by depress nurse

any, hints assistance in passing NCLEX-RN? I've tried number of text books w/ 2000 computer practice test, attend review courses, until decided to do self study for 3 months 4-5 hrs a day as I can't afford to keep attending review courses anymore any advice? would appreciate it thx!
fellow colleague, depress nurse

Re: any, hints assistance in passing NCLEX-RN?

Try NCLEX-3500. Its a free web site which you can use. Also view the allnurses website for study facts which have been compiled by previous and current students.

Re: any, hints assistance in passing NCLEX-RN?

SCHEDULE STRATEGY

A. Spend 1/3 of your time reviewing content you don't understand
B. Spend 2/3 of your time answering test question
C. Used most comfortable NCLEX review book for content.
D. Begin with the area that is most difficult for you or area that are least familiar
E. Use a good nursing reference manual or internet to find information
F. Define the disease in terms of pathophysiological process and understand the disease process.
G. Identify the early and late symptoms of disease
H. Identify most important or life threatening complication associated with the disease.
I. Define the medical treatment.
J. Identify nursing intervention associate with early and late symptom of disease process
K. Identify what to teach patient and family to prevent in other to adapt to disease process.
L. list the area you need to review.
M. Answering question in a test mode will improve your test taking skills
N. Each time you answer question, check the number of question you answered correctly that will motivate you to read and study more next time.
O. Keep track of your score to see how you're improving in all area of your content.
P. If you answer less than 65% correctly, this is a WARNING SIGNAL!! Spend lots of time reviewing content and stop doing question on the weakest area
Q. If you answer 65-75% correctly your performance is improving and success is certain. Continue working with the content until your score is above 75%
R. Every wrong answer, identify why you answered it wrongly.
S. Practice 75- 85 question to known how you'll be prepared for NCLEX Exam and see how many you answered correctly
T. Do understand the question first, formulate your answer of hand and compare with the option given to see how close your answer!!
U. Anticipate Test question will increase in difficulty when you get the first question right!!
V. Do not panic if someone finishes before you!!
W. Do not CRAM!!
X. Remember that you have learned a great amount of nursing knowledge and the exam is only designed to determine whether you're able to practice safely @ entry level
Y. Keep a positive attitude and Pray!!
Z. Wish you best of LUCK

Re: any, hints assistance in passing NCLEX-RN?

thx! for the hints it's an outline to start- I appreciate it

Re: any, hints assistance in passing NCLEX-RN?

HI Annfaith, request please, would u be kind enough to send me the linked of NCLEX RN3500? pls - I would appreciate it - thank you in advance.

Re: any, hints assistance in passing NCLEX-RN?

The website for NCLEX RN 3500 - Institutional Version constantly changes. Right now you can view it at: http://nursing.goivytech.net/nclexrn...596D15044E15F8

If, by chance, the originators for the site see that too many people are accessing it, you may find the site to be unavailable for you to use. If so, just wait a week or 2 then do a search of "NCLEX-RN 3500" and you may be lucky enough to find a new link to the institutional version that you can use.

Start with the "Pretest." This will give you and idea of where your weak areas are.

Good Luck!

Re: any, hints assistance in passing NCLEX-RN?

I have said this over and over and over and over again:

The Real Secret in passing the NCLEX-RN exam is Q AND A!!! And Prayers.

Q and A, not just from a single reference material, but several. Kaplan is good, but the questions are on the easy side and concentrate more on the strategy on how to attack the question. Do yourself a favor and get MORE Q and A books and answer ALL of them. THERE IS NO SINGLE PERFECT ONLY SOURCE IN PASSING NCLEX-RN. It has to be SEVERAL. Get a good grasp on your nursing knowledge first, by answering questions, then you can work on the next level of questions which is the analysis. You cannot shortcut this. So start answering as many questions as you can to develop test taking strategies. Then you can get back to kaplan. Only then when you have done this will you be able to get a better probability of passing.

And of course pray. All your efforts will be wasted without His help.

Good Luck!

and p.s. STOP READING YOUR NOTES please! You already know this stuff, so concentrate on your weak parts and ANSWER, ANSWER, ANSWER questions tirelessly.

Re: any, hints assistance in passing NCLEX-RN?

Best advice I can offer is to engage in consistent, serious study. Answer as many questions as you can with time taken to study the rationales. When you find yourself wrapped up in negative thinking break away from it and instead answer another question and read the rationales for the answer. That is about the best anyone can do. Good luck.

Re: any, hints assistance in passing NCLEX-RN?

Hi caliotter3, appreciate the advice, very tiring though I don't know what am I reviewing, yet I have to discipline myself and feel relax it's the only way so I can focus better. thank you.

Re: any, hints assistance in passing NCLEX-RN?

Hello sir/madam, i just flunked my nclex-rn. I'll try the tips you enumerated above, thank you. It's really hard to take a failing grade but i can only blame myself for being lazy. A piece of advice to the takers that no matter how good the materials you have if you dont practice and study you have a low chance of passing. Just do your best and good luck!