I'm sitting here staring at my second CPNRE result and I honestly don't know what I'm doing wrong. I graduated from a PN program in Manitoba about eight months ago and I've now failed by a pretty small margin both times. My weak areas are always pharmacology and complex alterations in health — I can see that much from my results breakdown. I've been using a popular study guide but I think I'm just memorizing without actually understanding the clinical reasoning behind the questions.
My next attempt is booked for early fall and I really need a different approach. I've been hearing that doing a ton of CPNRE practice test questions is more effective than re-reading notes, but I'm not sure which banks are actually worth paying for versus the free ones floating around. Did anyone find a particular study method or resource that finally clicked for them? I'm putting in about two hours a night after work and genuinely starting to doubt myself.
Any exam tips from people who've been through this more than once would mean a lot right now. I don't want to give up — this is my career.