Filipino Nurses who passed the NCLEX without the help of Review Center

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Hello i would like to invite those who passed the NCLEX but without Review Centers. Please share your experiences, strategies and methods of study to inspire and motivate those future nurses like me who will take the NCLEX by self review. Please take time to answer the following questions:

1. What are the materials that you used?

2. How many hours per day did you study? how many questions did u answer per day?

3. How many days or months in total you studied before taking the exam?

4. What are the specific strategies that you used or the the test taking skills you applied during the exam?

5. Take one or take two?

Thank you.. This will be a great help for us...

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1. What are the materials that you used?

- I used kaplan q&a,saunders comprehensive 4th edition,mosby q & a and some reference books from my college days and NLE review.. and a bunch of Nclex softwares but mainly i use kaplan question trainer, saunders 4th edition, nclex4000, lippincott 8th ed. and many more.. oh, and i listen to feuer mp3's a lot.. no online review..

2. How many hours per day did you study? how many questions did u answer per day?

- I read as much as i can,(cause i didn't have much time) sometimes 3 hours in the morning and another 3 hours in the afternoon, then at night about 4-6 hours(find your own absorbing time) . after each break i answer nclex softwares 75 items at a time..longest i remembered was 150 items which almost caused me to collapse.. never tried answering 265, because im not planning to answer 265.. when i feel my eyes hurt already, i listen to feuer lecture mp3's.. if i feel im not absorbing anything, i dont force it.. so it's not every day like that.. im not a robot ok? it depends on how i'm motivated..

3. How many days or months in total you studied before taking the exam?

- i only had 1 month to prepare,so i had to make the most of my time.. but 4 mos before, i intermittently answer test questions..but i only started reading 1 month before..

4. What are the specific strategies that you used or the the test taking skills you applied during the exam?

- Pray a lot, build up confidence, smile, breath, focus on what is asked, eliminate wrong answers and answer as fast as possible (coz i tend to overrationalize, and i know in the end i'll just stick with my first answer)

5. Take one or take two?

- Take one at 1 hour 11 mins 85 items.. :D

1. What are the materials that you used?

Several. Mostly CDs (Q&A) from Mosby's, Saunders, Kaplan, etc... and I read the whole book of Saunders MedSurg.

2. How many hours per day did you study? how many questions did u answer per day?

for the first 2 months, 1 hour per day during the long nights of reading but forgetting everything I read the next day... answering Q&A on CDs ---from 50Q to 200Q per day, as long as I can take it...

A month after the exam, I review the whole day for 2 hours straight, take a break for about an hour, then review again... same routine, unless if I'm too tired to study and I slept the whole afternoon. But when I do, I make it up in the evening. If I'm too stressed, I go out shopping or meet friends and have fun for 1 whole day.

3. How many days or months in total you studied before taking the exam?

I had my preparation for 3 months... the first 2 months, I studied every night since I'm working in the morning. But it only took me for 1 hour of studying before I become so sleepy and off to bed I go. :) Not much, actually. I did a lot of reading and answering test questions from the CDs.

But a month before my exam, I filed for a vacation leave from work so I can concentrate on my review. I review every day. But I whenever I'm stressed, I just stop. Sometimes, go out shopping or meeting friends and have fun for 1 whole day, just to relieve my stress.

4. What are the specific strategies that you used or the the test taking skills you applied during the exam?

Before studying, I pray. When I'm tired of studying, I pray. When I really want to give up, I pray. When I'm inspired to study, I pray and thank God. As I end my review for the day, I pray.

PRIORITIZATION, DELEGATION, ABC

5. Take one or take two?

Take one. Thank God!

