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!
I'm sorry to hear that you are feeling very anxious about your exam. I can feel your anxiousness. I'm retaking my exam in the end of Sept.
I read Saunder's Book one time following the one month study plan and did all the questions from the book and some questions from the cd. I also did prioritization, delegation, and assignment book (by Linda A. Lacharity), and Hurst Review. I got two above passing, 1 below passing and the rest are near passing.
Right now, I'm planning to do Kaplan On-Demand Course (it's an Online Review). I'm hoping to pass this time. I felt the reason why I didn't pass is that I didn't practice lots of questions. So, this time, I will practice Kaplan's Online Questions. If you are going to use Saunder's book for the questions then you should also look for some other books for the better questions (I mean to say harder questions).
Just continue in preparing. :) BTW, wat saunders are you using? is it the online review?
Hi steph:
I read 3rd edition comprehensive of saunders but a friend of mine was so generous to lend me her 5th edition for some updates... It help me a lot too... Im just starting to go over it but i think it will really help me build up my knowledge since i graduated BSN 7 years ago... I need to dig in deep really deep! Hehehehe how about you?
I'm sorry to hear that you are feeling very anxious about your exam. I can feel your anxiousness. I'm retaking my exam in the end of Sept.
I read Saunder's Book one time following the one month study plan and did all the questions from the book and some questions from the cd. I also did prioritization, delegation, and assignment book (by Linda A. Lacharity), and Hurst Review. I got two above passing, 1 below passing and the rest are near passing.
Right now, I'm planning to do Kaplan On-Demand Course (it's an Online Review). I'm hoping to pass this time. I felt the reason why I didn't pass is that I didn't practice lots of questions. So, this time, I will practice Kaplan's Online Questions. If you are going to use Saunder's book for the questions then you should also look for some other books for the better questions (I mean to say harder questions).
Good luck studying!
Hi oslern,
Thanks for the great words, i am currently reviewing in kaplan and they really have hard questions..i havent finish reading the book yet so im. Having double time to finish it... I hope i will be able to complete it before my exam this oct. 2 - we could share notes if you want.. Do you have viber?
Good to hear that you are doing questions from Kaplan. Don't be discouraged by the hard questions.
I too didn't do well on the Kaplan's Diagnostic Questions and Q Trainer-1. After doing poorly in them, I started to listen to some of the content videos and doing Class Questions.
I heard some people are doing questions first and then reading the topic later after finding out their weak areas. I'm planning to do the same. As I have been doing contents most of the time and never really got to do much of the questions before the exams and failed the exams. This time, I'm going to do Questions and see how it goes.
Regarding your time limit, I think it depends on the individual. Some people passed their nclex exam doing kaplan's questions and reviewing their weak areas after the questions. If you are weak in content then i would recommend you reading Saunder's Book otherwise you could do Kaplan's Questions and review content right after doing the questions (I mean review your weak areas).
P.S. Sorry, I don't have a viber. I would love to share notes, but unfortunately, I'm just writing in my notebook and not really typing anything in my computer! I'm so used to writing in my notebook!
It's been a while since I have posted, but I have been working on my Kaplan material and I think it has been pretty successful. I have been in contact with my instructor and she is happy with my scores so far! Here they are and I hope to keep improving on them.
Diagnostic: 61%
Readiness: 64%
QT1: 71%
QT2:63
QT3:50
QT4:56
QT5:57
QT6:62
QT7: not taken yet
I have also not had my baby yet, he was due yesterday sept 17th, I postponed my exam to the 26th instead, giving me more time to complete the qbanks...so far those scores are...
64, 60, 72, 60 and 60, a bit more to go, I am determined to finish them as my instructor says lots of the qbank q's show up on the test.
Anyways, I'll keep going with the kaplan stuff, it seems to work for me.
Good luck to the rest of you and lets see when my little boy decides to show up while mommy is studying, lol any day now... :)
I always wondered what happened to you; I knew with all of your dedication and hard work you would make it through but I was just waiting for you to take the dang test! Thanks again for motivating so many people on this thread to achieve our dream of becoming RNs!
CONGRATULATIONS onemorestep!!!!
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