Voice of Nursing: Kelly Rhodes Finds Confidence on the Path to Certification

January 26, 2026

In the latest Voice of Nursing blog post, Kelly Rhodes shares how a personal goal to earn her Certified Pediatric Nurse credential led her to timely support and a renewed sense of confidence at Texas Children’s.

EXCERPT: One of my goals for 2025 was to take the Certified Pediatric Nurse (CPN) exam. I was overwhelmed with the amount of information there was to study and was struggling to find accessible resources to help me prepare. My fellow nurses in the Diabetes and Endocrine clinic and in the Gastroenterology clinic were struggling with the same hurdles, so we decided to form a CPN exam study group. We had some study guides but were unsure of the best way to review the vast material. The week before our first study session we received the Nursing Congress email announcing Texas Children’s and Nurse Builders’ partnership to provide certification review e-courses to our nurses. This email came at the perfect time and provided so much relief and guidance to our study group!

Nurse Builders’ Pediatric Nursing Certification Review E-Course is very comprehensive. Each lesson includes descriptive handouts, videos with the information and test taking tips and tricks, and a handful of practice questions to review the information covered. Since the CPN E-Course provided clear and easy to follow instructions, each study group member was able to complete lessons at their own pace, and our study sessions were used to do practice questions and discuss their rationales. This study approach proved to be efficient and effective!

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