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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!!!!
No problem Tildor, To be honest, I didn't find that the NCLEX went any deeper than that. I think it basically wants you to recognize what to do/use with an airborne disease or any other contagious disease for that matter.
Just make a little chart for yourself (should be no longer than a page) and remember what the precautions are and which diseases are associated with them so if you see it on the test you will remember it.
THANK YOU Katm0 I was wondering where you were....lol
Make sure you know these;
-Delegation
-Know how to answer Priority questions - ABC's, assessment vs implementation, maslow and orem's theory. (if I had one golden rule it would be this one, If you know how to answer these type of questions, I am almost CERTAIN that you will make it)
I had a lot of priority (30-40), SATA (8-10), medications (including side effects, how to administer, etc - about 7-9), calculations (2), Psych (6-7), Delegation (5), Identifying a picture (1), the rest I believe were recall questions (apprx 10-15).
When my computer didnt shut off at 75 I must admit I panicked a little, I took a break, ate some trail mix, drank water, used the restroom, came back and threw on the noise cancellation head phones and IT WAS ON!!! I refocused and about 7 questions later it shut off. (82 was the magic number for me)
Let's do this!!!
You got this!!!
THank YOU so much. you missed me?? hehehehe awww so sweet!:hug:
I kinda have this mixed emotions right now. :eek: all emoticons there is..
i finished the kaplan QT's and Qbank last week and just running over it again. I just want to test and train my self to answer it in application and analysis level... there is only 1 test i skipped, that is the QT 7 (265 questions). i am saving it for next week so i can gauge if i am really ready.. it will be like my dry run...
i feel like my heart is saying just do it and take the exam but it wont stop throbbing when i see my exam date!:heartbeat:redbeathe:heartbeat i just keep in mind that this will be over soon.. I will PASS the exam and be a COMPETENT, EFFECTIVE and SAFE NURSE:nurse: this three words are like my mantra that keeps me sane..
Thank you for sharing this! i really appreciate your help as always! :redpinkhe
Goodluck with your job hunting. see you on job hunting thread soon..
hey everyone....well i am a witness the "good pop-up" does work...i found out this morning that......i passed! :) i am a witness that if you know god has something for you don't give up! keep on pushing, keep on praying, and keep jesus at the head of your life! i took this test 5 times if i gave up after 4 times i would have never been able to say that i passed.......you all can do it! :heartbeat
congrats! :yeah::yeah:
you are truly blessed truly_blessed_ rn!! true, god is good! god bless us everyday every time!
Could you please clarrify something for me.. I can not really think of a good example at the moment but when does a safety issue come before a physical issue?
I'll tell you a quick story of what happened to me 2 days before the exam... I also saved a "nclex sample test" from Kaplan for the very last minute to see how I would do, to be exact nclex sample test #2 from the Qbank online. Mind you, the very first Qbank test I did I scored 48%, then the next few days 50%, then after 56%, 58%, and eventually one 66%... I was feeling pretty confident at this point. My progress was all in a matter of 2-3 wks, I was hitting the questions hard everyday and reviewed the rationale but when sample test #2 finally came, I scored 40%... This is the worst I had done ever on the Qbank and it was apprx 35hrs before the exam!!! Yikes! First thing I do, go to pearsonvue to reschedule for the following week and I did, I choose May 3rd. AS soon as I did that I felt a little bit at ease thinking "okay, that gives me 5 more days to practice" so I went back to the test and carefully reviewed everything I got wrong. I had gotten most of the "content/recall questions" wrong but I did excellent on the priority questions. So I felt puzzled and said to myself "Am I REALLY going to learn all the content I need in 5 days? what content am I missing? There's no way in hell I can review all content in 5 days!!!!" I was feeling overwhelmed and my mind was just going crazy, kept pacing back and forth between taking the exam, not taking the exam, taking the exam. Finally, I decided to go to pearsonvue and reschedule for the exact time and date I originally had April 28th and never look back!!! Regardless of what that test told me I BELIEVED in my heart that April 28th was my day!
