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I recently graduated from an ADN program and I am soooo happy and grateful that I was actually able to complete it because it was the MOST challenging experience I have EVER gone through in my entire life. I have to admit, it has been extremely hard to get back to the studying for the NCLEX. It's like my brain rejects the information every time I try to pick up a book and do questions... my brain says: "oh, no not you again." hahaha.... ugh! Never the less, I know I have to prepare for this beast which brings me to this post. I was thinking... Why not challenge some of you who plan on taking the NCLEX late? March/early April 2011? What do you guys think? Maybe we can message each other here by the end of the day and share whether or not you met your daily goal. For example, I have 2 books (lacharity and Davis Q&A) and I plan on doing 100-150 questions a day until my test date. Even if I do 20-25 in increments throughout the day, the point is to do them daily. Then I will come here and share how my day went. That way we can motivate each other through this excruciating journey.
Whaddayasay huh?!?.... I plan on starting this Sunday... Let me know if any of you guys are interested, I would love to motivate and be motivated by you guys... We need to get together and tame this beast! Lets do this!!!!
Ok, so I took the "new" ATI...it's really the same exact thing as the 2007/2008 with a few corrections (to answer choices....and actually, I found a mistake that wasn't in the old version, but is in the new one). I re-took the test, and since it was the same thing, my score didn't change...80%.
I spent yesterday reviewing Renal and GI, and I got a 87% in ATI, with a 60% & 72% in Davis (I always take two 30 min quizzez in Davis), and a 68% in Saunders (Saunder's isn't THAT easy...hell, the ATI was waaaaay easier in Renal than Saunders....Saunder's has some easy questions here and there, but overall, I think it's comparable to ATI).
For GI...
Saunders - 75% (60 questions)
Davis#1 - 67%
Davis#2 - 82% (I exclude repeating questions, so 2nd test is always less than 30 ques)
ATI - 80%
BTW, warning...Davis is a bit retarded and has quite a few conflicting information when compared to Saunders, so if you REALLY think you were right about something, make sure you check it out because maybe you are according to your text (ie. according to Davis, monthly, self-breast exams are not necessary because the ACA says they have no value, and so you shouldn't tell your patients to perform these. Now, if it came up on the NCLEX, I would have to go with what I was taught, and that it is something you should encourage your patients to do, because Davis is the ONLY one that has this "latest info." ).
Thanks Takiyah!! I noticed some errors on Davis too! Sometimes it tells me I picked the wrong answer, but in the rationale its says what I picked is right...so watch out for that. I like Davis overall, but honestly it's kicking my butt. To late to change my date now. We will see what happens. I am going over PRentice hall questions, just going over the chapter quizzes one by one..I will let you
know how it goes tomorrow. AHHHH, NCLEX TOMORROW!!!!!
Oh by the way, your davis scores look pretty good for beginning to to study. I busted my butt, started off never getting higher than a 60 and occasionally 65 and sometimes 70. Then again I do 100-150 random questions.
Ok, so I took the "new" ATI...it's really the same exact thing as the 2007/2008 with a few corrections (to answer choices....and actually, I found a mistake that wasn't in the old version, but is in the new one). I re-took the test, and since it was the same thing, my score didn't change...80%.
I spent yesterday reviewing Renal and GI, and I got a 87% in ATI, with a 60% & 72% in Davis (I always take two 30 min quizzez in Davis), and a 68% in Saunders (Saunder's isn't THAT easy...hell, the ATI was waaaaay easier in Renal than Saunders....Saunder's has some easy questions here and there, but overall, I think it's comparable to ATI).
For GI...
Saunders - 75% (60 questions)
Davis#1 - 67%
Davis#2 - 82% (I exclude repeating questions, so 2nd test is always less than 30 ques)
ATI - 80%
BTW, warning...Davis is a bit retarded and has quite a few conflicting information when compared to Saunders, so if you REALLY think you were right about something, make sure you check it out because maybe you are according to your text (ie. according to Davis, monthly, self-breast exams are not necessary because the ACA says they have no value, and so you shouldn't tell your patients to perform these. Now, if it came up on the NCLEX, I would have to go with what I was taught, and that it is something you should encourage your patients to do, because Davis is the ONLY one that has this "latest info." ).
I noticed a few things too on the ATI and a little bit on the Saunders. But thank you for clarifying about Davis. I only have exam cram, nclex 3500, and Virtual ATI because I failed the nclex the first time, so I was not charged for ATI review online and I also attended another ATI Live Review for free.
I noticed a few things too on the ATI and a little bit on the Saunders. But thank you for clarifying about Davis. I only have exam cram, nclex 3500, and Virtual ATI because I failed the nclex the first time, so I was not charged for ATI review online and I also attended another ATI Live Review for free.
What I hate about Davis is that it has waaaay too many SATA. I only take 30 question quizzes at a time and i get anywhere from 8-12 SATA everytime...and I almost NEVER get them correct because of mostly 1 option (I either shouldn't have chosen or should've...mostly the latter). And I feel like some of questions purposely try to deceive you...like a SATA that asked about what to monitor for in an adult patient w/ diabetes, who just had a cast put on for a femur fracture. Not straight up because of course you have to think about their circulatory compromise, which is cool because I saw that right away...but then I selected "vascular necrosis," and got the entire question wrong because, they're explanation was "the patient is at are at risk for avascular necrosis" (yep, and they italicized it and all). There is no such thing as vascular necrosis, so what's the point of that? Just to see if we can literally remember EVERY terminology we were taught? Seriously
Funny thing is that I ace the SATA in ATI and Saunder's...Davis is just retarded I tell you. It is not straightfoward for the most part...it literally tries to trick you on most questions.
Thanks Takiyah!! I noticed some errors on Davis too! Sometimes it tells me I picked the wrong answer, but in the rationale its says what I picked is right...so watch out for that. I like Davis overall, but honestly it's kicking my butt. To late to change my date now. We will see what happens. I am going over PRentice hall questions, just going over the chapter quizzes one by one..I will let you
know how it goes tomorrow. AHHHH, NCLEX TOMORROW!!!!!
GOOD LUCK! I will be praying for you...and everyone on this board, and for myself come next week.
My sister has Prentice hall and she getting better averages than me. How does it compare to Davis? Yeah, and I noticed that about Davis too...the wrong answer thing.
a lot of will be taking the exam tomorrow and i am praying for you guys! keep us posted and tell us your experience! I am so excited to take mine next next week! yiiii!!! :redbeathe
i have a good feeling we're gonna make it! i believe you can do this Aww itsmyNurse and everybody in this thread!! Thanks to all of you!
WE'RE GONNA PASS THE NCLEX EXAM! :nurse::nurse:
Believe and we will achieve! GOODLUCK and CONGRATS! :) :) :)
Dont forget to BREATHE! Relax, Pray, Smile and Eat!
Never the less, I know I have to prepare for this beast which brings me to this post. I was thinking... Why not challenge some of you who plan on taking the NCLEX late? March/early April 2011? 
What do you guys think? Maybe we can message each other here by the end of the day and share whether or not you met your daily goal. For example, I have 2 books (lacharity and Davis Q&A) and I plan on doing 100-150 questions a day until my test date. Even if I do 20-25 in increments throughout the day, the point is to do them daily. Then I will come here and share how my day went. That way we can motivate each other through this excruciating journey.
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