90 days before NCLEX-RN exam

[itk3838]

Let's take this challenge!!!

Study plan for foreign nurses: 90 days before exam.

1. Anatomy on iTunes by Dr. Cizadlo - 71 lectures - 2 per day.

http://faculty.css.edu/gcizadlo/AnatPhys/

2. Pathophysiology on iTunes by Dr. Cizadlo - 35 lectures- 1 per day.

http://faculty.css.edu/gcizadlo/Patho2004/index.htm

3. Saunders Comprehensive Review - 77 chapters- 2 per day with questions after each chapter. You can use any other books as an outline for your studies. Every week evaluate and adjust your progress.

4. Medical terminology by Alice V. Prendergast (you can read any other book)- 26 chapters - 1 per day.

5. Pharmacology - study one category per week - 5 to 10 drugs per day.

6. Lab values Fluids & Electrolites, Acid-Base Balances - 5 per day.

7. You can use Kaplan's Q-Bank,

"Prioritization, Delegation and Assignment" by Linda A. LaCharity, Lippincott or Davis Q & A - 50 questions per day for 1st 30 days then 75, 100, 150. Add gradually and make sure to do at least 3 practice tests that contains all 265 questions. Goal is to cover at least 4,000 - 5,000 questions before your exam. Some nurses have done 10,000. Just try to develop a strategy for your answers don't memorize them!!!

8. Nursing skills, clinical procedures overview - 1 per day.

9. Keep study log everyday and make some corrections on your way. If you can do it even 1 chapter per day - record that!!! It will show your accomplishments and not failures.

10. Take one day to rest and have fun activities for yourself. Praise yourself for hard work! It will be paid off on your exam!!!

[itk3838]

Dear readers!

Please review testing rules, it is very important to know so you will avoid any possible failures. Read it very carefully prior to your exam.

https://www.ncsbn.org/1268.htm

[myaMS]

To: itk3838;

Thank you for the reminders.. When are you planning to take the nclex?

[itk3838]

Mine is scheduled on Feb 18th, if I finish my review sooner then I will reschedule. How about yours?

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

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[itk3838]

Thank you "Esme12" for editing out thread!

We will try to respect copyrighted materials and post only our own notes. I think most of us will agree with that!

[itk3838]

Day 5, Saturday -10/20/12

1. Finished Saunders Chapter 11 - "Laboratory Values". Questions 63-76.

2. Nursing skills review: Chapter 9 "Communication"- "Basic Nursing" by P. Potter and A. Perry

3. Medical terminology by A. Prendergast - Chapter 5 - "Medical Specialists and specialties".

4. La Charity - Chapter 5 "Infection control" ( questions 1-23).

5. Pharmacology - Anti-Infective Meds for this week - 5 day -Antibiotics - Monobactams (5)

6. Anatomy and Physiology - Lecture 6. Links are included in my first post. You can listen them on iTunes.

7. Pathophysiology - Lecture 5. Can't do nursing without it!!!

8. Lab values - from Saunders Chapter 11 - Lab. values

9. Saunders Questions & Answers review - Chapter 7, questions 101-125.

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

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[WorldTravelingYogi]

Thanks for starting this thread. This is great. By the way where are you from itk3838?

[WorldTravelingYogi]

By the way what are you using for pharmacology?

[itk3838]

Good morning everyone!

I used Nursing Drug Book, search online and "Pharmacology Nursing Process" book.

[itk3838]

Thanks for starting this thread. This is great. By the way where are you from itk3838?

I'm glad you like it!

How does my origination relates to this post? I noticed that in USA people tend to ask this question to foreigners out of curiosity or lack of subordination. I should say that we are all from the same Universe! I call US my home and spent more then half of my life here. It is very sensitive topic for me like religion for others. I traveled around the world and found welcomed in all places. I don't discriminate others who are not native to this Land and grow up in the country with hundreds of different dialects and nationalities. If it's a patient, I will ask about their background for assessment purposes but otherwise don't ask me that question. Even for me it is hard to simply put my own nationality since I was born in one country, raised in multiple others and settled in US. :)

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

I'm glad you like it!

How does my origination relates to this post? I noticed that in USA people tend to ask this question to foreigners out of curiosity or lack of subordination. I should say that we are all from the same Universe! I call US my home and spent more then half of my life here. It is very sensitive topic for me like religion for others. I traveled around the world and found welcomed in all places. I don't discriminate others who are not native to this Land and grow up in the country with hundreds of different dialects and nationalities. If it's a patient, I will ask about their background for assessment purposes but otherwise don't ask me that question. Even for me it is hard to simply put my own nationality since I was born in one country, raised in multiple others and settled in US. :)

I don't think they meant it as a bad thing.....I think they were curious....that's all. It is a common question, I guess, in America that we ask each other where we are from as a casual from of conversation like.....how's the weather. We mean no disrespect from it....at least most of us don't. Asking where are you from is an ice breaking thing like HI! I'm Esme from Chicago and live in Boston now......where are you from?

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