advice for those getting ready to take the NCLEX...

[RNmaria]

I passed yesterday with 75 questions. I took 2 1/2 hours because I thought about each answer very carefully.

Know your meds and lab values, and pratice lots of questions!

And the most important advise is to relax. I did not study the day before. I went to the beach for the day and did some kayaking and of course did a bit of nervous crying to get it all out.

I did take the Kaplan course, but frankly the only real tool I used was to read each anwser and think about what each one means...re teh outcome.

Good luck to all of you who are about to take it!

Remember, you can take it again if you had to!

thanks for all of your ssupport and postings. They really helped me get through all of this!

take care and good luck,

Pasha

[moetiny]

hey pasha...CONGRATS...

how many practice questions did u do?? im at about 2000 now adn my test is next tue...i will continue wit the questions till tue morn probably...also, u know how in the kaplan course they "teach" u how to answer the questions..using the decision tree...did u use that when answering?? i find it very hard for me to think that way while answering...

thanks and good luck again.

[RosesrReder, BSN, MSN, RN]

Congratulations Pasha, and thanks for the support!!

[RosesrReder, BSN, MSN, RN]

hey pasha...congrats...

how many practice questions did u do?? im at about 2000 now adn my test is next tue...i will continue wit the questions till tue morn probably...also, u know how in the kaplan course they "teach" u how to answer the questions..using the decision tree...did u use that when answering?? i find it very hard for me to think that way while answering...

thanks and good luck again.

great question. i find that i try to apply these strategies with other sources (other review cd's) and they don't work. i do agree that reading and studying the rationales are the way to go-it helps with content