NCLEX Advice (Hopefully helpful)

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While everyone who has a different story and naturally when you pass you feel validated in the method you selected and I wanted to share a few thoughts. I tested on 27 Mar 2014, for the first time and passed not with 75 questions nor with 265, but those numbers are insignificant anyway. The next day I checked the Az BON website and found I had passed. I utilized the Saunders Q&A, NCLEX review (blue&white book), my school has a contract with Kaplan so the review was part of our program. I have mixed opinions about Kapalan however some of the tips are valuable. I answered a total of 800 questions from Saunders, completed Q trainers 1,4 and 5 scoring 65-68, and completed 2 case studies from Prioritizations, Delegations and Assignments.

My advice to everyone, know your core information, when you look at a symptom, think about how it affects all of the bodies systems and lastly if you know you have weak areas, naturally work to improve them. While I would have preferred to study for 3 months, 16 hours a day, it isn't realistic and I'm certain I still would have encountered subjects on the NCLEX which I hadn't reviewed even I I could have studied for 16 hours a day. Have confidence in your abilities and most importantly don't project yourself failing NCLEX before you have answered the first question.

Lastly an NCLEX study guide exist and I'm including the link as well as one regarding how the NCLEX CAT works which I found very interesting.

Good luck to everyone who will eventually take the NCLEX.

This is the link to the NCLEX SG:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3379554/-Nclex-Study-Guide.pdf

And this is the link to the article regarding NCLEX CAT:

How The NCLEX Works .... Caring4you.net

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