Best Study Routine for NCLEX

What worked for me was not actually "studying" anything. You know the material! My school forced us into buying ("included" in tuition) and using ATI but I found that to be a waste of time, and stopped using it after graduation. I used the UWorld free trial for the 6 days leading up to the boards, passed 1st try with 75 questions. Even when I got the answers wrong on UWorld, their rationales were a great help. Also, sounds silly, but my boyfriend's dad told me about the 4-7-8 breathing technique (look it up!)- which I used about every five minutes during the exam. Good luck!

I think you have to look at your weakness and strong suits. Find a review that fits into your needs.

I personally felt content weak so took the Hurst review the summer before I graduated and again after graduation but about 3 weeks before boards. I studied their material and would answer UWorld questions on each content area. I spent about 4 weeks post graduation doing UWORLD questions/Hurst during my work day. I would say a solid 3-4 hours a day intermittently throughout the day. Did about 2,000 questions a month before my test and passed with 75 questions in about an hour.

I do suggest putting in the time to do a ton of questions and you should do fine! :) Good luck in you final semester and boards.

Jenny,

Thank you! Great advice! I will definitely look that up! I was wondering about ATI but I have honestly not found it to be very helpful this far into the program so I was a little hesitant to look into it. Thanks for your response!

Mommy_RN1211, Thank you so much! That's great advice. I have heard good things about Hurst but I think I just need to start taking some tests and see where I'm at. Thanks again for taking the time to reply to my question.

Thank you! I'll check it out!

Welcome! It's run by the ncbsn i def wish I would have done that first