***another important tip: WHEN IN DOUBT WITH THE Q IN THE EXAM, PRAY. and don't forget to THANK GOD NO MATTER WHAT.

Hello i would like to invite those who passed the NCLEX but without Review Centers. Please share your experiences, strategies and methods of study to inspire and motivate those future nurses like me who will take the NCLEX by self review. Please take time to answer the following questions:

1. What are the materials that you used?

2. How many hours per day did you study? how many questions did u answer per day?

3. How many days or months in total you studied before taking the exam?

4. What are the specific strategies that you used or the the test taking skills you applied during the exam?

5. Take one or take two?

Thank you.. This will be a great help for us...

1. saunders and kaplan nclex rn books

2. atleast 8 hours/day, minimum of 300 and maximum of 500 questions/day.. i answered about 3,000 questions

3. 1 month and only 2 weeks of it were the serious ones

4. elimination. try not to analyzed too much of the question, avoid the "what if"

5. take 1 @ 75

:monkeydance:1. what are the materials that you used?

saunders latest edition and kaplan test taking strategy

2. how many hours per day did you study? how many questions did u answer per day?

8-12 hours, 150-200 questions

3. how many days or months in total you studied before taking the exam?

6 weeks

4. what are the specific strategies that you used or the the test taking skills you applied during the exam?

use kaplan test taking strategy, abc?, assessment or implementation?

5. take one or take two?

take one, stopped at 75 questions, less than 40 minutes (the exam proctor was suprised!)

hi .. wher ean i buy taht kaplan test taking strategies and howmuch?

helo everyone...i'm a fresh graduate, i took nle dec.2007, unfortunately we're still waiting for the results so i don't know what's my next step...:bugeyes:

i'm planning to apply in vermont, i emailed them if i can apply now but they said i have to wait for the results of the local exam...:o and nm has new requirements, guess i'll have to go for vermont...

so as not to waste my time, i'm reviewing on my own, i bought saunders compre review 4th ed...:idea:

hi hyveth.. do you already pass the nclex exam?

1. what are the materials that you used?

kaplan strategies book, kaplan online, saunders comprehensive review book, mosby q&a book

2. how many hours per day did you study? how many questions did u answer per day?

about 10 hours with rest periods in between, 100-250 questions/day

3. how many days or months in total you studied before taking the exam?

6 weeks

4. what are the specific strategies that you used or the the test taking skills you applied during the exam?

prayers, assessment vs implementation, maslow's, abcs, read the questions carefully, consider each and every answer choice and do the process of elimination. quit from thinking that the questions are the easy/failing type and just focus on the question.

5. take one or take two?

one, stopped at 75 :nurse:

1. What are the materials that you used?

- Saunders, Lippincott

2. How many hours per day did you study? how many questions did u answer per day?

- 1 hour, 50 questions

3. How many days or months in total you studied before taking the exam?

- 12 months

4. What are the specific strategies that you used or the the test taking skills you applied during the exam?

- Maslow

5. Take one or take two?

- Take one

I played Granado Espada more than reviewing and I passed. I answered 75 questions.

1. What are the materials that you used?

- Saunders, Lippincott

2. How many hours per day did you study? how many questions did u answer per day?

- 1 hour, 50 questions

3. How many days or months in total you studied before taking the exam?

- 12 months

4. What are the specific strategies that you used or the the test taking skills you applied during the exam?

- Maslow

5. Take one or take two?

- Take one

I played Granado Espada more than reviewing and I passed. I answered 75 questions.

what is granado espada anyway?

dont forget alot of prayers!

1. What are the materials that you used?

- Saunders and Saunder's CD, Kaplan Question Trainer

2. How many hours per day did you study? how many questions did u answer per day?

- 2-3 hours/day, 100 questions

3. How many days or months in total you studied before taking the exam?

- 12 months (reviewing the whole pages of Saunders Compre)

- plus 4 months practice exam

4. What are the specific strategies that you used or the the test taking skills you applied during the exam?

- Prioritization, Assessment and Maslow

5. Take one or take two?

- Take one (ended @ 265)

and most important...PRAYERS! :specs:

^spongebob and paulauctionph

haha yeah i'm curious about granado espada too maybe it's the secret to nclex success! hahaha

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