Study Guide for the Core Curriculum for Oncology Nursing

This book got me through the exam. A great overview, and helped me get into the heads of the test writers and how they ask questions. The "Core Curriculum for Oncology Nursing" is a good resource, but overwhelming and shouldn't be used as the main study source. A person will drown in a book that detailed, and feel defeated before they even start. At least, that is how I felt by page 2. I scored high in the test in almost all of the categories mainly because I knew HOW to answer the questions. This book prepared me well. I took a chapter at a time, slowly, no cramming. Feel like a was a much better nurse after I had studied. It worked for me. Wish you the very best!

I read the reviews for this study guide and compared them against the ones for the flashcards. In the end, I opted to buy this book because a few reviewer said that it's more organized with regards to the grouping of the questions. Moreover, I was able to borrow from my nurse manager the textbook itself. So , I was able to go back to the textbook for more information. This is the only study guide I used. The rationales were vere helpful and I learned a lot. I prepared for 2 months and I'm happy to report that I passed it! But I also believe that my years of work experience on the oncology floor has helped tremendously. I highly recommend this book! Good luck to the future takers.

Wait for 2015 book if you are testing after March!!! It s on Amazon too and you can preorder it, but it is the one and only OCN approved material. If not, don't stress, I only studied this book and went to review class with directly reflected it....felt like none of the questions on the test were what I studied...BUT STILL PASSED...you can too! I was informed by OCN that they no longer endorse this book a week before I tested after reviewing it cover to cover 2-3 times so I was a but panicked...they had no dedicated materials they endorsed so my choice was to buy $100s tons of books and hope I studied the right stuff in the next week or just wing it on my green book knowledge and hope it's enough-- I think that's kinda unfair to the test candidate last minute after fees were due late March. Anyway I added OCN secrets las t couple days, it was same info mostly, but I really think the main reason I passed was because I was critically thinking more effectively spirit studying the green book. If you are able to wait for new book, I would highly recommend it, but if not, study the green book you have and remember to trust that you are a nurse with oncology knowledge, and it can be done...don't fret!!!

I ordered this book to review for the Oncology Nurse certification Test. It was a very organized and easy to study review guide. I went through the book and took the tests, then reviewed the material that I missed. It gave the reasons for the correct answer. I ordered it a couple of weeks before the test and passed without any problems. I would recommend it to anyone planning to take the test. Great book! full of good info

I recently bought this to help prepare for the OCN certification test. The entire book is made up of questions divided into categories. I'm finding it very helpful and easy to use. I definitely feel more prepared to take the test. I do not feel like I need to buy any additional study materials to prepare besides this one.

I only used this book to study. If I didn't know the answer to a question or the rationale behind it, I looked it up and took lots of good notes. By the end of my studying, I was comfortable with most of the questions and had notes along many of the margins. It seemed to be excellent preparation: I passed in good time and got great marks. Highly recommended!

I learned a lot by taking the practice exams in each section and studying the answers. I also studied the Core Curriculum Book to fill in areas that I wasn't as familiar with. I took the ONS online review course as well. The study guide actually helped me the most in preparing for the test question format and rationale for correct answers was very helpful.

A good book to review the knowledge and see where the gaps are. Although, a few questions have wrong answers . I wonder if however was proofreading it missed it because of high page volume:()