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what is the secret of passing the first time--how did you study--how long--did you take a specific prep course?

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Specializes in Critical Care.
what is the secret of passing the first time--how did you study--how long--did you take a specific prep course?

I did as many questions as possible and when I would miss one I would write it in a notebook and study it. Really increases your knowledge and confidence. Saunders is a great book and using Suzannes plan would be my suggestion, but I mostly did the CD questions and wrote out the rationales of the ones I missed. My wife on the other hand bought the Mosby's note cards and that is all she studied and we both passed.

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Was it as horrible as everyone is posting?

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Was it as horrible as everyone is posting?

yes it is horrible!!! the worst ever!!! i studied hard and felt so ready, it is a monster!!!!!

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yes it is horrible!!! the worst ever!!! i studied hard and felt so ready, it is a monster!!!!!

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congrats! how many SATA's have u got? what review materials did u read? thnks pls help! thnks

i was frazzled and crying the whole time, so i am not sure of how many of each categories, but i had alot of select all that apply, probably 10. i had no clculations. i had tons of priorities and precautions and tons of med i did not know!!! i had one that i had to put in order. i believe i also got the last one right, if that means anything. i studied using mosby's, saunder's, kaplan's, lippincott, a critical thinking nclex book (it's red, can't remember author), LPN flashcards, LPN exam cram. tons of online websites that had practice questions, and studied material for hypo and hyper thyroid, parathyroid, addsion's and cushings, siadh and diabetes insipidus. i studied alittle bit every day since graduation (may 16). alot!!!!!!!! glad it is over!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by timothy05 viewpost.gif

congrats! how many SATA's have u got? what review materials did u read? thnks pls help! thnks

i was frazzled and crying the whole time, so i am not sure of how many of each categories, but i had alot of select all that apply, probably 10. i had no clculations. i had tons of priorities and precautions and tons of med i did not know!!! i had one that i had to put in order. i believe i also got the last one right, if that means anything. i studied using mosby's, saunder's, kaplan's, lippincott, a critical thinking nclex book (it's red, can't remember author), LPN flashcards, LPN exam cram. tons of online websites that had practice questions, and studied material for hypo and hyper thyroid, parathyroid, addsion's and cushings, siadh and diabetes insipidus. i studied alittle bit every day since graduation (may 16). alot!!!!!!!! glad it is over!!!!!!!

NCLEX-RN

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I didn't think they were that bad. Challenging yes but doable. I took both the LPN and RN within 3 weeks of graduating because I have read that the sooner you test the better chances of passing. I studied about 2 hours each day. I did the chapter quizes in the book and any that I didn't score above 70% I read the chapter and practiced questions on the CD. Since I had used my Saunders book as a study guide all through school the 3 weeks was enough for my LPN and with my RN I ended up studying Saunders for 2 weeks and then added the ncsbn site with their questions for the third week. I passed both the first time with the minimum number of questions.

Good luck!

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Was it as horrible as everyone is posting?

I did not think it was as hard as the HESI's I took in school. IF you know your material and read the questions slowly and understand what they are asking you will do fine. Just know your material:)....because they can ask you anything. I definetly thought it to be easier to pick the correct answer out the 2 answers you usually narrow down to.

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i have to agree with Jules A the sooner you take the test the better because everything is still fresh in ur mind. I thought the nclex was easy, easier than the exams i took in school, i did kaplan the 8 days setion in 2 weeks ( waist of time/money) after that i continued doing the question trainers, and a few days befor the nclex i did not study. some times is good to give the brain a rest. On the nclex i have 2 or 3 SATA, 1 med calc ( that question was really difficult) and the rest easy questions.

One thing i do think help us ( all my classmates 25 of us have pass the nclex so far) is how difficult our in class exams were in class.

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May I ask what school you go to?

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May I ask what school you go to?

New York City College of Technology

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