Just finished NCLEX...and I have to ask- where were all the questions about stuff I actually studied? No, really...if I knew my exam would be like that, I would have seriously changed the way I studied. No med calcs, no age appropriate things, no therapeutic drug dosages, no drugs that I had actually heard of or that you could figure out what they were (no nice endings with -lol or -pril, etc)....none of those alternate questions either. I expected more basics- like positioning, testing, procedures, insulin.....
I seriously don't know what test I just took, because it wasn't over stuff in the Kaplan book.
I am soo happy for you. I can imagine how happy you must be that it is FINALLY all over. I pray that i will be in your position soon. Again a big congrats!!
Specializes in Med-Surg, Ortho, & Tele all on one ward!.
Cort81, I had 75 questions. At least half, if not more, of them were priority and teaching (the questions with the bold words of "first" "most" "best", etc).
Tips? Just practice questions. It seemed that by practicing the questions you learned the type of answer they are looking for, and you can pick out the correct answer ever if you don't know the material. I spent 50 of my time reviewing material, and 50 of my time practicing questions. I reviewed the entire Kaplan book for content, did all of their questions online, and did an additional 2000 questions on CD. Between NCLEX and HESI I practiced probably around 5000 questions in a 4 month time span.
brina
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CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!
I am soo happy for you. I can imagine how happy you must be that it is FINALLY all over. I pray that i will be in your position soon. Again a big congrats!!
Brina