Nclex study time frame

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Hi Everyone!

I am very excited to have just received my ATT after waiting almost two years! I moved here from the UK in November 2014 and the board of nursing made me retake psych and OB before I was eligible to take the test. Long story and I won't bore you with the details but by some miracle I got in to the classes and managed to finally get to this point!

I was wondering if anyone had some advice on the timeline that I should give myself to study for the nclex. I have been doing practice questions here and there along with reading some of the kaplan book, but in all honesty I didn't actually believe this day would come so my heart was never in it until now!

I have had five years of RN experience in England and my degree is a BSN, which I think will help me, but I have been out of practice as an RN for two years since moving here. I do think the two classes have probably helped a little too as they did most of the class tests in the format of nclex type questions.

I was thinking maybe six weeks might be enough study time if i fit in a few hours after work every evening and do about 6-8 hours on weekend days. Or is this too ambitious?

I also looked in to a Kaplan review course but the next one near me is in a month. It is costing $499. Would it be worth it? Is it better to allow more time after doing the course to study or would I be ok to take the test about two weeks later? There is also a self paced online option for $399. Has anyone found this good or is the classroom based course better?

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I would probably buy the UWORLD and LaCharity Priorization & Delegation instead of buying that Kaplan. Because based from all the people who passed with an ease, those two that I mentioned were the ones that help them passed the NCLEX. I'll be taking on December. I'm just waiting for ATT. I'm planning also to take 6 weeks of review because I'm working night shift. By the way, I've already tried those two. UWORLD is the same format as NCLEX and have more complex rationales and LaCharity would really help you on prioritization and delegation questions.

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Thank you for the advice! I will look into those. Good luck for December!

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