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hi guys taking nclex 1st week on march....just wondering....will 3 weeks be enough to study...my kaplan expired before even my approval to take the exam so no i only have the saunders book edition 4 plus the cd....will 3 weeks be enough? does anyone have a study plan that they can share? thanks guys !!! :confused: :redbeathe :up:

I studied for about 6 weeks hardcore. I think it depends on what kind of a test taker you are. HOw were you doing on kaplan qbanks and trainors?

well i did finished up all the quizzes plus the qbank questions but all i have was a 50-58% scores and i only get about 70% when i repeat my wrong questions again....i know you have to get at least 60% but i didnt....it would have been great if my kaplan lasted until i can get my exam but it didnt

Three weeks is enough for some people. If you don't think it will be long enough for you, then consider rescheduling your exam. Good luck.

hi guys taking nclex 1st week on march....just wondering....will 3 weeks be enough to study...my kaplan expired before even my approval to take the exam so no i only have the saunders book edition 4 plus the cd....will 3 weeks be enough? does anyone have a study plan that they can share? thanks guys !!! :confused: :redbeathe :up:

I think that depends upon how well you did in NS and how good a test-taker you are. I studied on the weekends for 2 weekends....and took mine on Monday. I got the good pop-up when I got home!

I think that depends upon how well you did in NS and how good a test-taker you are. I studied on the weekends for 2 weekends....and took mine on Monday. I got the good pop-up when I got home!

well thats hmmm...for me...barely passed but i passed non the less lol....hmmmm so the answer is "it depends on me" hehehehe well i can resched if i want right? lets just see on march 1 then hehehehe thanks guys :up:

I wish it was an easy answer....but, it truly is individual. I am not your avg student....I am older, I worked FT while going to NS FT and studied maybe an hour or an hour and a half before an exam. I didn't have to study like my classmates. Some of it is because I lived it (OB was easy! LOL not to mention that I am RH neg, so I already was well versed in Rhogam, had to have Pitocin to get past 5 cm, had deliveries w/ and w/o epidural, had an episiotomy... you know the drill!) Of course, 5 kids - 5 with SSS (short stature syndrom), 2 ADHD, 1 asthma, 1 with strabismus, 1 that had to have tubes d/t constant infections...blah blah. You didn't have to teach me that. Then there is the father with CHF followed by a sister and brother (and now me) diagnosed with cardiomyopathy. My mom also had a thyroidectomy and was on synthroid. I could go on....

Honestly, my classmates got sick of me personally knowing this person or that that had a particular illness or syndrome! It was easy to "learn" this stuff when you had already experienced it and researched it to death on the internet. (I am currently a computer programmer so this has been my life!)

I would recommend that you take a deep breath, close your eyes and feel peace before you hit the "start" button!

Good luck to you!

If you feel confident and did well in school you should be ok. I studied for about three weeks and I was an average nursing student. I studied for about 3-4 hrs a day though. I used the La Charity book, Kaplan book, and Nclex 3500. I also used the HESI book my school gave us to review and refresh information i had forgotten. And if you feel unsure the week of you can reschedule then. Goodluck!

I wish it was an easy answer....but, it truly is individual. I am not your avg student....I am older, I worked FT while going to NS FT and studied maybe an hour or an hour and a half before an exam. I didn't have to study like my classmates. Some of it is because I lived it (OB was easy! LOL not to mention that I am RH neg, so I already was well versed in Rhogam, had to have Pitocin to get past 5 cm, had deliveries w/ and w/o epidural, had an episiotomy... you know the drill!) Of course, 5 kids - 5 with SSS (short stature syndrom), 2 ADHD, 1 asthma, 1 with strabismus, 1 that had to have tubes d/t constant infections...blah blah. You didn't have to teach me that. Then there is the father with CHF followed by a sister and brother (and now me) diagnosed with cardiomyopathy. My mom also had a thyroidectomy and was on synthroid. I could go on....

Honestly, my classmates got sick of me personally knowing this person or that that had a particular illness or syndrome! It was easy to "learn" this stuff when you had already experienced it and researched it to death on the internet. (I am currently a computer programmer so this has been my life!)

I would recommend that you take a deep breath, close your eyes and feel peace before you hit the "start" button!

Good luck to you!

wow really? thats your life? i admire you man.....whew really? seriously? anyway thanks for the tip :D

MORE than enough!! I studied for 1.5 wks for about 3hrs per day and had zero problem passing it. All I did was practice test questions from Saunders and Kaplan. You'll be fine. I think you can get to the point were you over-study and start forgetting things that are simple thus making all the studying completely pointless.

It is not about the amount of hours/wks you study but how effective you are with your study time.

wow really? thats your life? i admire you man.....whew really? seriously? anyway thanks for the tip :D

Yeah....seriously! That is my life! :yeah::nurse::lol2:

MORE than enough!! I studied for 1.5 wks for about 3hrs per day and had zero problem passing it. All I did was practice test questions from Saunders and Kaplan. You'll be fine. I think you can get to the point were you over-study and start forgetting things that are simple thus making all the studying completely pointless.

It is not about the amount of hours/wks you study but how effective you are with your study time.

may i ask how long after graduation did you take your test??

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