What NCLEX really stands for...

Nursing Students NCLEX

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Perhaps NCLEX really stands for:

N eed to

C onsume

L ots of

E xtended-release

X anax

It was the best I could come up with... the "X" really limits you on possibilities

Anyway, I just found out today that I passed (75 questions, 10 were SATA, lots of delegation). Good luck to all who are going to find out their results in the near future!

wht material you used. plz share your experience. congrates.

:ancong!:

Thank you!

I spent the $350 on a Hurst review course. I recommend it. That is all I would study and pay special attention to the test taking tips.

What i feel is the MOST IMPORTANT THING to realize: you are going to miss about 1/2 of the questions that you answer- this is how the NCLEX works, you will get continually harder level questions and you will miss a lot of them- that is why most people leave the testing center feeling like they failed.

Other tips:

- doing nothing is not going to be the answer- they want to make sure that you are going to save the life of the patient.

- Know your PPE

-Don't focus too much on pharmacology. The people that got a lot of those questions were getting drugs that they never heard of before (just assume the worst when you read the questions and pick the deadliest answer)

-Know the limitations of a LPN and a CNA

-review you basic/general S/S of more common diseases and disorders (i.e. hypokalemia, schizophrenia, etc)

- watch for flag words like always, never, whenever, etc. These are likely NOT the answer.

I read each question and answer twice and I tried to actually picture myself in an actual hospital and experiencing that particular situation. I spent an average of a bit more than a minute per question.

The questions are straight forward and usually only 2 or 3 sentences long. It was the possible answers that got a little tricky.

I counted the number of SATA questions (I maked them on the dry-erase board they give you). The more you get, the better you are doing. Knowing thet, I felt very confident when I hit 10 SATA before I was even on question 70. The same is true for delegation- they are also considered a higher cognition level type of question, so if you are getting those types of questions, you are doing well.

Good luck!!!

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