I'm taking my NCLEX test in a week! Pls any advices!! Thanks!

NamasteNurse, BSN, RN · Mar 7, 2010

I just took the test last week. It was very very hard. You really should actually read the exam cram book, you need to know a lot. The questions are not just recall like in school, you have to apply knowledge from several areas. A question will ask about a pt who has a certain ailment, is on certain meds and has a certain problem so you need to know the symptoms of the ailment (disease) the usual procedure and the complications and the medications and their dosage and side effects, all before you can answer a question about it! I graduated #1 in my class and I thought it was hard, so you can decide from there. Especially read the rationals in the back of the book. Good luck! :)

tainted1972, ASN, RN · Mar 8, 2010

I just found out today that i passed the NCLEX-PN i took it on friday

my advice is to do as many practice questions as you can, get into the habit of figuring out the answer by critically thinking them through

i found this test to be very hard and stressful

btw.. i only truly studied for 2 days prior to my exam.. only because i got lucky and got in really quick

I used the saunders study book and cd.. there were a lot of questions i was able to see the rationale and strategy for each one.. i think it helped!!

good luck

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Mar 9, 2010

Moved to the NCLEX Discussion forum. Good luck to you!

caliotter3 · Mar 9, 2010

You know if you feel prepared or out in left field. Go ahead with the test or reschedule if you do not feel adequately prepared. Best of luck!

Chris616 · Mar 10, 2010

Hi I'm Joyce,
I'm not really new.. i've been a lurker for a while now and decided to join your amazing community here.
Anyways, I'm taking my test a week from now.
I've been studying for a month straight now. I started reading the NCLEX Exam Cram for PN. I found it very helpful but i'm having difficulty concentrating. So I decided just to do the questions on the cd.. I do about 200-300 questions a day on the exam cram cd by category. I finished the cd yesterday.
Also, additional to that I've been doing the Saunders cd as well by content. I haven't read a book since, just for content review when i dont know something.
Do you guys think it's enough? what i'm doing right now? Should i reschedule and read the book as well?
Pls help me..
Thank you so much!

hey joyce, my advice would be to read/understand the topics more and try to understand and i mean really understand the reasons for the rationalizations. if im not sure how many topics there are for the PN exam, but a month may or may not be enough. if you feel you are ready you will know. in my case, a week before the exam, i was so excited to take it that i didnt even study anymore lol i just chillaxed and played games and read a little saunders here and there

antonette1987 · Mar 11, 2010

Hi guys! thanks for replying! i really appreciate all you guys' advices. Right now, I'm almost done with the Saunder's cd. I only need to do the Pharm section and i'm done. so after that I'm to read the Exam Cram book for two days before my exam. of course I won't do it the day before the exam. cuz I'm thinking I should relax that day. Anyways, what do u guys think?

Chris616 · Mar 11, 2010

Hi guys! thanks for replying! i really appreciate all you guys' advices. Right now, I'm almost done with the Saunder's cd. I only need to do the Pharm section and i'm done. so after that I'm to read the Exam Cram book for two days before my exam. of course I won't do it the day before the exam. cuz I'm thinking I should relax that day. Anyways, what do u guys think?

just chill the day before the test. eat, have fun, whatever you do to take the stress off. after all, in my experience no matter how many questions you do, around 95% of it wont even appear in the exam. thats why understanding the topics more is better than just taking hundreds of questions.

gooooooooooodluck!!!!!

sweetmya · Mar 11, 2010

I think what your already doing is fine.

Focus more on doing questions from cd's then reading from books!!

antonette1987 · Mar 15, 2010

hello once again you guys!!!

well i only have one chapter left on the exam cram.. so I DID all test questions on the cd Saunders and Exam cram, plus I read and finish the exam cram book.

now I praying that I pass! pls pray for me you guys! Thanks so much for the support and advices!!!!!

antonette1987 · Mar 16, 2010

Hi guys! so I just took my test today and all I can say is that it was hard! nothing like the cd questions... at then end I felt like I failed it.

but when I did the Pearsonvue trick, I got the pop-up saying :

Our records indicate that you have recently scheduled this exam. Please contact your Member Board for further assistance. Another registration cannot be made at this time.

what that does that mean?? did i pass or what?? i don't want to depend on this trick till I get my official results. but just in case.. i wanna feel assured.

sweetmya · Mar 18, 2010

Hi guys! so I just took my test today and all I can say is that it was hard! nothing like the cd questions... at then end I felt like I failed it.
but when I did the Pearsonvue trick, I got the pop-up saying :
Our records indicate that you have recently scheduled this exam. Please contact your Member Board for further assistance. Another registration cannot be made at this time.
what that does that mean?? did i pass or what?? i don't want to depend on this trick till I get my official results. but just in case.. i wanna feel assured.

CONGRATS!! :yeah: