How many feel like they overstudied for NCLEX

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  1. Did you overstudy for NCLEX?

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      Overstudied by a crazy margin
    • 2
      Overstudies a LOT
    • 4
      Overstudied
    • 0
      Studied just the right amount
    • 0
      Did not study enough

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So I will add a poll, let see what the data shows ;)

If I can figure out how to add a poll!!

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I thought, "Man! Everyone on here over studied!"And then I realized I had cast the only vote, lol.I believe in studying hard, but I was suprised by the NCLEX.I thought it was very easy and that my classroom exams were harder. I don't think it was easy because I over studied, either.I thought it was easy in that there was no need to study.It was very basic and common sense.Pretty much, if you learned the basics and figured out how to answer the questions, you were golden.

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P.S.Sorry for the bad form of my previous post, but I cannot get it to edit.Thanks.

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I took the ATI comprehensive predictor in May 2011, got an 82% or so which gave me an alleged 98% chance of passing the NCLEX. BUT I had to finish corequisite classes over the summer before graduating in July. Everyone said *Take the NCLEX right away or you'll really hurt your chances!* but I didn't have that option. I studied, I bought books and CDs, I signed up for the NCSBN's complete web review. I wanted to make sure I was really ready.

But I couldn't seem to get out of the 60's-70's percentage-wise for practice exams from Kaplan, NCSBN, Mosby, etc. I freaked. I though surely 60's wasn't up to the standard of nursing professional! Finally I decided I needed to schedule the darned exam, and if I failed at least I'd know what areas needed work. I sat down to the exam, started on the questions... and panicked. There were ridiculously simple questions about things like gait-assist devices and the order you put down each foot and crutches... Things I hadn't considered since first semester, when we were shown numbered footprints & dots on the floor and expected to understand from that... Med questions I didn't know the answers to, 3 or 4 psych questions about the exact same treatment. It shut off at 75 and I was convinced I failed. I left and looked up every question I could remember from the internet on my phone... If I thought I got it wrong, I usually did.. I tested on Saturday, and spent Saturday/Sunday learning everything I could about the post-exam experience. I learned that 60's-70's were common among the ridiculously tough practice exams, that many people left feeling like they'd failed, that you don't always get certain types of questions (ie dosage calc, which I thought was definite), and the Pearson Vue trick. Mostly things that my nursing school could have explained in a few minutes and saved me several months of anxiety.

Lessons learned, I guess! I am learning to trust my own skill & knowledge :)

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