NCLEX-RN Exam on April 2011, need motivation?

caliotter3 · Feb 18, 2011

Good luck on your upcoming NCLEX.

Awww_ItsMyNurse · Feb 18, 2011

Thank you Caliotter3 :heartbeat I'm so anxious.

winsome08 · Feb 19, 2011

Awww_ItsMyNurse: I know how you feel but you have to press on. On the days that youfeel overly anxious, take a break and do something fun then get back in the groove again. :twocents: YOU CAN DO IT, THINK POSITIVE.

newgradERrn · Feb 19, 2011

I'm taking NCLEX in 5 days... Iv'e been using the Hurst review.... it's been awesome...Aunt Marleen :) does a great review and teaches you how to read nclex questions. I'll let you know how I do, so far I'm feeling confident.

TatyanaClaire · Feb 19, 2011

Hi everyone! I am new here...after reading several posts about various situations and people struggling along just like me...I realized: Hey! I might not be so alone! I graduated from nursing school five years ago and sat for the NCLEX for first time last week...after a lot of studying. Then, after reading the threads about the PVT (Pearson Vue Trick), I did the trick...according to that: I failed. After contacting my state board, it was confirmed: Failed.

I have three small kids and alot riding on this...but gosh, more than anything I don't want to be an "unsafe nurse". YiKeS!

So, I am trying to pull myself up by my boot straps and regroup.

I am hoping to take it again in 45 days. I studied Kaplan. Thinking about changing and trying Saunders. I got a lot of SATA questions-which I suck at. Any suggestions?

chillin4me · Feb 19, 2011

Hi everyone! I am new here...after reading several posts about various situations and people struggling along just like me...I realized: Hey! I might not be so alone! I graduated from nursing school five years ago and sat for the NCLEX for first time last week...after a lot of studying. Then, after reading the threads about the PVT (Pearson Vue Trick), I did the trick...according to that: I failed. After contacting my state board, it was confirmed: Failed.
I have three small kids and alot riding on this...but gosh, more than anything I don't want to be an "unsafe nurse". YiKeS!
So, I am trying to pull myself up by my boot straps and regroup.
I am hoping to take it again in 45 days. I studied Kaplan. Thinking about changing and trying Saunders. I got a lot of SATA questions-which I suck at. Any suggestions?

Lacharity book has a high recommendation...u may try it as well..goodluck to you...

Amyarm · Feb 23, 2011

saunders is a good book. if you don't understand some rationales you don't need to do more research, you can read from saunders. however, the cd questions are very easy. try to find something more challenging. kaplan is really good to learn how to take the test.

i just passed my nclex. first i did questions from illustrated study guide for the nclex-rn exam, did some questions from saunders q&a (not the review book), then did kaplan training 1-7.

good luck!!!

JVnurse · Feb 25, 2011

I did my exam two days ago and according to my unofficial result, I passed. the books I used were Saunders and Kaplan. I agree the questions in Saunders book and CD are too simple and those are not NCLEX questions. Kaplan has more practice questions online like Qbank and QT1-7, which was really helpful, I did 150 questions/day and went through each question for the rationale. In my opinion, Saunders is a good book to learn detailed stuff but i think Kaplan questions ROCK because those questions are similar to NClex, i hope this helps.

myAngel71 · Feb 26, 2011

I did my exam two days ago and according to my unofficial result, I passed. the books I used were Saunders and Kaplan. I agree the questions in Saunders book and CD are too simple and those are not NCLEX questions. Kaplan has more practice questions online like Qbank and QT1-7, which was really helpful, I did 150 questions/day and went through each question for the rationale. In my opinion, Saunders is a good book to learn detailed stuff but i think Kaplan questions ROCK because those questions are similar to NClex, i hope this helps.

did you enroll Kaplan review online Jv?

JVnurse · Feb 26, 2011

did you enroll Kaplan review online Jv?

I took the class which came with online questions, it was worth it

sunlight036 · Mar 2, 2011

Hi all...I graduated last January, I'm taking the nclex at the end of this month, so far everyone from my class that have taken the nclex have passed with 75-78 questions, this is how they studied :up: ....they are doing questions from the nclex 4000, every time they encountered a question that they didnt know they would write down the topic, go to their old notes or the book and read about that specific topic, so that's exactly what I'm doing. I believe that just by doing questions and reading rationales is not enough, we learned a lot of stuff in nursing school, if you have an idea of what they are talking about when they ask you a question in the nclex, you have a better chance to pass....example they ask you...what will you do with a child with talipes valgus(i think that's how its spelled) if you have no idea what talipes valgus is most likely you'll have to guess.

When I do questions I pick the topics that I know I need to review, I know I'm really good with cardiac and resp so I don't bother with those, but I'm weak when it comes to peds and pharmacology so I'm reviewing those. BTW, go over pharm and learn LAB VALUES that's a big one, know levels of digoxin(0.8-2.0), lithium(0.8-`1.2) they might ask you...a pt is receiving digoxin and his serum levels are 1.5 what would you do...not give it, give it etc...you know the deal... i also heard there were a lot of questions on chemo drugs, and don't stress too much on peds so far everybody that has taken it only had 1 or zero questions. I hope this helps a little bit, good luck to all!!! I hope i didn't bored you to death :yawn: