How much should I have knowledge?

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Hell everyone,

I am a nurse for over 10 years in my country. Now I am studying for NCLEX ( and still English too!!) by myself. So... I do not have any teachers and classmates... I am very happy to fine this site.

I am using Saunders, NCSBN, and KAPLAN. I have already failed 3 times. I regret to take NCLEX without enough studying so I decided not to take the exam until I am ready. my NCSBN score was around 75-85%, but l failed last time. Now I use KAPLAN and score is 56-68%.

Actually I have no confidence...　I was taking the exam today, but I cancelled....

Before 1-2 weeks, I was really really nervous. When I think of something, I have not memorized about that clearly. For example, I got "35 pages material" here and then when I read it again, I have forgotten a lot of knowledge!! And then I was in a panic!! " I have not remembered this, this, and this too!!!" ....I have not memorized even blood normal value..... I am so angry at myself because why I can't remember longer...

I would like to ask you guys.... When you take NCLEX, how many knowledge can you keep in your mind? I am always confused, unclear, and easy to forget about many things... each symptoms, child developmental stage, each precaution diseases lists, APGAR score, blood tests value, drugs, crutch walking symptoms of hyper or hypo-Na, K, Mg..., etc

However, when I do exercises, my score is not too bad....

Did you remember about important things almost everything before taking NCLEX?

Which are very important things that I should memorize before taking NCLEX?

I will take my 4th time NXLEX in 4-5weeks.

What should I do with studying plan...?

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Specializes in Maternal Newborn.

Hi ~ You really need to know core content - common illnesses/assessments/interventions/treatments within each body system, lab values, infection control (what diseases are airborne, contact or droplet and what PPE would you wear), medications (common ones in each class and be familiar with all drug classes/categories), herbal medications (i.e. garlic, ginseng, ginger, kava, st. johns wort, valerian, etc.) aging (birth to elderly and what stages/characteristics/ailments occur within age groups). Know which patients to see first (acute versus chronic, unstable versus stable, etc.). Also, knowing strategies and critical thinking skills are important, as some questions on NCLEX are "obscure" and testing you on your critical thinking skills, what you would do first or what is best...

As far as studying, everyone is different, some folks can study 2-3 hours a day whereas others need 6-10 hours a day for a month or two. For me I studied more, as I wanted to know as much as possible going into NCLEX. The resources you're using are good - though if you're more of a visual/auditory learner you may wish to check out some good Youtube videos and/or possibly Hurst NCLEX review as these are very helpful. I used a combination of resources and this worked for me.

Keep up your efforts and best of luck in your review.

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Hello...nclex is more about content. You've to know content to answer correctly. Specifics are not a lot. For example, you'll hardly see a question that will say what is value of potassium, but you need to know normal k values to answer a question that kind of thing.

I found out I passed this morning after 3 attempts. You cannot give up, you keep trying until you pass..quitters never win and winners never quit...keep fighting and don't lose hope.

Praying for you.

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Hello afoo4

Thank you so much!! Actually I changed my mind and I tried to take the exam last Friday and passed!!

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Thank you, yedwards42

I once cancelled my test schedule, but I changed my mind and took NCLEX last week. I passed!!

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Congrats on a job well done RN. Tell us what study material/s help you the most.

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Thank you!! I am going to tell everyone about my studying in the new topic!!

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