Block 1 HESI - books to study and study aids

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I am now a nursing student in Block 1. We will be taking our Block 1 HESI exit exam in approx. a week from now. What books, online resources, etc. are available as study aids? Borders and Amazon have some books, but these appear to be only for admission-level stuff. I do have the Saunders NCLEX book (blue book) - would that be appropriate? Thanks in advance everyone :-)

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HESI was easy for me, I scored a 92%. I think the best study guide for me was Fundamentals Success:

http://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Success-Applying-Critical-Thinking/dp/0803619219/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1296605580&sr=8-1

Study your notes, know your normal lab values and vital signs, and use common sense.

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HESI was easy for me, I scored a 92%. I think the best study guide for me was Fundamentals Success:

http://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Success-Applying-Critical-Thinking/dp/0803619219/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1296605580&sr=8-1

Study your notes, know your normal lab values and vital signs, and use common sense.

Thanks a lot for your timely reply LuckyinKY, I think that your advice to study your notes (in my case notes and PowerPoints), normal lab values and vitals, and especially common sense is great advice and I will take that route. We have Block 1 finals not long after our HESI, so essentially I may as well begin studying for finals in earnest right now, and that in itself should help me with HESI. I don't really think that I need to read another book on test taking strategies and critical thinking - I know what is involved there, I just need to remember to apply those concepts and principles at exam time :-) But the Fundamentals book may be helpful to many out there who know the stuff but just have trouble taking tests. Me, I'm just the opposite........ I just need to hit the notes and the books harder I think.

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The book I posted was not about test taking strategies as much as it is full of practice questions with nicely written rationales divided up by different subjects. The questions were very similar to ones we had in class and on HESI and it helps identify where you need to study more.

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