How long is to long, to study for the NCLEX-RN?

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I was just wondering what is the average everybody is studying? This time around I don't want to rush. Ive been out of school for 3 years and I work full time, with a two year daughter. so it is kind of hard for me to hit the books. So I was thinking about studying for about 6months or a little longer. What is everybody thoughts?

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I used Saunders 5th edition and Prentice hall and Nclex mastry and passed after multiple attempts... 8-12 weeks is a good amount of time...

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can you email me some of your notes

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Hi,

I think it all depends on you and your availability and dedication to studying. I know a lot of students from my program studied 2 weeks before their exam and passed. I, on the other hand, dedicated about one month to studying every single day for a good couple of hours.

The first step is to determine how much you can dedicate to studying. If you have responsibilities, perhaps spend a little more time and studying a little bit every day. If you are a little more free, study hard for a couple of weeks. At the end of the day, you need to keep doing practice questions. You can study content but the NCLEX is formatted in a way that it tests your ability to test, therefore my suggestion is to devote 2-3 weeks to doing as many practice questions as you can. I think 6 months is way too long and in time, you're going to only forget everything you studied in the first couple of months.

Good luck :)

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Hi,

I think it all depends on you and your availability and dedication to studying. I know a lot of students from my program studied 2 weeks before their exam and passed. I, on the other hand, dedicated about one month to studying every single day for a good couple of hours.

The first step is to determine how much you can dedicate to studying. If you have responsibilities, perhaps spend a little more time and studying a little bit every day. If you are a little more free, study hard for a couple of weeks. At the end of the day, you need to keep doing practice questions. You can study content but the NCLEX is formatted in a way that it tests your ability to test, therefore my suggestion is to devote 2-3 weeks to doing as many practice questions as you can. I think 6 months is way too long and in time, you're going to only forget everything you studied in the first couple of months.

Good luck :)

Thank you

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I only study for 3 months on and off and I work fulltime

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I only study for 3 months on and off and I work fulltime

I think im going to try and study alittle longer then three months, but not longer then 6months,I haven't sat for boards in almost three years. Plus I heard they are changing it this year.

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This is the thing, in school you cover SO MUCH material. The longer you wait the more that material leaves. Take the test soon. If you don't pass the first time SO WHAT?! Learn from it and do it again. The pass rates for 2nd time takers is a lot higher than the 1st. You Can Do It!!

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