Helping you prepare for the NLN CNE® exam.
SYNCHRONOUS
Live on Zoom for Seven Sessions (one per week)
ACCESS TO COURSE
Course access will be granted three days before the course begins. You can access the course as of 4/6/25 with a start date of 4/9/25. You will be able to access the course and files for three months in total (until 7/2/25).
Course Description
I look forward to assisting you as you prepare for the NLN CNE® exam. I passed the CNE® exam in 2018 in the 99% and have helped thousands of faculty prepare for and pass the exam, across the country. I have been a nurse educator since 2013 (ADN, BSN, RN to BSN, RN to MSN, MSN, and DNP levels). My business, GP ACADEMY LLC, provides board certification review courses among other services for nurses. I invite you to join my CNE® review that runs one evening per week, seven sessions in total, from 6-7PM (Central Time), on Zoom. If you attend all sessions, and study 20 minutes per day on your own, you will be awarded 21 contact hours. I have thoroughly reviewed every book in the preparation reference list for the CNE® exam and included the content in my teaching and materials. The review covers all criteria on the test blueprint. My review course is a mentoring program to enhance all areas of teaching, service, and scholarship. The exam is challenging with a general pass rate between 60-70%. My review course has a 99% pass rate on the CNE® exam, however. The NLN recommends a board certification review course. Not only will I assist you in preparation for the exam, but be available to you in between review sessions for any questions you have and or clarification needed on content. I believe in mentoring and staying connected with those I assist. Attending all sessions and engaging in 20 minutes of studying per day, on the days we do not meet, will award 21 contact hours.
Course Schedule
The course will run (live) synchronously on the following dates below on Zoom (seven Wednesday evenings from 6PM-7PM, Central Time). Gina logs on at 5:30PM Central Time for Q&A and open discussion. Once you register for the course, you will have access to the Zoom link, which is the same for all seven sessions below. Only focus on one topic area per week. Do not work ahead. The course is paced to allow ample time to focus on all the content. For example, in week one, we will focus on use assessment and evaluation and week two the content will continue. That means for 20 minutes per day for the first two weeks, faculty should study the related content, read the associated book chapter, apply learning to practice, watch the Zoom session recordings, and utilize other study strategies as required. In week three, faculty should only focus on facilitate learning, etc.
Week One (4/9/25): Use Assessment and Evaluation Strategies
Week Two (4/16/25): Continuation of Use Assessment and Evaluation Strategies
Week Three (4/23/25): Facilitate Learning
Week Four (4/30/25): Facilitate Learner Development and Socialization
Week Five (5/7/25): Participate in Curriculum Design and Evaluation of Program Outcomes
Week Six (5/14/25): Function as Change Agent/Engage in Scholarship
Week Seven (5/21/25): Function Within the Organizational Environment and the Academic Community
Requirements Resources
- GP ACADEMY LLC CNE® Review (all seven sessions)
- Caputi, L. (2020). Certified Nurse Educator Review Book: The Official NLN Guide to the CNE Exam (2nd Ed.). Wolters Kluwer.
- 20 minutes of studying per day, over three months.
- NLN Self-Assessment Exams (SAE Exams) Forms C and D. https://www.nln.org/awards-recognition/cne/Certification-for-Nurse-Educatorscne/cne-exam-prep
*You can send Gina a pdf copy of your performance on the SAEs to receive insight and guidance.
Optional Resources
- Whittmann-Price, R., Godshall, M., & Wilson, L. (2018). Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) Q&A Flashcards. Springer Publishing Company. (please note I found 2-3 errors in these flashcards).
- Study.com ($59.95 per month)
- Ignatavicius, D.D. (2023). Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) and Certified Nurse Educator Novice (CNE n) Exam Prep. Elsevier.
- Whitman, Price, R.A., Godshall, M., & Wilson, L. Certified Nurse Educator Exam: CNE Review Manual & Guide (6.8.4625) [Mobile app]. Springer Publishing Company/App Store. ($50 per month but there is a free option that provides ten practice items per day)
*Ask your colleagues/peers which books they have. You can most likely borrow/share resources.
I also recommend the KeithRN membership platform as a means of using case studies for active learning. My clients can use coupon code “50TLAN” when they register for the individual monthly option, and will receive 50% off the first month, which is less than $30 to road test. Members have access to everything-100 clinical reasoning case study topics, dozens of faculty/student handouts, and even faculty development webinars with CE. Members can cancel their membership at any time. Visit: www.thinklikeanurse.com
This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
No one in control of content has relevant relationships with ineligible companies. Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
It is recommended to attend all sessions, but if you cannot attend one due to a personal/work conflict, please let me know. You are able to make up one session the next time the sessions are offered. All sessions must be attended to obtain contact hours.
Contact hours will be awarded upon completing of the entire review course, evaluation with attesting to studying 20 minutes per day, and noting how you have made practice changes in teaching, services, and scholarship.
The course includes live teaching weekly, access to Gina before and after the live sessions for questions and open discussions, ability to email Gina for questions in between sessions, recordings of sessions, slides with content and practice items, a practice exam, guidance and mentoring throughout the preparation period, feedback on SAE performance, and information on the CNE® Exam. Gina’s review course is the most comprehensive in the market with the best price.
Once you register for the course by clicking “purchase course”, you will use the username and password you created to sign into the website each time you want to access the course. You will have access to the course three days before the course begins. A detailed email will be sent one week before the review course starts (to the email you registered with). Junk spam/junk folder the email. The instructions to log into the website and access the purchased course are below.
- Go to the website www.gpacademyservices.com
- Click on sign in (right upper corner)
- Click on Account
- Click on Dashboard
- Scroll down the page to see courses purchased and click on the CNE Review Course (4/9/25-5/21/25 Cohort)
- Click on each section + symbol to expand the areas of the course
- Feel free to download files. You are welcome to save them but they cannot be altered or shared with anyone else, as they are copyrighted.
INSTRUCTOR
Dr. Gina Panozzo DNP, RN-PMH-BC, CNE
PRICE:
$175
Registration is closed. The course is full.
