Advice For NCLEX Needed

[Katbird2014_RN]

Hello everyone, I have read many of your posts and I was wanting some advice on the NCLEX myself. I will be graduating in a couple weeks and I was wanting to know what you guys studied for your NCLEX with. I did well on my Exit Hesi and passed it the first time but that was back in January. I have been mainly focused on my remaining classes and not much on NCLEX. My school did provide us with an NCLEX live 3-day review and a Kaplan 4-day live review. I felt that it helped out in content and answering questions. My school is also offering us virtual ATI, which I have never used ATI, and I don't know if I should use that or my Kaplan online account. I haven't used anything but my yellow Saunders book and CD for my studies throughout school and it hasn't failed me yet. I just don't want to try to do too many things to try and study for boards. I want to take the NCLEX (RN) at the end of April and I don't want to cram by any means so any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!!

[YesImVictorious]

Do virtual ati my school provided sti throughout the program and then virtual sti at the end. I like ati it gives you computerized NCLEX style questions and it helps. I will be taking my pn boards in 10 days and I used ati and saunders book and some youtube videos (Micheal Linear) channel

[LVHI_RN]

Since you already had a 3-day live review plus Kaplan, I wouldn't do ATI. I have done all of them (live review, Kaplan, ATI, Saunders, etc.) personally, and I think you have all that you need. I know its hard and sounds overwhelming, but I would take the NCLEX as soon as that ATT letter comes in. You went through nursing school, you're ready!

There really is no "right" way to prepare for it. BUT I strongly believe that if you just keep doing NCLEX-style practice questions, it will more than prepare you. Remember to read the rationales and UNDERSTAND them, not memorize them. That's really all you need to do. Don't try to "relearn" or review every single thing. And remember, BE CONFIDENT! YOU CAN DO IT!

Let me know if you have any further questions.

[Katbird2014_RN]

Thank you both for taking the time to respond to me, I greatly appreciate it. I feel like what I am doing now is working with Saunders content and questions. I think you might be right about taking it as soon as I can. I have all this information already and I'm afraid I might lose it with time. I haven't gotten my ATT yet, but I'm hoping it comes soon after I graduate so I can set a date. I'm really confident in my content and answering questions, it's just that I see so many who are struggling with it on here and it scares me. I want to make sure that I'm well prepared and any help or guidance is helpful to me. I always look at my rationales and take the time to understand why I got my questions right or wrong and write down and look up what I don't remember :). I read everyone's success stories that they put on here and it makes me feel better about things too.