2 More days For Nclex-RN Anxious and stress out Please advice

STL2008, RN · Feb 10, 2011

Good luck! Ill be thinking about you. I test on the 23 myself and im nervous as heck. Ive never tested before. Im just hoping my anxiety doesnt overcome me during the test. What were you using to study?

caliotter3 · Feb 10, 2011

Good luck.

noyesno, MSN, APRN, NP · Feb 10, 2011

I'm testing tomorrow.

FREAKING OUT TOO!

Don't really have any words of wisdom. Just wanted to let you know you are not alone!

Maybe just realize: you know what you know and there is not much you can do within these next two days to improve you knowledge base and critical thinking. Just try to relax. Take a bubble bath.

Good luck on Saturday! :)

jabwemet · Feb 10, 2011

Good luck! Ill be thinking about you. I test on the 23 myself and im nervous as heck. Ive never tested before. Im just hoping my anxiety doesnt overcome me during the test. What were you using to study?

I did Saunder's, Nclex 4000 some hurst review lectures and Now i am doing La charity and in this book I am scoring some where 65% to 80% but more in 70% I hope I pass I am so Stress out.

jabwemet · Feb 10, 2011

I was just wondering How much precent we suppose to have in La charity book.

dontra07 · Feb 10, 2011

Good luck!!! taking mine on march.. :redbeathe

chillin4me · Feb 10, 2011

goodluck to you.. u are doing great on lacharity.. hope ull pass. me too ill be taking sometime next week. for the second time. hope to nail it this time.. God bless

jabwemet · Feb 10, 2011

Thanks a lot eveyone...........

ashnem · Feb 11, 2011

my advice:

i tested yesterday, cried in the parking lot for an hour. (haven't gotten results yet) my test was highly unusual so i won't freak you out with the details. (if you really want to know, you can search my other posts).

at this point, unless you have really precise weaknesses that you are aware of, just stop studying b/c you'll just go too fast, bounce around and not really get any depth out of it to make it worth it. make sure you know your labs! also, know precautions. my test, as well as many of my friends were very infection-precaution heavy.

spend time doing questions. i never studied (like read) but i did questions and as i went back over them, i read every rationale for every question right/wrong/whatever. as i did that i looked up stuff in the book (saunders) to supplement and reinforce. i jotted notes on different pieces of paper (meds, labs, procedures, peds, maternity, disease...) i skipped lines so that i could add to any entries if i learned more on another question. i only wrote what i didn't know. some days i would spend hours on only 50 questions but i really learned, i think much more than many of my friends that were slamming out 150-200 kaplan questions/day. i think better to really learn less areas than to generally know alot but still don't know enough to answer a question.

my biggest piece of advice: no matter what, you will exit the testing center feeling like a failure. it's ok. cry, call and text all of your friends and your momma and whoever else, but unless they have just taken the nclex themselves, they won't understand what you are going through at that moment. my only comfort came from my friends that also cried and felt like they had definetly failed, but had passed (one in 75 and one in over 200). just know this and let it go. get a good night's sleep and write in all caps at the top of your eraseboard: i know this!

chillin4me · Feb 11, 2011

my advice:
i tested yesterday, cried in the parking lot for an hour. (haven't gotten results yet) my test was highly unusual so i won't freak you out with the details. (if you really want to know, you can search my other posts).
at this point, unless you have really precise weaknesses that you are aware of, just stop studying b/c you'll just go too fast, bounce around and not really get any depth out of it to make it worth it. make sure you know your labs! also, know precautions. my test, as well as many of my friends were very infection-precaution heavy.
spend time doing questions. i never studied (like read) but i did questions and as i went back over them, i read every rationale for every question right/wrong/whatever. as i did that i looked up stuff in the book (saunders) to supplement and reinforce. i jotted notes on different pieces of paper (meds, labs, procedures, peds, maternity, disease...) i skipped lines so that i could add to any entries if i learned more on another question. i only wrote what i didn't know. some days i would spend hours on only 50 questions but i really learned, i think much more than many of my friends that were slamming out 150-200 kaplan questions/day. i think better to really learn less areas than to generally know alot but still don't know enough to answer a question.
my biggest piece of advice: no matter what, you will exit the testing center feeling like a failure. it's ok. cry, call and text all of your friends and your momma and whoever else, but unless they have just taken the nclex themselves, they won't understand what you are going through at that moment. my only comfort came from my friends that also cried and felt like they had definetly failed, but had passed (one in 75 and one in over 200). just know this and let it go. get a good night's sleep and write in all caps at the top of your eraseboard: i know this!

good luck to you, i really hope you'll pass, thank you for inspiring me now.. ill be taking mine some time next week and i really feel numb about it...maybe im in the state of denial that my test date is fast approaching...

jabwemet · Feb 11, 2011

Thanks