Just begining my 4th semester and NCLEX prep-HELP!

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I am just starting my 4th semester in an AAS program through UAA, and wondered which NCLEX test prep book best helped everyone thourought the semester and prepare for the NLCEX? I know there are tons of threads on this, but scrolling through them all is super time consuming, as a student, I don't have time,lol! Our 4th semester includes The Staff Nurse, Med-Suge II, and Psych Nursing. Any tips, advice, usefull website or other resources are very appreciated!!

Thanks!

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I would really suggest taking the HURST NCLEX_RN review course if it is offered in your area. I just took the NCLEX june 5, 2013 and passed with 75 questions!

Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN Examination 5e is a really great book as well! It comes with a CD with lots of practice questions :)

Hope this helps!

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I like Hurst Reviews also. I would master Hurst Reviews core content. I would listen to Feuer when I am driving around or doing anything that does not require a lot of attention. I would listen to the med surg videos over and over again. I liked the Feuer pharm videos also as I had trouble in pharm.

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I would really suggest taking the HURST NCLEX_RN review course if it is offered in your area. I just took the NCLEX june 5, 2013 and passed with 75 questions!

Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN Examination 5e is a really great book as well! It comes with a CD with lots of practice questions :)

Hope this helps!

Congratulations on passing!

Did you find Hurst beneficial? I have really been looking into doing the review (online) when I graduate (December 2013) as a content refresher.

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When I was in school, I had trouble with advance med surg - (almost failed) so I did Hurst Review for advance med surg where I aced the last test and final, and Feuer for my exit exam. My grades were never that good in school B -C, but when I took the exit exam I passed with 98%. So these were the tools that I used, and I did 1500 test questions on ATI as required. So Hurst Review was excellent for me while I was in school. It was the reason I was able to fly through my exit exam as it was all critical thinking. I concentrated on learning the core content and pharm.

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During school I used Saunders. When we entered the last class of the last semester of the program we then were given access to the Kaplan online program.

I used Kaplan exclusevely once we had access to it.

I just took my NCLEX and passed, first time.

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Congratulations on passing!

Did you find Hurst beneficial? I have really been looking into doing the review (online) when I graduate (December 2013) as a content refresher.

I thought Hurst very beneficial and the content was excellent. On NCLEX it is impossible to know all the possible content, so you also have to have good test taking strategies. I was a nervous wreck, but i didn't find the test to be "too bad".

GOOD LUCK! You will do fine!

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How well did you go over Hurst material. For example the 5th day material? Did you focus on it or just review it quickly?

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How well did you go over Hurst material. For example the 5th day material? Did you focus on it or just review it quickly?

I went over the psych drugs, pain meds, and insulin charts,..... i would also go over transmission precautions.

TRANSMISSION-BASED PRECAUTIONS:

AIRBORNE

My - Measles

Chicken - Chicken Pox/Varicella

Hez - Herpez Zoster/Shingles

TB

or remember...

MTV=Airborne

Measles

TB

Varicella-Chicken Pox/Herpes Zoster-Shingles

Private Room - negative pressure with 6-12 air exchanges/hr

Mask, N95 for TB

DROPLET

think of SPIDERMAN!

S - sepsis

S - scarlet fever

S - streptococcal pharyngitis

P - parvovirus B19

P - pneumonia

P - pertussis

I - influenza

D - diphtheria (pharyngeal)

E - epiglottitis

R - rubella

M - mumps

M - meningitis

M - mycoplasma or meningeal pneumonia

An - Adenovirus

Private Room or cohort

Mask

CONTACT PRECAUTION

MRS.WEE

M - multidrug resistant organism

R - respiratory infection

S - skin infections *

W - wound infxn

E - enteric infxn - clostridium difficile

E - eye infxn - conjunctivitis

SKIN INFECTIONS

VCHIPS

V - varicella zoster

C - cutaneous diphtheria

H - herpez simplex

I - impetigo

P - pediculosis

S - scabies

There is a nclex study guide found on allnurses that is pretty helpful to read :)

wiggio-Nclex-Study-Guide-1.doc

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a few words of encouragement, I never did extremely well on the HESIs we had to take in nursing school, got only 904 on the exit HESI , and passed the NCLEX on the first try, so it is very possible!

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