CPNE

Welcome to Continuing Health Education (CHE)
The BEST resource for your Clinical preparation!!

Welcome to the official website for Tina & Sebastian's Workshop. This
site is designed to introduce you to our Clinical Prep Workshop. We are
the instructors and organizers for the workshop. Both Sebastian and I
join forces each month and contribute our time to bring you a very intense
workshop. I am an Excelsior graduate myself. I was a college instructor
for a number of years and taught health sciences, microbiology, human
sexuality, among other courses at 3 colleges before I even enrolled in
Excelsior and after graduating, we started Clinical workshops to help other
students prepare for their clinical exam. As an excelsior student I myself
have triumphed over this cumbersome test. Now, it is YOUR turn to
triumph over this test and I believe I can help.

Compared to ALL other workshops out there, this workshop is
the MOST COST EFFECTIVE and MOST INTENSIVE in
terms of how much practice it allows over 5 days. We go over all
the elements of the test. Some of my competitors will claim you
don't need to hear about assessments and managements that
you perform at work every single day. Even LVNs who have
worked in med-surg settings for years, have been stopped
during their test weekend for assessments and even vitals. It is
absolutely crucial for ALL test takers to know what pitfalls to
avoid during your test weekend, regardless of your experience.
That is why we give you a thorough review of all aspects of this
exam. We want to make sure you have the FULL picture what
this test is about, and not only a part of it. At our workshop, ALL
of the CPNE content, just like your success, is NEVER optional
but a requirement.

CHE workshop is one of a kind and will provide you
with the MOST comprehensive background for your
clinical exam. The workshop fee is $650.
Click on CPNE Workshop on the navigation bar on top left
to see the detailed schedule on each day of the
workshop.

This workshop will help prepare you for the 3 day clinical exam, one of the
last requirements of your nursing program. The exam is currently being
held only in Wisconsin, Ohio, New York, Texas, and Georgia. But my
Workshop, which is held ONLY in San Jose California, provides
comprehensive training and helps you attain skills and confidence to pass
your Clinical Exam on the very first try. This workshop will instill
confidence in you. Some students who may not have extensive clinical
skills are sometimes doubtful whether they will pass the exam or not.
Other students who have had years of clinical experience as LVNs also
start feeling insecure while considering the low 61% passing rate for the
clinical exam. Most of the students going on to take their clinical exam are
LVNs so why such a low pass rate? Yes, working in a clinical setting can
give you some advantage in that you know what to expect during the
clinical exam. But it may also introduce you to some bad habits or
shortcuts or even make you over confident about your skills that you may
not even take time to look at the critical elements required for the clinical
exam by the college. We teach students the most practical and
straightforward way to tackle and master the information. I passed every
component of the exam on the very first try and now teach students how
to do the same. This is a very doable test and we know that you will
succeed once you set your mind to it. This Clinical Prep Workshop will
provide you with direction and guidance so you can begin your journey…
a journey of Nursing success…

Godspeed Future Registered Nurses!

Click on each item on the navigation bar on top left to see
pictures, testimonials, discussion and other resources and
SCHEDULE of future classes!!!

Suggestions on initiating study

Contact us as soon as you start your preparation. Read the study guide supplied
by the college twice especially Section IV but don't memorize anything. This guide
is the gospel of the exam and you will need to utilize information from this guide to
defend yourself and your actions during the exam. Now, you have a general idea
of what the clinical exam is about. Now, start reading the study packet we will
send you and memorize mnemonics. Utilize the mnemonics to practice areas of
care even prior to the workshop. Also buy the Excelsior skills bag and start
getting familiar with the equipment you will be tested on during the labs and start
practicing some of the steps for the labs. Look at the details in the study packet I
send and commit to memory the lab steps and lab mnemonics and EXPERIMENT
with the equipment ATLEAST, ESPECIALLY if you are not familiar with any of the
items and get comfortable. Although we will demo all the labs in class on the first
day of the class, a little advance preparation will decrease any of your
frustrations. Now you are ready to take the workshop. We recommend that you
take the workshop 4-6 weeks prior to your exam date but some students have even
benefited from intense practice and information when they took the workshop
very close to their test date while others who are stressing with test dates 4 weeks
or closer have wished that they had taken the workshop weeks ago and had ample
time to practice. It is also crucial for us to tell you at this point that once you have
attended an initial workshop, you are welcome to come back and attend again
closer to your test date for a discounted fee. We cannot accommodate all return
students so ADVANCE registration is REQUIRED.

After this workshop, IF additional financial resources are available, take the
Excelsior College CPNE Workshop 2-3 weeks prior to the test date, and save last
minute questions from actual college advisors and get the much needed
confirmation whether you are doing everything right, from past examiners
themselves. We also give my support throughout this process and answer any
questions you have and clarify everything for you and continue my support
throughout the test weekend. During your study, you can post the questions in the
study group in "Discussion". During the test weekend, you can even call us for
additional support.

There are other workshops out there. I attended 3 workshops before I took my
Clinical Exam. I attended the Excelsior one, the Utah bootcamp (closed now) and
the West Med (they don't offer clinical help anymore). Out of the ones that are out
there offering clinical workshops right now, I have only attended the Excelsior
College one and I completely support attending it. There are other workshops that
are currently being offered by other sources. According to students who have
taken multiple workshops, this (CHE or Tina and Sebastian's) workshop is THE
most comprehensive workshop out there out of ALL of them.

It is worth mentioning that the workshop is only 5 days long and it is impossible to
cover some of the MOST BASIC clinical skills such as repositioning etc. We
recommend resources in the study packet that we mail to you and we urge
students with limited clinical experience to buy these materials and go through
them BEFORE the workshop. We also urge students with limited hospital
experience to look into a CNA class where you will be forced to practice vital signs
and other basic skills

For further information, please contact:
Tina
e-mail:          cheducation@gmail.com
Phone:         (559) 935-0605
Address:                    Classes held in San Jose, CA

Tina & Sebastian,

What can I say that doesn't sound like I am hyping your CPNE Prep classes too
much? The fact is that I AM HYPING your CPNE Prep classes as the best in the
business. I have attended other preparation classes and they did not even compare
with yours.The supplies and equipment in the lab were first rate and we had much
more then any other prep class that I have attended. The course work was intense,
and the amount of time that you devoted to each of us as an individual was
fantastic. In my case, I had waited so long for a test date that my confidence was
lacking. You, Tina gave me a "can do" attitude and with the wonderful class
instruction, I had the skills I needed to pass the CPNE on May 27,28, and 29, 2005.
What I can say is, that if I were in this position again, I would recommend that
students do not waste their money on any other preparation class. You offer small
classes, intense instruction, individualized assistance, and teach what one needs
to know in order to be successful. Not only do you offer this fantastic class, but
you offer yourself and provide us with the energies needed to combat our self-
doubts and to believe in our abilities to perform.You have been there yourself and
realize how stressful this CPNE really is.

Tina, you can relate and are very empathatic, and you give of yourself.For the
readers that do read this site and my posting, I have nothing to gain by suggesting
that you attend CHEducation'ie: Tina and Sebastian's preparation classes. I have
no hidden agenda and only want to see others be successful because I know how
very, very devastating failure can be. In summation, if you want to succeed at this
enroll with Tina. God Bless!
                             From Connie, ( Dmacwha@aol.com )