Just passed the NCLEX at 75, felt it was not too bad. My study plan.

[art1stic]

I know there's a lot of these going around, but I just wanted to share how i passed the boards. I'm not sure if this will work for you, but it did for me. I passed at 75(in an hour) and found the exam relatively easy.

These key points are what I had in my head while taking the NCLEX:

You have to know that most questions revolve around patient SAFETY, ABCs, and maslow.

You guys already know that when in doubt check the patient.

Assessment is always the first thing, then positioning(since it's the easiest thing to do, I.E. mother is in distress position left lateral).

Any time there's something wrong with the mother most likely you check the baby's FHR, if not then the mother.

When there's something that requires intervention that's out of your hands, ALWAYS call up the doc. You cannot get ABGs, draw blood etc., if you don't have a doctor's order.

Why questions always wrong. Yes/no questions are always wrong, but they try to trick you with these, ask yourself the question, if you end up answering no/yes, it's wrong(etc Do you feel better today?)

Antipsychs usually cause anticholinergic, EPS, and agranulocytosis.

DKA = hydrate first. Sickle cell = hydrate first.

I have another things but I feel i'm writing too much. If your interested please post or PM me.

1) Kaplan Review book 14th edition: (usually you can find this book on craiglist)

2) Saunders NCLEX review : http://www.amazon.com/Saunders-Comprehensive-NCLEX-RN®-Examination-Nclex-Rn/dp/1437708250/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1335389707&sr=8-8

3) The all nurses comprehensive study guide: https://allnurses.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=8687&d=1310076980

4) ATI NCLEX app for the iPhone

5) Saunders NCLEX app for the iPhone

6) EXAM CRAM: http://www.amazon.com/NCLEX-RN-Exam-Cram-3rd-Edition/dp/0789744821/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1335389765&sr=1-3

7) NCLEX 4000: http://www.amazon.com/NCLEX-Review-4000-Software-Individual/dp/0781777909/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335389796&sr=8-1

8) Feuer NCLEX review Audio tapes(all 28 of them, listened to them almost twice, you can find a leak somewhere online): http://www.amazon.com/NCLEX-Feuer-Nursing-Review-Study/dp/B004GY0920/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335389837&sr=8-1

I lagged. Ended up taking the test in 4 months time. I would study material for about 4 - 5 hours per day, then finished up between 100 - 265 questions while reading the rationale for each question.

As the exam grew closer, I started increasing the amount of questions on NCLEX 4000 until I reached 265(simulating the NCLEX).

The day before the nclex I did very few questions, most of the time I just played xbox 360 lol. The key is not studying too hard the day before(you already know the material by now, do not doubt yourself).

The day of the exam relax, I was cool and calm.

During the exam I changed nothing to my pattern and I answered the questions exactly how I did at home. Do EXACTLY the same thing. This is very critical. If you change up how you answer your questions during the NCLEX you WILL panic.

I finished in an hour, felt pretty great, got the good pop up, saw my license 2 days later.

Good luck guys.

[Step2012]

I pick A also....btw thanx for any tips..

[June2012]

Congrats and thanks a lot for sharing all these ....:)

[KJM-RN, BSN]

trendelenburg to help with the return of blood flow

[blessed11]

congratulations....

[blessed11]

Congratulations!!!!

Are you willing to sell your Feuer CD's???

[amandeepkaur]

Congrats ......thanks for study plan

[caliotter3]

:ancong!:

[d_martinez09]

If you don't mind me asking, how exactly did you start your studying?

Did you start with review of body systems? Doing 50 questions a day? Beginning with 1 chapter from saunders at a time?

I am in desperate need of a starting point and I have no clue where to begin!

[missnoc360]

Wow!.. Thanks for sharing this and Congratulations!..

[art1stic]

If you don't mind me asking, how exactly did you start your studying?

Did you start with review of body systems? Doing 50 questions a day? Beginning with 1 chapter from saunders at a time?

I am in desperate need of a starting point and I have no clue where to begin!

1) i wouldn't really waste my time with the saunders review book. I felt that it was just too much to read, and there is a lot of nice to know things rather than need to know. But if you're totally OCD and you need to know every detail, by all means go ahead and read it.

here's how i would start studying:

start with 50 questions initially and work your way up to 265/day. so day 1: 50. day 2: 60-75 etc..... the key to passing the NCLEX is doing nothing but NCLEX questions. the questions that you are currently doing is pretty much the same as the NCLEX.

I would definitely use exam cram and NCLEX 4000, they are the questions MOST similar to the nclex.

understand and study the all nurses.com review guide. That thing is very helpful. Some of the points in that guide are on the NCLEX.

2) yes your bread and butter is the review of body systems. You should know what things generally do. Liver = metabolism, so if that's messed up, of course you're gonna have problems with drugs, ammonia, bleeding times, etc.

3) again if you really wanna read the saunders, I would just look at the chapters you're most weak at. and not spend to much time on things that you're comfortable. Use that book as a reference. You're going to make yourself go crazy reading that whole thing. (although i did, lol.) like i said i felt it was just a waste of time.

You can find the Feuer cd's on the internet. It's very easy to find(cough** google cough**) I would not like to directly link because i don't want to get in trouble.

Let me know if you need anything else.

Good luck to everyone!!!

I'm still searching for a job. Wish me luck hehe.

[pink427]

Thank you for this good tips. As I keep answering questions, and got mostly wrong, I became anal and start reading not just Saunders but Hogan too. Then I look at my time plan and thought," I won't have the time to do all basic reading and questions!". Now. You gave me idea. :)

[ms_sgr, BSN, NP]

I selected d because the patient is nonresponive and pale which mean they are not getting any oxygen. Placing the patient in trendleburg is not going to make them responsive nor will increasing fluids, these are both preventive measures which is why loc is assessed. Emergency cart is for patients who are non responsive. Trendleburg and iv fluids are used for hypovolemic patient and I don't think that nclex will have anyone choose between the two. This is how I cam to my answer