Nclex advice

Hello all. I have come to this site so often to read through posts and get a little help through school. Now that I am done I thought I would offer some of what I found helpful for the Nclex.

I just passed the boards last week with 75 questions. First of all, you will feel like you failed miserably when the computer shuts off. I just sat there and stared at my blank screen before I snapped into reality. Even doing the PVT really isn't assuring. Your still left to wonder. Anyway, after a grueling 48 hrs. I was able to access my quick results.

My school included the Kaplan review following our last semester. It seems like many students take this course. It was helpful for me and taught me how to answer questions the way the state wants you to. The decision tree, ABG's, expected vs unexpected, etc. I did utilize those strategies for some of my questions.

Here is how I studied. I did Kaplan review questions....between 25-75 a night. LaCharity Prioritization and Delegation questions...25 a night.

UWorld.....25-75 a night.

I did Qbank trainers 1-5 from Kaplan. I also viewed some of the Kaplan videos but I honestly didn't find them helpful. Take a look at them and you will be able to tell if they will help you.

On weekends I did as many questions as I had time for. I have to say that I found UWorld to be the best study guide. I would take multiple UWorld quizzes on the weekends. Their questions and rationales really beat Kaplan. The question layout is pretty much exactly the same as the Nclex. I felt like I was taking a Uworld quiz throughout my exam.

I have always been terrible at SATA. This is another area that UWorld really helped. They provided so many of the SATA. I had between 10-15 of them on my exam. Some of them even seemed familiar to me.

Whenever I took a quiz from my different banks I would review the questions and rationales....even the ones I got right....right after the quiz. I would then retake the same quiz the next day to see if I retained any of the information. My score would go up and I would randomly retake the same quizzes whenever I had a few extra minutes. I kept all the info on my phone so I could do it wherever...just the retakes. All other quizzes I sat in the quiet and pretended it was the actual exam.

So, I highly recommend LaCharity and UWorld. They were by far better than the Kaplan questions.

I studied consistently for 3 weeks. Unfortunately, I could not spend full days studying. I had to work full time so that is why my questions in the evening were limited. I think I was well prepared though...well, as prepared as you can be...lol.

I did not study content. I reviewed labs that I don't use to often and brushed up on my infection precautions.

I did buy the Uworld subscription. I was happy I did. I couldn't find the free trial when I read about it here.

I hope this is helpful to someone.

Good luck to everyone!