, like for boards, is key and this book will give you plenty of practice with how they're looking for you to answer.

This is a great review book. I thought the questions were very similar to the actual questions on the exam. I did all 1200 practice questions and usually scored between 50-60% correct, but got 82% correct on the actual exam. I find I learn a lot more from doing practice questions than just reading through review material. The rationals are concise and point out where people often get tricked into picking a wrong answer. I'd highly recommend this for anyone studying for the pediatric CCRN exam or who is a pediatric critical care nurse that wants to test their knowledge.

I was told to use this book to study, however I have come across so many annoying errors in this book. I.e. the answer section will say "D" was the correct answer but then describes the answer that was in option "B". It is very strange and annoying while studying and it makes me question the validity of the content.

Great book! It has a lot of questions and good explanations for each answer. It is not a review book, but a questions only book. Your review is the answers. I have this book, along with two other review books. I have the CCRN for adults, and I did many questions, which helped me pass the exam. I'm hoping to do the same for the peds CCRN.

Bought this book to study for my CCRN and I passed. I think it had more to do with using the online component included in with the book than the actual book itself.My only criticism is that some of the answer to the questions were wrong (like WAY wrong-stuff that any RN or RN student would know) and some of the questions online were missing or incomplete.It seems expensive, but considering how much the registration for CCRN costs, it is worth it and you can always resell to someone at your work who is looking to take it.