In one to two months I will be taking my exam, this thread is an online log to track my progress.I figure if I do it on my own, it will be most likely to FAIL. So Im here, taking all the risks. I know its hard to do it on my own, so I need some encouragements from everyone here (if possible).
So far, I gathered all the resources I need:
Books: LaCharity, Saunders, Kaplan and (to purchase) NCSBN online review.
Place; I mostly can focus on a not-too-noisy places, Library is one of my fave.
Lastly, to everyone who will be taking taking there exam this coming May or June,
I wish you all luck!
In the end, our strong faith to ourselves and the Divine will make us all reach success!
sorry i haven't posted for quite a while, i had a fantastic weekend.
all is fun. i guessed i've actually been out of track. but anyways.
may 25//friday - answered 20 questions (60%)-- neuro and neuro meds for contents
may 26//saturday - answered 20 questions (70%) - last part of neuro
may 27//monday - may 28//tuesday - shame to say, i did not study at all. was at mom's house,
walked at high line park, dinner with girl friends then shopping and all that. pardon
anyway,back to serious work!.
may 28//wednesday - i will try to finish the most chapters of medsurg that i can in ncsbn review.
the original study plan is still ongoing, i'm a little delay but hopeful will catch up this week and im maximizing the help of ncsbn review.. (will expire on june 5th)..
got rid of exam cram book. and i alternately browse on saunders and ncsbn plus random notes.
countdown: 23 days left :redbeathe:redbeathe:redbeathe
honestly, this is what i feel right now --->
im doing solo studying so pardon for people i haven't got in touch with :bowingpur:bowingpur
( week 1: may 15- may22)
ncsbn onilne review- to finish it next week which will be the 4th week!
exam cram - start cramming with this book; maybe 1-2 weeks (gosh! im really slow!)
(week 2: may 23 - 29)
ncsbn onilne review - finish it this week.
exam cram - finish it this week.
(week 3: may 30 - june 5)
saunders 4th ed - polish on contents and some post tests
(week 4: june 6 - june 12)
daily questions, questions and questions! (probably 250 -300/ day )
(week 5: june 12 - june 19)
daily questions, questions and questions! (probably 250 -300/ day )
last look on contents, browse my own notes and then some notes i got from the very friendly and helpful people here..
I have been reading this thread for a while and would like to join in! I graduated in May and am waiting to hear back from the CA BRN for my ATT. In the meantime I was very fortunate and lucky to receive a job offer at the hospital I volunteered at for one year and then have worked as a nurse's aide at for the past 6 months. The hospital has a pharmacology test, EKG test, and BKAT (Basic Knowledge Assessment Tool in Critical Care Nursing) that you must pass before you can start orientation. So I have started to study for those tests (as a start to NCLEX studying) but need some motivation to keep disciplined in my studying. I am impressed at how hard everyone on this thread is working and want to keep in the loop. Good luck to everyone in your studies! We WILL pass!
To one1morestep: Can I also post my review logs here.? It's really cool to see what you and mcunanan have done so far. It really inspires me to study hard on my exam too. :) Ill be taking my NCLEX on the 18th of July, so I only have 48 days left.
My materials are: Hurst online review, Saunders 5th ed book and their Q&A software, PAD, and NCLEX 4000. I hope this will be enough for me to pass because this is going to be my second take.. but I musn't stop there right.?
To one1morestep: Can I also post my review logs here.? It's really cool to see what you and mcunanan have done so far. It really inspires me to study hard on my exam too. :) Ill be taking my NCLEX on the 18th of July, so I only have 48 days left.
My materials are: Hurst online review, Saunders 5th ed book and their Q&A software, PAD, and NCLEX 4000. I hope this will be enough for me to pass because this is going to be my second take.. but I musn't stop there right.?
Got my ATT today & scheduled for June 21 - officially less than three weeks til exam day - AHHH!!!
I have only 8 chapters left in Saunders to review (all pharm). Been consistently 80%+ on PrepU quizzes for the past few days. Now that I have a date, it's crunch time.. hoping to do 100 questions a day minimum from here on out 5-6 days per week, finish my Saunders chapters, read over important notes from my 5-day review class and just do as many questions (with rationale!) as possible. One of my biggest struggles right now are SATA and pharm, so most of my energy will be focused on these.
Hi guys! @lanztar and Courtney yes we can pass this test. Lets keep fighting.
June 2.. my eyes are so darn tired so I rest them a little bit. No computer for today just books!! Did lots of reading. Did PDA chapter 14 renal and urinary problems (I got the old edition) 24q I got 75%..
will keep improving..
but I musn't stop there right.? 
nena0487
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Hi Sohi,
I was unable to pm you but here is my email [email protected] and you can look me up with that on skype..