How many NClex questions did you practice during nursing school?

4boysmama · Dec 19, 2013

all of our exams are written to be like nclex, so so probably close to 1000 just from that. I use questions to study for each exam; going over the rationales of the ones I got wrong and using that to guide what I re-read from other resources. I use saunders, lippincott, nclex rn questions made incredibly easy and the kaplan tests - overall, I'd say I've probably done close to 3000, and I've got one semester left!

seconddegreebsn · Dec 20, 2013

A million. Maybe a million and one?

For every exam I do about 300-500 NCLEX style questions from my study guide and from Saunders. And the more I do, the better my exam scores. I figured if it helps me in the short term it can only be even better when it comes time for testing, and I won't need to wait for months after graduation or do any sort of expensive prep classes.

KelRN215, BSN, RN · Dec 21, 2013

A million. Maybe a million and one?
For every exam I do about 300-500 NCLEX style questions from my study guide and from Saunders. And the more I do, the better my exam scores. I figured if it helps me in the short term it can only be even better when it comes time for testing, and I won't need to wait for months after graduation or do any sort of expensive prep classes.

You have 2,000 exams in your nursing program?

VAgirl247 · Dec 21, 2013

Thank you! I am nervous after taking a semester off due to health reasons. I've done a few here and there but was sure to leave plenty for this semester. I am taking Mental health/Gerontology, med surg, skills, and clinicals. I have by far better professors this go around :) I got an erin condren planner to get more organized. This way I can schedule time to study nclex questions to. Also, how many days before the test did you review the nclex questions???

melizerd, ASN, RN · Dec 21, 2013

I did some NCLEX questions every single day. Even just 10-20 add up and help you.

Exhaustipated, ADN, BSN · Dec 21, 2013

Our instructors told us when we started nursing school that we should aim for doing at least 50 NCLEX questions per week. Some weeks I do more, some less.

danedsel · Dec 25, 2013

If you're talking class or even chapter specific NCLEX questions, at least 30-40 per chapter. Taking general NCLEX style questions with the intention of preparing FOR the NCLEX at the end of school should be done only when all your other studying has been completed during each semester. Those questions will help in the long run but won't necessarily help you get through each test, semester, etc.

After all, if you're preparing for the NCLEX in 5th semester and you can't get past 2nd, it doesn't really do a lot of good.

missmollie, ADN, BSN, RN · Dec 25, 2013

My ADN program encouraged us to start them 1st semester. I got pinned yesterday

Congrats!