Hello everyone & MAJOR congrats to those of you who have passed the NCLEX! I'm taking the exam next Saturday and although I've reviewed content, questions, math, and some other stuff STILL feel completely unprepared.
So, in reading some of these posts I've come up with some questions. I really appreciate your candid responses since I'm sure like other readers, we'll ALL find the info useful:
1) KAPLAN- my scores just suck. I've ranged from 38-79 on the Qbank questions and my Qtrainers have ranged from 48-71. Does this say anything for my performance? I still will continue doing their questions, but should I start looking elsewhere for additional questions? I have about 400 questions left in the bank and am at 58% score.
2) SATA- notice how it's missing an "N" at the end? Anyway, are they ridiculously difficult or if there is enough knowledge on a topic is it workable to figure out?
3) PHARM- how detailed are the questions? I've been studying overall categories and some meds within those, but with so many drugs and each having such similar adverse effects am I doing enough? Calculations I'll just keep practicing. I feel with the content area of Pharm being 13-19%, am I really ok with just knowing overviews of categories or do I need to know specific drugs?
4) THE END. Do you really leave the test center with a feeling of impending doom or is it just relief that it's over regardless of performance?????
Overall I'm starting to freak out about this test and have not really slept for the past two nights b/c of my anxiety. I can only imagine how I'll be next week!
Any advice on a change of direction in my studying is appreciated. I took the Kaplan class in May. I've done everything it says to do, but find myself making careless mistakes and rushing through. Aside from xanax (I wish) any tips for test day?
congrats again to those who replied to my post and PASSED!!!!! Thanks for your posts and positive words. Just need to slow down and be thorough. So what if I take 6 hours to answer 75 questions? haha...
mcknis
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Congratulations again for passing. I know its doable and I will get to feel the same feeling here in the next few weeks when I get to take it!