is there anyone who didn't study for nclex

luvschoolnursing, LPN · Jun 10, 2007

20 years ago. took the test the

"Old way" with paper and pencil. didn't study and did better than my friend who studied night and day-she hated me for it. (that was back when you got an actual score) I've never been much od a studier and I always test well. Just blessed that way

piper_for_hire · Jun 10, 2007

I didn't study but I had to pass the HESI exam a few months before and got a 98 on that so I figured I was good to go. Passed in 75 questions.

-S

myscottyslpn · Jun 10, 2007

what the heck is the hesi?

we didn't take it

we did have access to meds pub questions throughout the semester

kind of the same thing?

only we didn't have an unknown test to pass

our end of the year meds pub test

included questions from 3 particular meds pub tests

(100 questions)

that we got at the beginning of the semester

so it literally took 7 minutes to get 100% on the test

cause we had seen the questions so many times

CseMgr1, ASN, RN · Jun 10, 2007

hi,my test took slightly less than thirty minutes

Thirty minutes??

How times have changed.

I took both the LPN and RN Boards during the time which they were known as the National Test Pool Examinations. The LPN Board took an entire

day, and the RN Board took two days!

Needless to say, I was fried, afterwards. :bugeyes:

Anyway, going back to the OP's question, I didn't study for either. Like someone else here said: either you know it or you don't.

myscottyslpn · Jun 10, 2007

yea, i was a little surprised

my mom and pop were up from alabama from the weekend

they kept my son overnight and were planning to visit my aunt

i expected to take about an hour if i had the minimum questions

but i did tell them they gave you 5 hours to take it

they thought it would be 5 hours

i arrived at 0745, because i didn't know where i was going

they opened at 0800, but an employee didn't show up so we got signed in at 0815-after fingerprinting i got to the computer at 0820

i started and went through the tuturiol

all of a sudden my computer stopped (having completed 85 questions) and when i raised my hand the employee thought i needed a bathroom break

she was very surprised i was finished (she said it must be a record)

during orientation the next day, though, another lpn said her test had also only taken her 35 minutes

i got out to the car and called my mom at (just looked at my cell phone call list) at 0845

i, luckily, got to spend more time with my folks and visit my aunt

(as a side note, i am usually the first one finished with a test)

i still say, you either know it or you don't

am i glad we don't have the hours and hours 2 day testing of old?

yes, yes, yes.

especially for those who fail

there will be more boards to come, and i don't know if i will be so fast

with one out of the way, i know i feel better!

and i don't know what i would have done if i didn't pass

i almost think that i would have never taken it again and started off on another path

i haven't been there so i guess i don't really know how i would react

ORNURSETOBE · Jun 10, 2007

I know a student who crammed 3 days before her boards and got 240 questions and another who got 265. They both graduated in Dec 2006. I guess it is the luck of the draw. I think if you were an A student in school and have good recall, you can pass the boards without studying. Personally, I have good recall on current events, but I have to review the old material especially maternity because I made low grades. My focus is going to be maternity and peds.

My husband suggests just take it and get it over with because thinking about it makes you more nervous. I registered based on talking to him for 6/12, then talked to a classmate who shook me up, just a little, and rescheduled my test for the end of the month. I now have another 2 1/2 weeks to prepare. That way I will know that I am prepared and if I fail, at least I will know it was not because I did not at least study the material that I have not seen in 2 years.

GilaRRT · Jun 10, 2007

I do not think you can study and know every thing that a national standard exam will throw your way. I think the key to exam taking is learning how to take a test. The best techniques seem to be taking practice exams. Knowing how test questions are worded and what the questions are actually asking is critical to taking and passing a test. If you passed an accredited nursing program, then you have the minimal knowledge needed to pass the NCLEX. However, how to regurgitate that knowledge in the form of a board exam is the key.

pagandeva2000, LPN · Jun 11, 2007

A friend of mine in the RN program told me that he studied for NCLEX-PN for three days, went in, took it and passed with 85 questions. He passed the RN exam, also, but not sure of what he passed with. I studied until I turned blue in the face. At this point, I would say that I HAD to study, because I placed so much on each semester that I tended to forget the previous ones. Also, I wanted to do all that was humanly possible to pass, so that I could not blame myself if things went south. I did pass the first time with 85 questions, but somehow, I charge it to luck moreso than anything else because I didn't recognize much.

BVFD 333 · Jun 11, 2007

Okay, just took my boards today, stoped at 75 questions and I hope I did fine. Anyways...I just reviewed some weak areas of mine...but I did not study for any given time.

jllsnpccc · Jun 11, 2007

I don't know if it is considered studying or not when all you do is review questions. The only thing I actually opened up my books for was to look at what the different position names were (supine, etc.) always the simple stuff that you forget right? All I did was review questions and read the Kaplan review book, I have awesome notes from everything in school, but never used them again. Thank God!!!

brissie · Jun 12, 2007

Graduated May 17th and take NCLEX-RN on June 13th. I have not really done any intense study since April and just plan to review basic stuff like lab values tomorrow night. I work on the principle of if I don't know it now I never will.