improving timing

[azerpmi]

EDIT: I APOLOGIZE. I SEEMED TO HAVE POSTED THIS IN THE WRONG FORUM. IT'S MEANT FOR THE NCLEX FORUM. CAN A MOD MOVE IT PLEASE? THANK YOU.

Good afternoon future nurses:) Lately I began shifting my focus from reviewing concepts to actually taking practice exams. The first few exams were more relaxed and I would say that it took me an average of 1hr & 45min to answer 75 questions. My average overall was 70%.

Then I read a few posts on allnurses that the timing is also an important aspect of the exam so I decided to limit myself to 1 minute per question which equated to 60questions : 60 minutes. In the end, my score drastically fell to 50% I guess my critical thinking is heavily affected when I know I have time constraints so now I'm motivated to try and resolve my timing issues. For one, I'm going to continue doing exams in this manner to train my mind, but I would appreciate it if you guys can recommend some techniques and other helpful hints that could help my mind "run" faster:D

Thank you all.

[Altra, BSN, RN]

Remember that you will have up to 5 hours to take up to 265 questions. So no harm in spending more than 1 minute per question.

[classicdame, MSN, EdD]

don't rush it. The more questions you get right the fewer you will have to answer.

[elprup, BSN, RN]

Whenever I took a preNclex test I always covered the timer with a paper/stickie note/etc. That way I would concentrate on getting the questions right. I also studied all the time. My advice - get the questions right, don't focus on time. Because once you hit that mark with NCLEX that you are safe (because you answered so many questions right), it'll turn off.