Does everyone really study?

well being from california my board papers took 4 months to come in the mail i graduated in august and taking my nclex pn next month..........sooo yea thats where it comes from on my end im scared i will forget the material being out of school so long..... :/

I did zero practice questions outside of school and did fine. Our school required us to do ridiculously well on ATI and Kaplan to even graduate, so what was the point? I think it totally depends on the school and the person. Some people really don't need to do extra questions, some do...in general I would say many of my classmates stressed out way too much over NCLEX. If your school doesn't do much standardized testing, doesn't use NCLEX style questions throughout, or has a poor pass rate, then you probably need to practice. If your school adequately prepares you, then you will do fine.

I did only a handful of questions after school. I figured at that point I either knew it or I didnt.

I didn't study much for either the PN or RN NCLEX. I mostly just did practice questions on the computer. I was a lot more lax about studying for the RN exam, probably since I passed the PN one with minimal questions. I however had to take the RN NCLEX twice! I'd say your hour or 2 a day is probably enough.

For PN NCLEX all i did was questions for two weeks and passed. For RN I'm trying to focus on content however it is not really working for me right now. I thinking I'm going to focus on doing questions on my weakest areas... Hope we all pass and do well.

I hate to say that I didn't study for the NCLEX-RN because I feel like it belittles the hardship of others who have sacrificed the time to prepare...but 7 months after graduation, I was more focused on relocating, finding housing, finding a job, and dealing with my family's medical issues, etc. By the time I got to the site to take the exam, I was okay with however I performed because I was just tired. I hadn't studied or done anything related to preparing so I wasn't anxious or nervous--I think I was just numb from everything going on in my life, actually. My nursing school had evoked a HESI exam at the end of each course, an "entrance" HESI half-way through the curriculum, and an EXIT HESI before final exams...AND I PASSED the NCLEX-RN board!

I see tons of threads about studying like crazy for NCLEX, but are there any others out there, like me, who aren't that concerned? I did well in school, and excellent on my exit exam. I am doing some review questions each day, and brushing up on values, and things I run across that I am foggy on. Maybe an hour or two tops. I feel like I am taking a much more laxed approach than many others.Just wondering how many out there didn't worry too much about NCLEX?

i am also waiting to take the rn nclex in indiana. i took the pn nclex last year and passed with the minimum in 45 min. and the only study tools i used was ati questions. i'm doing that again, and also have been using saunders 4th ed. q&a review for rn nclex and it is awesome. i actually gives clear and concise rationales for all the answer options and has cd's for easy study. i also google free nclexquestions whenever i am on the computer. there are tons of site. i wouldnt say that all the questions are up to nclex standards, but the information review is accurate. as far as cracking open the books, i never looked back at anything unless i ran across something i totally was like "what is that", but that was mostly meds. i don't think that trying to go through everything is necessary, but i specifically came across some of the info on my boards that the online free questions quizzed me about, so it was fresh in my mind. good luck!