You will NEVER ever feel prepared for the NCLEX because NO ONE knows what is going to be on that exam and there is just sooooo much information that there is NO WAY NCBSN expects you to know everything. In my opinion, I believe they want to see if you are a safe nurse by being able to prioritize, pick the most unstable patient for immediate care, not spread infection, not cause harm to the patient, know what seems out of the norm, contact physician after you have exhausted all your options or something is an emergency, delegate the right task to the right person, etc NOT all the little details of everything.(if that was the case, trust me, I would have NEVER been able to pass). Yes I understand that you have to have a knowledge in order to know how to analyze/apply but that is what was school was for, to get the knowledge base foundation.
My advise/opinion, LaCharity book questions and Kaplan Qbank- nclex practice test #3 is the type of questions that you want to focus on and eventually master, this will allow you to pass the NCLEX-RN. If you got the strategies down pack and are efficient with answering those types of questions, YOU ARE READY!
P.S. TO everyone else reading this, just know that I am not trying to make the NCLEX sound as though it is not hard... because I KNOW it is. It is nothing to take lightly, HOWEVER I just want encourage people to gain strength and BELIEVE they can pass the NCLEX. Make a realistic study plan, don't overwhelm yourself and PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE questions, specially priority questions. Don't try to memorize every disorder out there and overwhelm yourself with information but rather UNDERSTAND the general concept and what the questions are really asking. Thousands of people have passed the NCLEX and one day you will too!
Tildor, I would say in Psych patients. Example, if a person came to a health care facility with a puncture wound on the side of the head while waving a gun... My priority would be safety. Same concept goes for suicidal patients.
I had forgotten my password and could not log on, but 'Aww...Nurse', your spirits are contagious and have been helping me get through the past week. I rescheduled my exam to May 9th, and I am going to stick to it - not look back, especially at my scores... As long as I am confident! Your last post spoke volumes - Thank you for that and I hope you also get the job of your dreams after all the hard work.
Reading this and other forms assures me, I chose the RIGHT profession! :)
Which one is harder Kaplan qbank or actual nclex RN????
I bought the qbank today - I felt I was weak with priority questions.. The first test I took (test 3). I got a 70% on... I am okay with that because I felt like I was critically guessing I mean thinking... lol
Which one is harder Kaplan qbank or actual nclex RN????
I bought the qbank today - I felt I was weak with priority questions.. The first test I took (test 3). I got a 70% on... I am okay with that because I felt like I was critically guessing I mean thinking... lol
WOW! 70% on your first test! That is AWESOME!!!! ... I know what you mean about the "guessing" part, lol... that's good with practice your critical thinking will become second nature in no time!!!!
It's about the same level of difficulty with the priority questions, maybe a little harder with Kaplan. I absolutely love Kaplan Qbank, I was hooked on it. I did about 3-4 test per day and made sure I understood the rationale. This is when Saunders would come in handy cause I would what I got wrong if case I had further questions.
You made me feel so much better about going in and beating the beast on Tuesday.... I am getting myself psyched up to do this..... I took test 2 and 3 also. My scores were 70% and 76%.... So if you arrive to a scene of a MVA with multiple injuries treat the most unstable do not treat the incident as if it were a earthquake triage situation???
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.
I was wondering where you were....lol
I refocused and about 7 questions later it shut off. (82 was the magic number for me)
:eek:
all emoticons there is.. 
First thing I do, go to pearsonvue to reschedule for the following week and I did, I choose May 3rd. AS soon as I did that I felt a little bit at ease thinking "okay, that gives me 5 more days to practice" so I went back to the test and carefully reviewed everything I got wrong. I had gotten most of the "content/recall questions" wrong but I did excellent on the priority questions. So I felt puzzled and said to myself "Am I REALLY going to learn all the content I need in 5 days? what content am I missing? There's no way in hell I can review all content in 5 days!!!!" I was feeling overwhelmed and my mind was just going crazy, kept pacing back and forth between taking the exam, not taking the exam, taking the exam. Finally, I decided to go to pearsonvue and reschedule for the exact time and date I originally had April 28th and never look back!!! Regardless of what that test told me I BELIEVED in my heart that April 28th was my day!
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No problem Tildor, To be honest, I didn't find that the NCLEX went any deeper than that. I think it basically wants you to recognize what to do/use with an airborne disease or any other contagious disease for that matter.
Just make a little chart for yourself (should be no longer than a page) and remember what the precautions are and which diseases are associated with them so if you see it on the test you will remember it.