feeling a lilttle bit jittery and anxious...

trinitygrad07 · Jul 18, 2007

My friend just passed last week using only the Saunders Blue book. She said just doing question after question really helped and not trying to review alot of content. I take NCLEX in 5 days and have been quite nervous myself. Alot of passing the exam I think, has alot to do with a positive attitude. I know it is easier said than done, but we have to think that we are going to pass or we probably won't.

Good luck!

pagandeva2000, LPN · Jul 18, 2007

I'm scheduled for Aug 4th. Every time i want to take a break and visit this site, i would start sweating and getting nervous. I felt good for the people who passed, and those that didn't have the luck, it made me feel down. Then i wonder to myself, what if i'm one of the unlucky ones? The thought of it puts me in a panic attack and i guess in a way it encouraged me to study more. Maybe it's best that i should temporarily stop visiting this website, but it's so addicting and i just cant seem to turn away from it. Am i the only person who's feeling like this? I'm studying saunders and the cd and has anyone had any luck just from the saunders book?

This site is addicting because it is a wonderful resource for support and ideas. However, I had to make the decision last year not to come to allnurses or any other site until I took the exam for the same reasons. We cannot take on someone else's experiences and make them ours. NCLEX, unfortunately, is a lonely road because none of the participants in this forum can take it for us. I would read the posts and cheer for the people who passed and literally cry for those that failed because I would think...'what if that is me?'

Also, consider this; we are basically posting anonymously. In spite of all that we share, we don't live with each other and have no real idea how much energy is being placed in school or studies. This is not said as a criticism to the nurses posting here, but it is a reality. We also do not know if the person that failed suffered from test anxiety, was sick, or just didn't know the questions asked. NCLEX is a tricky demon. I was fortunate, for example, that they didn't ask me more than one cheap shot peds question; if they went deep into the developmentals stages, or their cardiac problems, I would have been done for...on the real! Each person swear to you that their particular book or system of study worked for THEM. It may not be the same for others. I found Saunders to be overwhelming and had to get rid of it. But there are others that got a great deal from it.

I usually tell people if they are looking for books to study NCLEX to go to a bookstore and really take the time to look through the books they have to see which one 'jibes' with them. For example, I love diagrams and space to add my own notes on the sidelines. Therefore, I purchased Delmar's and Mosby (I always had a tendency to study from two sources). I borrowed CDs with questions from many sources because I wanted to see different styles of questions.

I remember when I buckled down to study for NCLEX, I blocked emails from ALL of my classmates and made sure that my callerID was working because I made a vow not to tell anyone when I was taking it, nor did I want to hear how others did. Those that slipped in, I told them outright that I did not wish to hear from them until after it was all over. This is YOUR experience, and you do what you think is best to ensure a positive advantage. Good luck to you!