Calling July 8th test-takers!

mzznurse · Jul 3, 2011

How are you guys doing with studying?

Ahh it's 4th of july tomorrow..are you guys gonna study or celebrate?

Anyways, few more days til our big day!!

Are you seeing improvements with qbank scores?

katyb213 · Jul 4, 2011

How are you guys doing with studying?
Ahh it's 4th of july tomorrow..are you guys gonna study or celebrate?
Anyways, few more days til our big day!!
Are you seeing improvements with qbank scores?

Hey mizznurse,

I actually plan on taking the day off. I think we deserve a day off and then get back into studying after that! My qbank scores have been improving slightly. So far, I am really happy with Kaplan and hopefully it helps me on July 8th!

How is everyone else doing with the studying! Good luck everyone! :)

Val_998, BSN, RN · Jul 4, 2011

July 7th also here! I'm planning on doing a good amount of studying every day until the night before, when I'm gonna relax and go out to a movie.... fingers crossed.... btw I'm using a book called comprehensive nclex rn review by hogan... she was my instructor so it came with my course which was pretty good, its also a pearson/prentice hall book but has anyone else ever used it? Im curious how this book stacks up to lacharity, saunders, kaplan, none of which i have had the dinero to use...

mzznurse · Jul 4, 2011

Hey mizznurse,
I actually plan on taking the day off. I think we deserve a day off and then get back into studying after that! My qbank scores have been improving slightly. So far, I am really happy with Kaplan and hopefully it helps me on July 8th!
How is everyone else doing with the studying! Good luck everyone! :)

Katy, you're right.. we deserve a day off to release some anxiety n stress. Have an awesome 4th of july!

I know, i noticed my scores impoving also in Qbanks.. so i will keep on practicing. We got this! :) I am only relying on Kaplan to pass this exam.. as far a as study materials are concerned.. i hope it's sufficient.

katyb213 · Jul 5, 2011

Katy, you're right.. we deserve a day off to release some anxiety n stress. Have an awesome 4th of july!
I know, i noticed my scores impoving also in Qbanks.. so i will keep on practicing. We got this! :) I am only relying on Kaplan to pass this exam.. as far a as study materials are concerned.. i hope it's sufficient.

Thank you! I hope you have a great and relaxing day off! We need it before the test. I am only using Kaplan too. Good luck. We can do it! I am trying to stay positive, plus I think Kaplan really helps. Are you going to take the day before the test off?

mzznurse · Jul 5, 2011

Thank you! I hope you have a great and relaxing day off! We need it before the test. I am only using Kaplan too. Good luck. We can do it! I am trying to stay positive, plus I think Kaplan really helps. Are you going to take the day before the test off?

Knowing myself, i probably wont. haha. i will probably do some last minute reviewing.. I may be different but it puts me at ease reviewing last minute. I will try to relax that day though.. no major studying.. probably just going through my notes. Will probably visit church and watch a movie. How about you?

I know most of my classmates who only used Kaplan and passed.

Hang in there. We will pass. :)

suchababe · Jul 5, 2011

hi guys! just wondering if you use the strategies in almost all of the questions. i already read the book but when i answer kaplan question in qtrainer, i cant find myself using the strategies. how do u do it?

katyb213 · Jul 5, 2011

hi guys! just wondering if you use the strategies in almost all of the questions. i already read the book but when i answer kaplan question in qtrainer, i cant find myself using the strategies. how do u do it?

I honestly try to use it but I mostly just use the assess vs implementation and maslow/abcs. I just took qtrainer 6 and I did better because I really tried using the strategy. If you purposely try and use it, I think it could help! I also think it makes you slow down and think more about each answer. It is hard using it sometimes though because I get in the flow and just start answering when I should really be evaluating. Hang in there and good luck!

Have you guys done the readiness test yet?

katyb213 · Jul 5, 2011

Knowing myself, i probably wont. haha. i will probably do some last minute reviewing.. I may be different but it puts me at ease reviewing last minute. I will try to relax that day though.. no major studying.. probably just going through my notes. Will probably visit church and watch a movie. How about you?
I know most of my classmates who only used Kaplan and passed.
Hang in there. We will pass. :)

mizznurse,

I plan on doing the same thing! But I still need to take the readiness exam and I will probably do that tomorrow. Have you taken it? I am nervous about it.

mzznurse · Jul 5, 2011

mizznurse,
I plan on doing the same thing! But I still need to take the readiness exam and I will probably do that tomorrow. Have you taken it? I am nervous about it.

Katy, yeah i took it a week ago and got 69%. But taking the QT #6 today.. and getting 54% is so demoralizing. I blanked out and just can't sit still for 4 freaken hours.. i hope i pass with 75 questions.. or less than 100. because i honestly lose my concentration after that. :/ Goodluck!!

katyb213 · Jul 7, 2011

Katy, yeah i took it a week ago and got 69%. But taking the QT #6 today.. and getting 54% is so demoralizing. I blanked out and just can't sit still for 4 freaken hours.. i hope i pass with 75 questions.. or less than 100. because i honestly lose my concentration after that. :/ Goodluck!!

Yeah, I know how you feel. Q7 was rough for me. I just ended up stopping it and looking at the answers because it was taking me soooo long and we are down to the wire now! Congrats on your readiness score though! That is great.

Good luck tomorrow everyone! I wish you all the best! We can do this. :yeah:

mzznurse · Jul 7, 2011

Yeah, I know how you feel. Q7 was rough for me. I just ended up stopping it and looking at the answers because it was taking me soooo long and we are down to the wire now! Congrats on your readiness score though! That is great.
Good luck tomorrow everyone! I wish you all the best! We can do this.

Thank you so much Katy!! You're taking yours tomorrow? I know you'll kick butt!

I took mine this morning and left the test center knowing that i failed. I feel like i guessed most of my answers in the exam. Completely dont remember studying any of the questions besides maybe 5-8 questions.

Good luck!! "With God, all things are possible".