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Hi everyone! I am taking my nclex rn examination on january 27. and i am now feeling so anxious!! Could anyone enlighten me on how will i know if i am ready to take the nclex rn examination. I am currently doing the Kaplan on Demand, PDA La Charity, Lippincott prep u passpoint. I am done with my Qbank with average score of 58% which really freaks me out :(

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I did my self review from September to November, I didn't spend a single dollar, I did Saunders computer program, and thePoint, 100ish questions a day, 5ish days a week. I would drill answer 100 questions from like 9 AM to 10:30 AM. Then watch TV series till like 4 or 5 PM. Then rationalize them from 5 to 6 PM. Then watch more TV series. Pretty chill schedule, but when you look at it in the long run, it adds up in numbers. 20 days a month, 100 questions a day, for 3 months, that's about 6000+ questions. All from Saunders and thePoint.

One or two weeks before I did the actual exam, I did the Q Trainers 1-5 and 7 (Didn't have 6). I used them last, because they are somewhat building endurance from answering 75, 75, 100, 150, 150, 265.

For the 75-100 item questions, I did those in the same manner of answer in the morning, ratio in the afternoon. For the 150s, it took more time, so I would answer in the morning, and ratio earlier in the afternoon.

As for the 265, I answered from 8 AM, to 1 PM to replicate my actual exam time. A dry run if you will. I literally treated that day as my actual NCLEX day. Woke up early, showered, drank a ton of coffee, ate the same breakfast I planned to eat on the real exam, wore jeans and the same clothes in the house, to make it as similar to the way I would be taking the actual exam. I even simulated the breaks, and ate a protein bar, which I also brought to the exam day.

I then relaxed after 1 PM that day, and rationalized them all the next day with a fresh open mind. Got 60% from that 265 Q Trainer 7.

It was then like 2 or 3 days until my exam. Super chill mode by that time. Look at a few EKG strips, look at normal values, watch a bunch of TV series, eat a bunch of food, get a lot of sleep, and relax.

Come exam day, I did what I trained myself to do. Wake up, shower, eat and all, go to the exam location (Also scouted out before hand). Preparing like that, it's in your head "3 months of preparing, I so got this".

When you sit down and start your exam. Do what you've been doing for the past few months, which is answering the questions to the best of your ability, the same way you've been answering during your training. Repetition and mental reflex.

Like Rambo said, "Killings' as easy as breathing", except it's towards answering questions, it's what you've been trained to do, and that's when I knew I was ready. Lol you get the metaphor.

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I graduated Dec 12th and am taking mine in early January, less than a month between graduation and my test date. I "officially" started studying just a few days ago, although I've been doing NCLEX practice questions throughout school. I'm focusing on doing 100-200 questions a day and reading the rationales for all the answers, right and wrong. When I miss a question, I write down notes to review later. I've been using ATI (free with school -- we were given a full page of assessment codes for tests), Lippincott prepU (free 2 week trial -- , and random files that I've received from various Facebook groups, mainly NCSBN questions. I have the LaCharity e-book that I haven't looked at yet so I may do that at some point. I have tons of files saved to my hard drive but I think it's going to be overkill so I'm not going to use them. My school has a 96-98% first time pass rate and I scored a 99% chance of passing on the ATI predictor test so I feel like I'll do just fine.

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I did my self review from September to November, I didn't spend a single dollar, I did Saunders computer program, and thePoint, 100ish questions a day, 5ish days a week. I would drill answer 100 questions from like 9 AM to 10:30 AM. Then watch TV series till like 4 or 5 PM. Then rationalize them from 5 to 6 PM. Then watch more TV series. Pretty chill schedule, but when you look at it in the long run, it adds up in numbers. 20 days a month, 100 questions a day, for 3 months, that's about 6000+ questions. All from Saunders and thePoint.

One or two weeks before I did the actual exam, I did the Q Trainers 1-5 and 7 (Didn't have 6). I used them last, because they are somewhat building endurance from answering 75, 75, 100, 150, 150, 265.

