NCLEX HELP

CoffeePlease · Jun 23, 2011

Hi Cyndi17,

I took and passed the current version of the NCLEX.

1. First off, relax and breathe. Stress will keep you from thinking clearly.

2. Hopefully you have been in a program that taught you what you need to know, if you have passed your classes and taken an exit exam and done well, you probably already know what you need to know.

3. Hopefully you have been using a review book like Saunders, and/or have taken an NCLEX review class. Doing questions, many many many questions is really excellent preparation.

4. Drive to the testing facility, see what it's like. Figure out where you are going to park. Do a walk through.

5. Wear layers of shirts to the test. They won't let you wear jackets into the room. One poor girl had on a tank top and a hoodie. They wouldn't let her wear the hoodie and I could hear her shivering in the super cold test room. I wore 3 t-shirts on top of each other, and was perfect (but I am always cold).

6. Read the NCLEX forum on allnurses. There is great information on here!

Good luck!

Heather

havehope · Jun 23, 2011

https://allnurses.com/nursing-student...dy-507271.html

that is a wonderful list to look over...it's alot but if you know it i'm sure you will not have a problem.

good luck!!

RedStephyRN · Jun 23, 2011

Hello! I would just like to say that Heather's post was right on, down to the review she suggested (Saunders). I recently took the NCLEX-RN (5/31/11) and I can honestly say that myself, along with everyone else from my class that tested that day, walked out feeling like they knew nothing. From what I have heard from other people, that seems to be pretty normal. I am saying this just to prepare you in case you feel that way, as I am sure feeling confident is probably a good sign, too;) Now, I do now know if there is truth to this, so please do no hold it as such, but it seemed as though SATA questions were a good thing. My computer shut off at 75 and I had 12 SATA. Out of the 12 people from my class that tested, we all passed in 75 questions and had 10-20 SATA questions each.

As far as the material, it really is so varied. I basically made sure I answered 100 questions daily from the Saunders review CD-Rom and reviewed my notes from a review course that I took.

You will be fine. I know it does not feel like it now, but you will. Good luck to you!

Jenni811, RN · Jun 23, 2011

There really isnt anything you "must know" because everyone test is different. One of my friends had 25+ pharmacology questions, me...i had 5 pharmacology questions (only had to answer 75 questions).

Some of my friends had 10+ drug calculations....i had one.

Lab values i was told to know, but it didn't ask me anything regarding lab values.

Cindy 17 · Jun 23, 2011

Thanks so much for your post I truly appreciate it. Right now I'am currently enrolled in the kaplan review course and I have been enrollled for a while now. I have completed all of my question trainers as well as 100% of my qbank questions. I'am now doing the qbank questions over since I completed all of the questions. I also calledd kaplan and had them reset my readiness test, and looking over the information that I dont know in my saunders review book and comparing them with the kaplan. As far as questions from saunders, I was advise by my kaplan instructor to stick with kaplan questions. What do you think.

RNLeroy · Jun 23, 2011

Prioritization and delegation, SATA, and infection control. I personally wouldn't get crazy studying one particular subject, just do as many practice questions as possible. If you get the Saunders CD you can set the questions to come up randomly and I think that is the way to go. I spent way too much time studying lab values and endocrine and the majority of my test was psych and pharm. I just thought I could've had the same result and not stressed out so much about memorizing specifics in any one area. I used the Saunders 4th edition CD, Kaplan 2010-2011 NCLEX-RN prep book, and Prioritization and Delegation by LaCharity. Good luck!!!!!

Silverdragon102, BSN · Jun 23, 2011

moved to the NCLEX forum