How much time to study for exams 1-8

[RN-DC]

I have just finished taking my pre reqs for EC, and am getting ready to start studying for the nursing exams. Just want an idea of how long everyone studied for each exam? 1 month, 2 months? How many hours per week? I know what they suggest, but would like to hear from people who've taken the exams. And what grades did you get?

Thanks in advance

[BeachieRN84]

Beachnurse: I bought Saunders nclex rn and have been going through it, but am wondering how it helped prepare for the excelsior exams? I understand that it's a great tool for studying for the nclex, and it's great in general for understanding concepts, and test questions, but how were you able to study for the EC exams using it? The Saunders book doesn't have units, and seems to just go through all possible questions that could be on the nclex. Sorry to get so technical, i just want to know if I'm missing something?

My Saunders has chapters in it, I have the comprehensive review, which one did you get? Each chapter is a different system and has a subsequent related chapter for medications. It really gives you an awesome breakdown of systems, diseases, signs/symptoms, medications, interventions and diagnostics. The questions come after each chapter and some are similiar to the ones you will find on the EC tests :-)