Advice from recent takers

SopranoKris, MSN, RN, NP · Jul 22, 2015

The best advice I can give is to take your time to read the question thoroughly. Then read each answer. Then go back and RE-READ the question. You would be surprised how that 2nd reading of the questions will help you catch something you didn't see the first time you read it. Unless you are a very slow reader, it's unlikely you'll run out of time doing this.

I will also give you the advice my Kaplan instructor gave us: no studying 24 hours before the exam. Give your brain a rest and time to digest all the info you've been studying for NCLEX. The day before my exam, I kept thinking "maybe I should just review those lab values one more time?" or "what if I forget the immunization schedule?". But you know what? If you don't know it by now, you really don't know it. Take the day before the exam to (attempt to) relax as much as possible. I was surprisingly calm the day of the exam and I really felt like that mental break was the reason. I was studying like crazy leading up to the exam. It's easy to get brain fried. So, do yourself a favor and take that 24 hour break :)

Best of luck on your NCLEX! :up:

strawberryluv, BSN, RN · Jul 22, 2015

It is totally random what your questions will be. Try to study everything you can. After reading the Saunders book, go on the accompany CDROM or online resource question bank and do 200 questions on study mode. Any questions you get wrong, immediately leaf through the book to study that particular content. Honestly, because I thoroughly read and re-read the Saunders book along with doing Hurst Review, I was able to answer with a degree of confidence on any topic thrown at me on NCLEX-RN. The question bank for NCLEX-RN is very vast and you must study all that you can and hope that the topic you get, you are able to recognize a little something about it.

Good luck.

sankewal · Jul 23, 2015

It is totally random what your questions will be. Try to study everything you can. After reading the Saunders book, go on the accompany CDROM or online resource question bank and do 200 questions on study mode. Any questions you get wrong, immediately leaf through the book to study that particular content. Honestly, because I thoroughly read and re-read the Saunders book along with doing Hurst Review, I was able to answer with a degree of confidence on any topic thrown at me on NCLEX-RN. The question bank for NCLEX-RN is very vast and you must study all that you can and hope that the topic you get, you are able to recognize a little something about it.
Good luck.

Hi

I have been studying saunders since couple of months and since last 2 weeks im doing about 200 questions from saunders everyday, scoring between 70 -80%, I have also watched hurst videos and reviewing hurst book aswell, do u think its good enough or I should practice quesions from different resources too. some peeps say saunder questions are too easy. BTW im doing questions from PDA by linda Lacharity aswell.. Your advice will be really appreciated. My exam is during mid of august

thanks in advance :)

strawberryluv, BSN, RN · Jul 23, 2015

Keep going. I can't tell you if its enough. Any questions you get wrong in Saunders, remediate. Honestly, the more knowledge you know the better. Saunders questions will give you the content you need to pass the exam. The NCLEX-RN is very content-based from what I remember. Using Saunders is fine. Honestly, I didn't use the more "harder" format questions like people said. I just used Saunders, Hurst Review, NCLEX 4000, and RN mastery app and I was fine.

After you study the Hurst Review material without a doubt or hesitation (that means MEMORIZE the worksheets) then do all the q-reviews. Make sure you are averaging 84/125 or a little below that is fine.

1 week before your exam. Do all the Kaplan Q-Trainers (you can find me online for free) and see how many you answer right. Try to answer at least 60%. If you answer at least 60%, you are good.

sankewal · Jul 24, 2015

thank u sooo much for your valuable advice....god bless :)

sankewal · Aug 27, 2015

Strawberryluv!!!

Thank you soo much for advising me to keep going with saunders, actually it really helped me and I passed NCLEX about 2 weeks ago with 75 questions. I was very confident with the questions I was having throughout the exam. I think as long as you know your content you cannt fail board exam. Im so greatful that you encouraged me to stick with saunders..... I did about 5000 questions from saunders and read every single page of this book. PDA also helped me lot, Hurst brushed up my knowledge at the end and Kaplan q trainers boosted my confidence...

God bless you!!!

jepoy1989 · Aug 27, 2015

I took NCLEX-PN last Tuesday, and as far as Pharmacology. they gave me both generic and trade name on every medication I encountered. which surprised me.

born_this_way · Jan 19, 2016

Hi Strawberryluv, did you do the Suzzanne's Plan ? Thanks

JustBeachyNurse, LPN · Jan 19, 2016

Hi Strawberryluv, did you do the Suzzanne's Plan ? Thanks

Suzanne's plan is copyrighted to the owner and is no longer available. It's not freely shareable either.