Does everyone really study?

well being from california my board papers took 4 months to come in the mail i graduated in august and taking my nclex pn next month..........sooo yea thats where it comes from on my end im scared i will forget the material being out of school so long..... :/

I did zero practice questions outside of school and did fine. Our school required us to do ridiculously well on ATI and Kaplan to even graduate, so what was the point? I think it totally depends on the school and the person. Some people really don't need to do extra questions, some do...in general I would say many of my classmates stressed out way too much over NCLEX. If your school doesn't do much standardized testing, doesn't use NCLEX style questions throughout, or has a poor pass rate, then you probably need to practice. If your school adequately prepares you, then you will do fine.

I did only a handful of questions after school. I figured at that point I either knew it or I didnt.

I didn't study much for either the PN or RN NCLEX. I mostly just did practice questions on the computer. I was a lot more lax about studying for the RN exam, probably since I passed the PN one with minimal questions. I however had to take the RN NCLEX twice! I'd say your hour or 2 a day is probably enough.

For PN NCLEX all i did was questions for two weeks and passed. For RN I'm trying to focus on content however it is not really working for me right now. I thinking I'm going to focus on doing questions on my weakest areas... Hope we all pass and do well.

I hate to say that I didn't study for the NCLEX-RN because I feel like it belittles the hardship of others who have sacrificed the time to prepare...but 7 months after graduation, I was more focused on relocating, finding housing, finding a job, and dealing with my family's medical issues, etc. By the time I got to the site to take the exam, I was okay with however I performed because I was just tired. I hadn't studied or done anything related to preparing so I wasn't anxious or nervous--I think I was just numb from everything going on in my life, actually. My nursing school had evoked a HESI exam at the end of each course, an "entrance" HESI half-way through the curriculum, and an EXIT HESI before final exams...AND I PASSED the NCLEX-RN board!

I see tons of threads about studying like crazy for NCLEX, but are there any others out there, like me, who aren't that concerned? I did well in school, and excellent on my exit exam. I am doing some review questions each day, and brushing up on values, and things I run across that I am foggy on. Maybe an hour or two tops. I feel like I am taking a much more laxed approach than many others.Just wondering how many out there didn't worry too much about NCLEX?

I took boards in June 2010. I studied a total of about 8 hours during the two months that I waited for my ATT. Passed on the first try with 75 questions. But honestly, I did a whole lot of praying because I couldn't bring myself to study.

i am also waiting to take the rn nclex in indiana. i took the pn nclex last year and passed with the minimum in 45 min. and the only study tools i used was ati questions. i'm doing that again, and also have been using saunders 4th ed. q&a review for rn nclex and it is awesome. i actually gives clear and concise rationales for all the answer options and has cd's for easy study. i also google free nclexquestions whenever i am on the computer. there are tons of site. i wouldnt say that all the questions are up to nclex standards, but the information review is accurate. as far as cracking open the books, i never looked back at anything unless i ran across something i totally was like "what is that", but that was mostly meds. i don't think that trying to go through everything is necessary, but i specifically came across some of the info on my boards that the online free questions quizzed me about, so it was fresh in my mind. good luck!

I see tons of threads about studying like crazy for NCLEX, but are there any others out there, like me, who aren't that concerned? I did well in school, and excellent on my exit exam. I am doing some review questions each day, and brushing up on values, and things I run across that I am foggy on. Maybe an hour or two tops. I feel like I am taking a much more laxed approach than many others.Just wondering how many out there didn't worry too much about NCLEX?

I graduated in June of 2011 took my test on sept 2 n failed. I was devestated I worked n studied very hard every day for months. I scehulded my test for jan 3rd and had a month to study. I decided to take a different approach to taking the nclex pn, I prayed studied lab values and made sure I knew the s/s of hypo/hyper ca+ mg+ k+na+cl+ and phosphorous. I did a 25 question test online for rn n i read a nursing thread i found on allnurses which helped me understand so much better, unfortunately i cant find the thread anymore after the day i printed out, but whoever it is that made the thread is a guardian angel and i thank her so much because with the 35 pages that i read faithfully everyday helped me a lot on the test yesturday.today I did the Pearson vur trick and I am an Lpn. The moral of this story is to just relax say a prayer and believe in urself. God knows the hard work and dedication you put into nursing. You graduated and passed all ur test on ur own the hard part is over... believe in urself no matter what happen everything happens for a reason, when one door closes 10 more open good luck with everything