Heading to Nursing 4!! Preparing to practice for NCLEX

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I am heading to Nursing 4 meaning I will be done in December. I have been doing all sorts of research on how to prepare for the Nclex exam. I did the free 1month Kaplan which I find very helpful; also doing NBCN. I figure the more practice the better and didn't want summer to be done without reviewing any material.

I really like Kaplan so I am going with them. I also have Saunders 5th Edition & 6th...the 6th edition helped me so much on my final exam...breaks it down by systems which I love. I just purchased LaCharity prioritization, and I downloaded that Study Guide (and printed) which I found on this board. Any other ideas? .............I practice questions everyday M-F for at least 3hrs...so far. Any other ideas?

[RunBabyRN]

DON'T overdo it. Also, it's so far away that doing all of the questions now will reduce how much they will help you when you really need them- in December.

I started studying content in Feb, graduated in May, took my exam yesterday. I got 75 questions and the good pop up (not calling anything yet). I didn't start doing questions until just before graduation.

Don't waste them all now. If you do, when you do them later, you'll remember some of the answers, so it'll be hard to really assess where you are.

Also, if you do 452 methods, you're going to overwhelm yourself. Find one method (I did Kaplan), and stick with it. I totally understand that you want to pass on the first try and never have to do this again, but you're WAY overdoing it.