Hi fellow nurses! Just want to get some of your opinions/suggestions on what to do for 2 weeks before my exam day. :uhoh21:
Well, I'm done with Saunders, Kaplan strategies and PDA, been answering practice questions using NCSBN this week (and I could say that at least I'm getting better, I started w/ 58% pretest then I'm going up now to 65's and boy the questions are so good for critical thinking, much harder questions than Saunders for sure), and reviewing my flashcards along w/ Davis Pharm section. For next week I'm planning to continue answering Kaplan QT2-7 (I'm done w/ QT1 last week w/ 68%) and to start answering Exam Cram CD.
Please share your insights nurses. Thank you and God bless us all.
YOu will do well. I am confident in you. Please let us know how it goes. I test in 4 weeks as well. Did you do Saunders questions or was it their content?
Specializes in Med-Surg, Outpatient Surgery, Nurse Informatics.
YOu will do well. I am confident in you. Please let us know how it goes. I test in 4 weeks as well. Did you do Saunders questions or was it their content?
I used Saunders as my content review. I graduated 4 years ago, failed my 1st exam 2 years ago so I felt the big need to review/reinforce my nursing concepts this time. I basically read the whole book, and answered every chapter questions + the questions in the CD too but not all, I just finished Fundamentals, Pedia, Maternal and for MS: Integ, Onco, Endo, and GIT.
How bout you? What are you using? Good luck and God bless us all!
I took it last year and failed as well. I am using Kaplan Review and also their content videos, PDA, I read Saunders some times for content, but I took all their SATA questions, and I will be starting the NCSBN next week. I heard they are the best and it's very similar to the boards. Know someone who took it the second time and pass with them.
Kuya?? I'm not a kuya!!!! BAD!!! 
purplechicxiii, BSN, RN
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Thank you Kuya! :) Wow a lot of Filipino nurses here. Mabuhay! I really hope I've done everything to pass this time.