How Many Questions do you do per day?

Lorodz · Aug 2, 2008

it really depends, some of my friends suggested that i answer 200 some suggested that 100 is enough. It really depends. What's important is you read the rationales and understand it (yeah yeah).

I'm doing 100 questions per day and would try to add another 100 in the coming days.

good luck

CRNA2BKY · Aug 2, 2008

It totally depends on you how many you want to do per day. I wanted to do around 4,000 questions before taking the NCLEX, and I wanted to do them in a fairly short period of time. My plan was to do about 250-300 questions per day, and that way, I could knock out all the questions in about 2 weeks. So, based upon how many total questions you want to do and how quickly you want to get them done, you can taylor a plan to meet your own goals. You should study based on what works for you.

CalypsoRN · Aug 2, 2008

Honestly it al depends on what your mind can handle me I can't do more than 200 and that is me doing 100 in the am breaking it up 50/ 50 and then the other 100 later after reading the rationales and looking up what I don't know in my saunders 4ed book... I myself don't like to feel rushed or have a deadline to reach. I burned myself out at one point to the point of being hospitalized with my books by my side. took a break ad my scores were better than before so I toned it down in the up coming weeks to my NCLEX to 100 a day but I did the count a couple days ago and I did 5000 questions I thought it was 3000

Just have to figure a way to make it seem like you are holed up some where with a book balance it out and have some fun

hopefully I can tell you it paid off for I took my exam this morning

SeekingSuccess · Aug 3, 2008

Thanks Guys, sorry for the late reply. I had class and get to come on here really late hours.

suzanne4, RN · Aug 3, 2008

I never recommend more than 100 per day, as you should be reviewing rationales as well. Cramming does not work for an exam like this, it is interested in what is already in your head, and how you are going to use it.

Those that do 300 per day just have the information go in one ear and out the other and they do not retain it.

Brittany, RN · Aug 3, 2008

My review course recommended no more than 150/day split up into 50 question tests. I started off following that but it got to be too much on some days and I felt I wasn't retaining the information fully. So generally I did 100/day and occasionally added the extra 50 depending on how I felt. It worked well for me, passed with 75 questions. But really it depends on what works for you and not doing so many questions that you aren't retaining the rationales anymore.

Brittany

CRNA2BKY · Aug 3, 2008

As an educator for many years, I can tell you cramming doesn't work. However, I (as well as many others) can handle doing 250 review questions, look at rationals of answers they get wrong, and take breaks throughout the day. This is very do-able. I am not saying everyone can do it. I am say many people can do, and should do it. Now, I'm also the first to admit that people study and learn in different ways, so each person should decide what fit's them best, and go with that. Making a blanket statement saying that everyone should study the same way is wrong.

AngelaLPN08 · Aug 3, 2008

I did between 90-100 a day...some days i only did 50. I studied for so long some days i could not even do 100 questions

Happy studying

CRNA2BKY · Aug 4, 2008

Excellent. Just keep studying at your own pace, and do what works for you. Good luck.

suzanne4, RN · Aug 4, 2008

Rationales should be reviewed for each and every question, not just the ones that someone got wrong.

The key to passing the exam is to understand what the exam is looking for in an answer. So with doing 100 questions and reviewing each rationale, that is about the limit for anyone in terms of getting ready for this exam. This exam is also quite different than anything that you have ever seen in school.

Best of luck to all of you.

CRNA2BKY · Aug 4, 2008

I respectfully disagree. There are a number of questions that the answer just leaps off the paper, and is so obvious that there can be no other answer. In these cases, to review something that is so obvious is a waste of time. The time can better be spent review what you don't understand, and take the time to research things that you do not understand. But to carefully review every question that has 3 very, very wrong answers and one clearly correct answer is a waste of time.