For the 75-100 item questions, I did those in the same manner of answer in the morning, ratio in the afternoon. For the 150s, it took more time, so I would answer in the morning, and ratio earlier in the afternoon.

As for the 265, I answered from 8 AM, to 1 PM to replicate my actual exam time. A dry run if you will. I literally treated that day as my actual NCLEX day. Woke up early, showered, drank a ton of coffee, ate the same breakfast I planned to eat on the real exam, wore jeans and the same clothes in the house, to make it as similar to the way I would be taking the actual exam. I even simulated the breaks, and ate a protein bar, which I also brought to the exam day.

I then relaxed after 1 PM that day, and rationalized them all the next day with a fresh open mind. Got 60% from that 265 Q Trainer 7.

It was then like 2 or 3 days until my exam. Super chill mode by that time. Look at a few EKG strips, look at normal values, watch a bunch of TV series, eat a bunch of food, get a lot of sleep, and relax.

Come exam day, I did what I trained myself to do. Wake up, shower, eat and all, go to the exam location (Also scouted out before hand). Preparing like that, it's in your head "3 months of preparing, I so got this".

When you sit down and start your exam. Do what you've been doing for the past few months, which is answering the questions to the best of your ability, the same way you've been answering during your training. Repetition and mental reflex.

Like Rambo said, "Killings' as easy as breathing", except it's towards answering questions, it's what you've been trained to do, and that's when I knew I was ready. Lol you get the metaphor.

Thank you so much for this!!! i really loved how you did it!!! And Thank you for all the advices!!! :)

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I graduated Dec 12th and am taking mine in early January, less than a month between graduation and my test date. I "officially" started studying just a few days ago, although I've been doing NCLEX practice questions throughout school. I'm focusing on doing 100-200 questions a day and reading the rationales for all the answers, right and wrong. When I miss a question, I write down notes to review later. I've been using ATI (free with school -- we were given a full page of assessment codes for tests), Lippincott prepU (free 2 week trialand random files that I've received from various Facebook groups, mainly NCSBN questions. I have the LaCharity e-book that I haven't looked at yet so I may do that at some point. I have tons of files saved to my hard drive but I think it's going to be overkill so I'm not going to use them. My school has a 96-98% first time pass rate and I scored a 99% chance of passing on the ATI predictor test so I feel like I'll do just fine.

Hi there!! Sounds great! I know you can do it! :) Please do update me on your exam Godbless!!! When are you scheduled to sit for the exam? My prayers are with you :)

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If you don't mind me asking, what's your mastery level using the prepU passpoint? Are the questions helping you at all?

Im also taking the test on Jan 24th. Good luck to usí ½í¸‡

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If you don't mind me asking, what's your mastery level using the prepU passpoint? Are the questions helping you at all?

Im also taking the test on Jan 24th. Good luck to us������

On the practice NCLEX tests on PassPoint, I'm doing 75 questions at a time and scoring between 7.5 and 8 on each one.

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Hi there!! Sounds great! I know you can do it! :) Please do update me on your exam Godbless!!! When are you scheduled to sit for the exam? My prayers are with you :)

Thanks! I'm not telling anybody when I test but I will say that's it's soon. :)

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Where did you find the 2 week free trial for PassPoint?

EDIT: Just kidding, my googling paid off and I finally found the page!!!

Good luck everyone!

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If you don't mind me asking, what's your mastery level using the prepU passpoint? Are the questions helping you at all?

Im also taking the test on Jan 24th. Good luck to us������

hi! My mastery level during practice exams fluctuates from 6-8. Godbless on our exam. Just let me know if you need any help, lets help each other :) be taking mine on the 27th hope we can do it!! :) Can you share to me how you study. i really have a difficult time to follow my study schedule coz of holidays!! :( anyway, HAPPY NEW YEAR!! :)

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Goodluck guys!! May you all pass it. Me too,im planning to take it early this year:)

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I was not able to follow my review schedule because of the holiday, too lol. My review...just continuously answering NCLEX questions using PassPoint, Saunders Web Based 6th Ed, Kaplan, PDA, etc. Right now, I'm still forcing myself to go back to my study mode lol.

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