Advice on preparing for NCLEX-PN (seperated from How NCLEX works)

Hello and welcome to the family of allnurses. Enjoy your stay and good luck!

Well, I just took my boards on July 28,2005. I passed thank God. Anyway, I did the exam books and online. I memorized lad values and such. Then I went and took the exam it is mostly priority questions. Mostly you will need critical thinking skills. Good luck, Nancy

Saunders makes a Comprehensive Review book for the NCLEX-PN exam.
I highly recommend this one.

I used my NCLEX book and CD. I found a site on the net for 20.00 for 30 days with 3000 questions available at all times. Some of those exact same questions were on my NCLEX. Talk about being glad I had signed up for it. Good luck

Could you give us that address? Thanks.

-Deb

I just studied from the Mosby's NCLEX-PN review book. Not sure of the version but it came out just this year so has the new format-type of questions in it. I took my test Aug 8 and, I had passed. Most of the questions I studied weren't the type of the questions that were on the test since they were more critical thinking based. Good luck!

Shell

what is the websit address

Since you've been out of school for a year, you might want to consider that review course. I'm an older student (50), and I had trouble remembering things. I graduated from school (a LOUSY program, I might add), then I immediately spent about a solid month reviewing on my own. I started a brand new notebook, and went thru the NCLEX book chapter by chapter. At this point you don't need to know all the details, but you still need to have a grasp of the big picture--like how the heart works for example(left ventricle is good spot for hrt attack). I picked up things that I didnt get from school. I chose to skip the maternity/ped sections. The old NCLEX tests tended to focus on maternity, but I don't think they do anymore. My test and the friends I have talked to didn't get a lot of maternity questions.

Also, I memorized the basic lab values, and certainly the normal vital sign ranges. This really helped me a lot. I was lucky and didn't get too many drug questions. The fill in the blank questions were all math questions--and the math was sooooo easy!! From talking to my friends and my own experience, lots of questions were priority type questions. You'll be given a brief summary of 4 pts, and asked which pt do you take care of first?

I did pass the test, but it was more than the minimum of 85 questions. I advise you to pause periodically during the test--take a mental break. You've got plenty of time to take the test!! And bring water w/ you!!

Good luck--hope this helps. (PS, I'm the wife of Papaw John,RN)

Congrats to you! I took mine on July 27 and passed!! :hatparty: