Honest opinions on NCLEX study plan needed

Nursing Students NCLEX

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Specializes in Geriatrics, LTC.

I need honest feedback. Is doing 250 questions a week (allowing myself 1 day off; so about 40 each of the six days) realistic, or am I raising the bar for myself too much? I've been known to give myself unrealistic expectations, but am really determined to pass this the first time around!! Or should I do even more?? I have no idea how to go about this!!

If you learn the material well enough so that you can answer any question about it, 50 questions a day might be enough; but, if you are haphazard about your efforts, 5000 a day might not be enough. We don't know your learning abilities and that NCLEX is one unpredictable bear. Best anyone can say is use your own judgement. If you feel ready then test, if you don't feel ready then reschedule. Best of luck.

Specializes in Emergency.

I recently took it and passed! I went throught the latest Saunders and Kaplan book. And answered about 100-150 questions per day for 2 months taking Sundays off. I picked the same time each day to study. All I can say is don't go into it without knowing you have done everything you can to pass. I know I only wanted to do this once. It was stressful enough the first time.

In our program they suggested 300 questions a day

Specializes in ER.
caliotter3 Re: Honest opinions on NCLEX study plan needed

If you learn the material well enough so that you can answer any question about it, 50 questions a day might be enough; but, if you are haphazard about your efforts, 5000 a day might not be enough. We don't know your learning abilities and that NCLEX is one unpredictable bear. Best anyone can say is use your own judgement. If you feel ready then test, if you don't feel ready then reschedule. Best of luck.

I want to second this great but ambiguous reply :)

I think that sometimes the focus on "how many questions you do a day" is becoming a large focus on this forum, when maybe it shouldn't be.

Study how YOU feel comfortable studying and don't focus so much on what other people are doing to study.

I'm actually glad I didn't browse this forum until after I wrote NCLEX..... I think that it would make me feel like it's exam day in school, and I'm standing out in the hall listening to people talk about what they did to study, until I feel like maybe I am not as prepared as others and start to second guess myself....

No matter what you do to prepare, you will know when you feel comfortable writing.

I passed NCLEX on my first try with 75 questions. I did about 750 practice questions total. No prep course, and only 1 book.

I did study a lot, I just didn't feel doing hundreds a questions a day was valuable for how I learned. This was me, and it probably wouldn't work for everyone.

I felt comfortable with my studying plan I made for me :).

Find something that is comfortable for you and try not to compare to what everyone else is doing.

250 questions a week is simply not enough. My study plan was at least 150 a day, at most 200. You need to give yourself time to understand the rationales as well, and refer back to the content if the rational isn't clear enough for you. But thats what I did, and you may find your own style as well; the other posters have great advice =)

Specializes in Geriatrics, LTC.

I ended up doing between 150-200 questions a day (not all in one sitting; split up), and passed the NCLEX in 75 questions! YAY! Thanks for all your help!

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