Success With Saunders (plus Venting)

Nursing Students NCLEX

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I'D LIKE TO ASK THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE PASSED THE NLCEX-RN BOARD (CONGRATS ) ABOUT THE EFFECTIVE WAY OF USING THE SAUNDERS REVIEW FOR THE NLCEX-EXAM CD. I JUST BOUGHT THE THIRD EDITION OF THE BOOK WITH THE CD HOPING THAT THIS WILL AID IN ME PASSING THE BOARD FOR THE SECOND TIME. THERE'S 3 STUDY MODES TO CHOOSE FROM ( STUDY MODE, QUIZ MODE, AND EXAM MODE), WHICH OF THESE MODES DID YOU USE PRIMARILY OR EXCLUSIVELY USE WHEN YOU WERE REVIEWING FOR THE EXAM? HOW MANY QUASTIONS WERE YOU PRACTICING ON EACH DAY AND HOW DID YOU SPACE IT OUT? I REALLY NEED HELP.

:offtopic: ON THE VENTING SIDE.....HONESTLY SPEAKING, AFTER THE HORRIBLE LETTER OF FAILURE I'VE RECEIVED FROM THE CABON ( IT'S BEEN A WEEK NOW AND I'M STILL DEPRRESSED :crying2: ), I JUST CAN'T GET MYSELF BACK TO MOTIVATION. I SIT INFRONT OF MY COMPUTER TELLING MYSLEF I HAVE TO GET BACK TO STUDYING BUT I'M JUST NOT MOTIVATED ENOUGH. I FEEL LIKE I'VE WASTED 2 MONTHS OF MY TIME STUDYING FOR THE NCLEX-RN AND NONE OF IT PAID OFF. I'M SO FRUSTRATED THAT I EVEN HAD TO SACRIFICE SO MUCH OF MY TIME AWAY FROM MY FAMILY JUST TO REMAIN FOCUSED. THEN I GET THIS LETTER STATING THAT I FAILED. I HAVE SO MANY "WHAT IF'S " GOING ON IN MY HEAD....WHAT IF I FAIL AGAIN, WHAT IF I'M NOT STUDYING ENOUGH, WHAT IF I'M MISSING OUT ON SEEING MY KIDS GROW...WHAT IF NURSING IS NOT REALLY FOR ME?.....I'M SO DISTRAUGHT RIGHT NOW :crying2: :crying2: SO MANY BOOKS, CD'S, REVIEW CLASSES ETC. TO CHOOSE FROM BUT WHICH ONE REALLY IS THE BEST ONE TO PREPARE YOU FOR THE BIG EXAM?? ALL PROMISE GUARANTEE TO PASS....IS THIS REALLY WHAT NCLEX PEOPLE BASE OUR NURSING JUDGEMENT AND SKILLS? WE ALL KNOW THAT IN THE REAL WORLD IT IS NOT REALLY WHAT NCLEX IS BEING APPLIED IT'S THE EXPERIENCE. I KNOW SOME OF YOU MAY THINK THAT I'M TALKING NO SENSE. BUT THIS IS HOW I FEEL AT THE MOMENT. I HAVE SO MUCH FRUSTRATION AND DISBELIEF. PLEASE HELP ME.......... :crying2:

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Hi it struk me when i read this note. i'm studying both the saunders and kaplan but still confused as to which one to concentrate mostly coz the kaplan although good, has few details, and saunders's like all the details in the world. :confused:it'll take another month to finish everything in saunders.or should i concentrate more on questions? any ideas?which one's the ncsbn review by the way?

If you just graudated, you should not need to use the book, but concentrate on doing questions.........the book should be used only as a resource at this point.

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THe bump mode is illegal? Wierd

Anyway. When I did Saunders I did the review mode, then I would do quizzes. I did way more than 100 per day. 100 per day didn't cut it for me. I recommend doing 200+ per day for at least 2 wks and then back down to 100 a day.

I really liked Lippincott questions. They were hard and challenging. Saunders is great too but I prefer Lippincott. NCSBN is good to help prepare you for the the boards but I wouldn't recommend those until at least 3 wks before your exam. I only used that site for questions only. The rationals aren't great so don't expect to get great answers to why your answer wasn't right.

Good luck next time!

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