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Coming from someone who failed the NCLEX the first time, do practice questions. My first try, I didnt do many practice questions and I didnt study nearly enough. The next time around, I did tons and tons and tons of practice questions. I did about 20-50 a day for a couple of weeks. It sounds like a lot but believe me, it helps. I used Kaplan, but I'm sure they both have relatively the same content so I wouldn't worry much about that. Know your lab values, pharmacology, diabetes care, maternal child, & med-surg. I also had a lot of patient safety questions. Also it's important to research some of the NCLEX traps such as.. Never "pass the buck", never "do nothing", never say "don't worry" etc so that way if you come to a question you really don't know, you can try to narrow it down.

Coming from someone who failed the NCLEX the first time, do practice questions. My first try, I didnt do many practice questions and I didnt study nearly enough. The next time around, I did tons and tons and tons of practice questions. I did about 20-50 a day for a couple of weeks. It sounds like a lot but believe me, it helps. I used Kaplan, but I'm sure they both have relatively the same content so I wouldn't worry much about that. Know your lab values, pharmacology, diabetes care, maternal child, & med-surg. I also had a lot of patient safety questions. Also it's important to research some of the NCLEX traps such as.. Never "pass the buck", never "do nothing", never say "don't worry" etc so that way if you come to a question you really don't know, you can try to narrow it down.

Thanks so much for that information! I really appreciate it..