This is my very first post to the forum and I'd just like to say hey to everyone! Great site!
Now, I am scheduled to take my NCLEX-PN in exactly one week. Sadly, my second time taking it. I took the predictor for school with a 90% chance of passing the exam, so naturally I thought it would be fine to just brush up quick the week before the exam. Did not go so swimmingly. I found the NCSBN 3 week course and I have been at it for a week and a half now. I just keep going down through each unit- Currently in Pharm (3 sections whereas the rest are 1) which section B is possibly longer than the first two units combined. I have been doing all the quizzes so far and doing some question bank quizzes at the end to mix up reading the material. I'll score anywhere from a 60-90% on all the quizzes. I jumped to the "Post Test" for pharm while I was half way through section B and got a 75%- right at the alleged passing level.
My mind says I should at least touch up on each part of the rest of the pharm review, but anyone who has seen this review knows that there is a lot more to study pass the Pharm portion when it starts breaking units down into body systems.
I think the question banks have been helpful, they're catching me reading to fast or misreading. My question is- Should I continue to try and read through every unit or skim some or just focus on the question banks? Also, are these question banks harder than what some of you experienced on the NCLEX? I simply was not prepared the first time-again, my own fault- so I cannot even really recall the similarity.
P.S. the nerves are really starting to settle in here, I'm freaking out. If I do get a 60% or so on a quiz, it's demoralizing only being a week out. I have a lot riding on passing this exam next week. Stress management is being attempted in full force right now
By the way... did the qtrainers help? Thanks i am still overloaded... i am starting to dump materials that i think won't help that much.
Oh! Well, you'll rock it! Qtrainers as in all the quizzes at the end 1-85? I thought they were awesome. Questions came out like that on the NCLEX and all of those rationales were on point.
Oh! Well, you'll rock it! Qtrainers as in all the quizzes at the end 1-85? I thought they were awesome. Questions came out like that on the NCLEX and all of those rationales were on point.
Why do i feel like i am still not ready to take the exam? I am starting to get frustrated with the questions i am practicing... waaaaahhhh... i feel that i don't know anything even though i studied very hard.
Why do i feel like i am still not ready to take the exam? I am starting to get frustrated with the questions i am practicing... waaaaahhhh... i feel that i don't know anything even though i studied very hard.
thoughts?
Ahh! Don't worry, I promise. You've put in great, hard work. I had the same feeling. I just started to get frustrated with questions and felt fried. You just need to step away from the material and do something you enjoy for a couple hours. Keep a positive attitude about the exam. The information will be there when you need it. Even if you get ones wrong, just understand why. There were some questions on there that I still did not agree with rationales on and I accepted it and moved on. Just think, you'll only have to answer a handful of those questions out of the 850 there are on there. You've got this! I'm here if you need it!
thoughts?
shesanurse
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By the way... did the qtrainers help? Thanks i am still overloaded... i am starting to dump materials that i think won't help that much.