Nclex

well, i took my first nclex in january and failed. it wasnt like any test i have ever taken and i know alot of people say that. we had a review at school and a practice nclex which i scored above average on. so i went into the test not worrying about it because i thought i would do fine. and i failed. once i found out that i failed, i knew i would have to try a different study technique because the one i used the first time obviously didnt work. so the second time around, i used a saunders nclex review book and it comes with a cd that i did everyday. i tried to do 100 questions everyday. on top of using that, i bought a kaplan review book for nclex. i didnt really do the questions in it but it has alot of strategies on how to correctly answer the answer and understand what the question is asking. the second time i went into the test, the questions again were just off the wall stuff that you dont look at. my very first question was a nutrition question which is somethign i didnt even look at. but this time around, I PASSED! i cut off at 85 questions. when you leave there, everyone feels like they failed. but most of them pass. the way i see it, if you can get through nursing school, then you can pass the test. i hope this helps and let me know if i can help with anything else.

If your school is not giving you NCLEX styled questions on your exams already... then I would be a little frieghtenend.

Go buy a Kaplan review book, or something similar, and that should give you an idea of how NCLEX questions are written.

Thanks for your reply's I have the Saunders book but of course the CD didn't work as I bought the book used and I did purchase a Kaplan book to check out just for the testing strategy as I saw someone post that suggestion earlier. So you think I should buy another saunders book so that I will have the Cd or is it that important. I have invested so much already but hey if it will help me pass I'll do it. And Congrats on passing your NCLEX, you are finally there.

Thanks Again,

the cd is divided into sections like the nclex. each portion is worth a certain percent. for example...pyschosocial is worth ____% and when you use the cd, there is like 1000 questions just for that section. the entire cd is that way. it really helped me.

Moved to the NCLEX forum

If you have the Kaplan book, thats close to the style of NCLEX. Saunders is good for content. Even though the Saunders questions are a tad easier than NCLEX they do reinforce the content material which is a good thing. Easier may not be the right term, more straightforward may be more like it.

Just keep in mind you can't study from too many sources. I know the goal is to feel like you've covered every angle but there's no possible way to know it all. Taking NCLEX within a few months of graduation will do you more good than reading through every study guide you can find.