Nclex and what to expect

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I took the Nclex RN today. I got 130 questions that were nothing like the review books i.e. Saunders, nursing made easy, ect. I would strongly recommend a review coorifice. I didn't take one but think it would be helpful. The questions on Nclex are very hard and in my opinion they do not reflect what a nurse should have to know. Let me know what you guys think?

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What seems like priority knowledge now will change as you get into practice. The people who write the NCLEX are from all different disciplines and they try to cover the widest possible topic base.

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When I took my NCLEX i had several questions on Botox. How ridiculous. But whatever.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

Moved to the NCLEX Discussion forum. Good luck to you!

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Most of the questions are prioritization, safety and infection control, delagation, and meds, so how is that not relevant to nursing? You shouldn't be comparing saunders and nursing made easy with nclex because most of the questions in saunders are knowledge based questions while nclex is mostly analysis and application.

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Anyway, review course is good but it isn't the only option. There are good review materials like exam cram, kaplan strategy book, or nclex 3500 that will help you practice with 'similar' NCLEX type questions.

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I guess I'm just upset, if the Nclex is prioritization, safety and infection control, delagation, and meds (which it is) why don't the review books mirror the Nclex. The thing that gets me is, if Nclex is designed to make sure we are safe why have such crazy questions because in the real world we will have information at our fingertips by that I mean we will have more than one sign or symptom usually and have access to resourses. I have worked in healthcare for 9 plus years and I just have to say I was very disappointed in the Nclex I really expected better out of my fellow nurses who write the questions.

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If review books mirror nclex, wouldn't that be too easy? If that happens, we could just memorize the whole content and pass. Remember NCLEX is designed not only to see how safe you are but also to see our competence. That's why they said that NCLEX is a minimum competency test.

You pointed out that NCLEX asked crazy questions and isn't anything like the real world. Yes, I guess that's true. But, imagine if NCLEX asked real world questions. That would be crazy. People with a lot of experience in healthcare will have an advantage because they could just rely on their experience to answer the questions. That's unfair for people like me who didn't have a lot of experience in the 'real world' of nursing prior NCLEX.

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