Another nervous, lost test taker

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Hello all, I have been creeping on the site for weeks now and I have read a lot but I just can't find the answers to my questions so I'm just going to post them..

AM I STUDYING THE RIGHT THINGS?!?! I'm so nervous I can't think straight. I dream about the NCLEX, doing good, doing horrible, over sleeping.. the whole 9 yards.

Facts: I graduated in May. I got a 990 on the HESI Exit exam (Not sure if that is good enough). I'm scheduled to take my exam June 10th.

I'm studying Saunder's Comprehensive Review but I have made it my baby during Nursing school so sometimes I worry that I just have the questions memorized. I continuely get 80-87% on the 100 exam mode when I select everything.

I'm reading the Kaplan's stragegy book. I don't really find those questions to be any harder than Saunder's. I keep reading that Saunder's questions are far too easy and nothing like the NCLEX and it's freaking me out.

My school made us do the Live Evolve/Elsevier 3 day review course and it's a pass on the first time or your money back thing but I just don't know.. Has anyone else done it, found it beneficial.. I just felt like I listened to someone read from a book for 3 days and that I took very little away from it.

Right now I'm doing somewhere between 150-300 questions a day (depending on my drive =]), reading content on what I'm sketchy on and praying, lots of praying..

Any suggestions, tips, would be great. I have calmed my anxiety down some by telling myself I have never had 19 days to just focus on preparing for a test without out distractions in my life, but frankly.. I'm a nervous wreck.

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Specializes in Rehab, Geriatrics.

Have you tried questions from the lacharity book? If you feel that you have pretty much covered the saunders, then you can do practice questions from exam cram or the nclex 4000 software. Both are good resources IMO. Lacharity is wonderful and I recommend it. Best of Luck!

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You need to take a day to seriously work on your relaxation techniques. If you do not already engage in physical fitness efforts, now would be a good time to start. Take a brisk walk once, or even twice, a day. It will help. Good luck.

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Specializes in Med Surg, Ortho, Acute Care Rehab.

I wish you good luck on your studying and for the NCLEX itself...:) I recently graduated myself and just waiting for my ATT...

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Specializes in Med Surg - Renal.
Facts: I graduated in May. I got a 990 on the HESI Exit exam (Not sure if that is good enough). I'm scheduled to take my exam June 10th.

According to HESI, the 990 you hit is an EXTREMELY good indication you could take the NCLEX tomorrow and pass it without studying at all.

If you are looking for a warm fuzzy, check this out:

http://journals.lww.com/cinjournal/Fulltext/2008/09001/Predicting_NCLEX_Success_With_the_HESI_Exit_Exam_.7.aspx?WT.mc_id=HPxADx20100319xMP

I got 1084 on my HESI Exit Exam. I cancelled Kaplan based on that score but I am still studying my buns off for the NCLEX.

Good luck!

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