Here's my take on NCLEX RN

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unfortunately i didn't discover this site until after i tested and it scared me because a lot of people post because they failed! for several days i didn't know if i passed or not :confused: because i'm in cali. i graduated and was bored so naturally, i hit the books and started to review, i read kaplan's book which taught me how to dissect questions and determine what exactly is being asked, saunders for the areas that i needed to review, lippincot's review book and spent hours answering questions from "nclex review made incredibly easy". i read & answered tons of nclex type questions and did computer practice tests from cd's that came with the books. the truth is, i registered for the soonest nclex date i could get just to get it over with, but i still had two weeks to burn through questions. i think the key is to read each question carefully and determine what it is asking, i learned this from kaplan. when i took the exam there were many questions that i wasn't sure about, but i thought each one through and related it to everything i learned in ns. i was able to carefully eliminate ridiculous answers and choose the best of two :typing. critical thinking is about thinking things through and knowing what is vital to survival and what isn't. using the abc's, the nursing process & maslow's combined with my strongest gut feeling enabled me to think like a nurse (apparently!). fortunately my program was rigorous and i hated it at times, but it prepared me for this beast known as the nclex! i passed with 75 q's, one math, several sata, many infection controls and endless that related to "statins".

best advice i can give is, you must respect the beast if you want to slay it!:smiley_ab

good luck every one!

:prdnrs:

p.s. i used these books while in ns to focus in on the essential nclex material that was being presented in class and i swear it helped me do better on exams. it's never to soon to start preparing for the nclex.