LaCharity book, doing horrible

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Is anyone doing really terrible on LaCharity books, I have done 3 chapters so far and I feel really stupid am i the only, does it get better the more you do them, please need some motivation. Thank you:confused:

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Specializes in Telemetry.

It will get better keep on doing the questions and READ THE RATIONALES! Do as many questions as possible.

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thank you so much, just felt like its not helping if i keep getting so many wrong

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I do the same thing! My score is frustrating.I'm planning to do another run on each chapters since I still have 3 weeks more for my test.

According to some posters this book really helped them in the exam.

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well right now im just on chp 4 and things are looking down i just hope i will be able to go through the chps again as well i test in about 4 wks, good luck with your studyin shiina

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If this type of question continues to stump you, just decide to put it on the back burner for awhile, then come back to it. If you still can't get the questions, allow yourself to be "weak" in this area and concentrate on the rest. Chances are high that you might not get many or any of this type of question. Don't let yourself down on topics that you are able to master.

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honey0600,

Don't get discouraged by lower scores, the LaCharity book is tough. I think my lowest score was 44% and highest 90%. Your scores will improve as you advance through each chapter because you will think like they are training you to think.

The week before the NCLEX I went through the 18 chapters a second time. If time is an issue, I would just do the first 18 chapters and skip the 20 or so case studies. They(case studies) will be good material once you become an RN:)

I was thanking LaCharity all the way through the NCLEX yesterday, at least 17 questions were prioritization and delegation. I quit counting towards the end. Who would you discharge first? Floating RN, which pt would you assign? I got the blue screen at 75 questions, hoping for the best.

Study precautions too! ;)

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OMG thank you for the encouragement and good luck looking to hear from you with the I PASS sign, also wanting to know how long did u study and what else did you use

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Maybe you should do some content review and save LaCharity for one of the last things you do. My husband worked on content then did LaCharity and he scored high on the tests. He used the NCLEX-RN Made Incredibly Easy review book and their Q&A book, plus he read the Exam Cram review book. Best wishes in your studies!! :)

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THANK YOU SO MUCH

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I scheduled my test 8 weeks out and focused on the following materials...

Saunders Comprehensive Review. I went through the entire book, starting with the questions at the end of each chapter. Similar to Suzanne's Plan, if I scored below 75%, I would read the chapter. I also used the CD. 100 questions each day. Scores averaged high 60s to low 70s and went up to mid 70s to lower 80s. At that time I found a link on allnurses for NCLEX 3500. I felt the questions were slightly harder in difficulty with scores ranging for mid 60s to low 70s. I then tried NCLEX 4000 and scores remained the same until exam time. I think I hit 79 a couple times on practice exams. I did 75 questions per day with content review.

I borrowed a friends Kaplan book and read it completely through, it's a quick read and helped me slow down on questions to think about each possible answer. It also focuses on rewording the question, using Maslow's, ABCs, etc. The older editon(2003 I think) was almost identical to the 2010, we compared them. There is a 180 question exam in the book, and 180 exam on the CD.

With a month remaining, my LaCharity book arrived. Thank God I heard about it here on the forum. I did a few chapters a day along with 75 questions from NCLEX 4000. I completed about 7 of the case studies, but thought they were going beyond what we needed to know. I will go back to them soon. They are really good.

Two weeks to go I went back to Saunders and reviewed every chapter I scored below 75%. I didn't repeat the questions. Then I completed the practice exam at the end in the Saunders book, scored 76%.

The last week I went through the LaCharity book a second time and keep hitting the content hard in Saunders.

I put the books down two days before the NCLEX. It definitely helped:)

My scores were never spectacular, the key is to understand the rationales. I had doubts too, right when I got to LaCharity.:confused: Even though the NCLEX was tough, I felt pretty good about my answers. I had 10 SATA in the first 25 questions:eek: From reading on here, I thought that was a good sign.:up: I only got 7 more SATAs for the remaining 50 questions.

I honestly think conquering/controlling the fear/anxiety is the most important advice for success on the NCLEX. A couple times, I had to shut my eyes and just breathe:)

Wishing you a blue screen at 75 honey0600:nurse:

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