I will take NCLEX soon. What should I do first?

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Hello guys.

I am an RN from the Philippines. I will start my review classes on Nov. 9, 2009. I am planning to take the exam by December or early next year. :specs:

I still don't know what items should I study first.

Please give me some advice. Where should I focus?

Do you have any study plans that you can recommend?

Can I also have list of books that I should buy...

Please help me. I am really clueless on this. :D

Thanks!!!

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Saunders nclex book is a good start! many say just do questions and more questions and read the rationale behind the answers! 1 of my profs stated one should do about 5000 questions before one attempts to write the exam!

I used Saunders and did Kaplan and passed.

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Hi flames9.

When did you take the exam?

I am really scared.. waahhh.

you mean you only studied those two books? You did not buy other review materials?

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I wrote at the end of July 2009

I did kaplan. Did ALL the questions in the question bank. Listened to about 85% of the online videos. read the book that comes with kaplan at least 3 times and piles of questions from the Saunders Nclex book. I did some questions from websites found on here. I would say 90-95% of my efforts were in kaplan and Saunders. here are some other sites:

2.http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_lemone_medicalsurg_3/

3.http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_london_maternal_2/48/12415/3178397.cw/index.html

4.http://studentweb.deltacollege.edu/nclexrn3500/mainMenu.do;jsessionid=8883B6DDCCF9617D6CB7E66481CEAFCB

5.http://online.medspub.com/meds/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=/meds/QandA/main-menurngold.aspx%3fprodid%3dRNGLD%26classid%3d28888&prodid=RNGLD&classid=28888

6.http://4tests.com/exams/examdetail.asp?eid=78

7.http://caring4you.net/tests.html

8.http://www.nclex-pass.com/sample_questions.htm

9.http://school.discoveryeducation.com/quizzes/cc_oftenj/nurskills1.html

10.http://www.nclexinfo.com/nclex_practice1-10.htm

11.http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~helene/Nclexfinal.htm

12.http://www.oakton.edu/user/~mikey/Q6a.html

13.http://www.learningext.com/students/qofweek.asp

(Weekly Questions from NCSBN)

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Specializes in Psych, Skilled Nursing.

hi yehs14,

start with your content first then start answering 100 items a day and read and understand the ratio (correct or incorrect). also before going to bed check your common lab values and your meds. if you are sitting the test by december or jan you should be fine.

the unit tests are also helpful.

books that i used:

illustrated study guide for nclex rn exam 6th ed (zerwekh)

davis nclex rn success 2nd ed (lagerquist) finished

saunders comprehensive review for nclex rn 3rd ed (silvestri) finished

mosby's pharmacology memory note cards (zerwekh) finished

prioritization, delegation & assignment (la charity) finished

good luck! :)

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Specializes in ED.

agree, study your materials for about a week or two, then start doing questions 100-150/day, people have used exam cram, saunders, la charity

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Hello.

Thank you for all your replies. You gave me a lot of info that can help me.

Please do pray for me. I really want to pass the exam.

:)

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Specializes in ED.
Hello.

Thank you for all your replies. You gave me a lot of info that can help me.

Please do pray for me. I really want to pass the exam.

:)

as a fellow kababayan ill include you in my prayers :D

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I was looking at Kaplan and its $500?!?!

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Specializes in ED.

yes its $500 but i think its worth it IMO, you can easily regain your investment once you become an RN

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Hi guys. I am currently enrolled to Allgen review center.

Its really nice.

We're only 20 students per room.

Even after you finished the 17 day program, you can still sit in on other batches and listen to discussions.

:)

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Specializes in OB, Peds, Med Surg and Geriatric Nsg.

I suggest making a plan and sticking to it. Find a good place where you could concentrate and study. If you don't know much about your content, read Saunders Compre 4th ed for a month and a half. Do all the practice questions at the end of the chapter and read the rationales even if you got it right. Then start doing practice questions from 100-200 a day. Stick to it and never give up since in the NCLEX, you are given a maximum number of 265 questions to take. Just to make your brain get used to rationalizing for a longer time. Know the common drugs being used in the NCLEX and what they are for. Know your normal values and it's significance. PD&A from LaCharity would help you to delegate and assign tasks for the health care team since majority of the hospitals here has LPN's. We've never LPN's working the hospital back in the Philippines. Try Exam Cram 2nd ed and do the practice questions. Search some sites that provide free NCLEX questions. Lastly, PRAY. Good Luck! =D

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