NCLEX in 3 weeks

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Hello. I am a graduate PN. I have scheduled ,my NCLEX for October 29th and I am a nervous wreck. I study religiously every night. I do 100-200 questions nightly through my Saunders CD-Roms. I am having problems with the medications and a few of the disorders. I was wondering has anyone taken their NCLEX recently and what was the content? Was there a lot of meds, SATA, etc? Also, give me some study tips for the meds if possible. Thanks:)

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Good luck.

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First let me say Good Luck 2 U

Second everyone gets different you can have more sata and no meds... it just depends...

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Well, I am averaging 80% on all the tests and quizzes I do on my CD-ROM. SATA actually isn't giving me THAT much of a problem(knock on wood). I am just scared they will throw all these meds at me, because if that's the case I will surely fail.

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well, i am averaging 80% on all the tests and quizzes i do on my cd-rom. sata actually isn't giving me that much of a problem(knock on wood). i am just scared they will throw all these meds at me, because if that's the case i will surely fail.

good luck on your nclex!

you will never know what questions you will get on your nclex questions. that's good that you are comfortable with sata questions because those questions are worth more points (if you get them right) compare to simple questions like med calculations.

if you are worried about meds, why don't you read that section in your content review book and pay more attention to it by knowing the general classifications of the meds, med prefixes and suffixes, side effects, and nursing interventions. just feel comfortable with it and hope for the best because you cannot know all the meds! i had 8-9 med questions on my nclex-rn and i knew them all, thank god and also because of me working as an lpn and giving all those meds to my patients. :D

my weakness is ob and thank god i only got one ob question on my nclex-rn.

good luck and be confident!!!

angel, rn

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good luck on your nclex!

you will never know what questions you will get on your nclex questions. that's good that you are comfortable with sata questions because those questions are worth more points (if you get them right) compare to simple questions like med calculations.

if you are worried about meds, why don't you read that section in your content review book and pay more attention to it by knowing the general classifications of the meds, med prefixes and suffixes, side effects, and nursing interventions. just feel comfortable with it and hope for the best because you cannot know all the meds! i had 8-9 med questions on my nclex-rn and i knew them all, thank god and also because of me working as an lpn and giving all those meds to my patients. :D

my weakness is ob and thank god i only got one ob question on my nclex-rn.

good luck and be confident!!!

angel, rn

a lot of my fellow graduates haven't even opened their books yet. some taking their test in a week and a half and have barely cracked the review book open. so i ask myself, am i studying too hard? do they know something i don't? so many emotions!!

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Shae123,

I'm taking my NCLEX on the 29th too. I wish you good luck and I hope we'll pass this test =) Think positive! We can do this! =)

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Shae123,

I'm taking my NCLEX on the 29th too. I wish you good luck and I hope we'll pass this test =) Think positive! We can do this! =)

Yes, I will be praying for both of us:) What books are you using to study?

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a lot of my fellow graduates haven't even opened their books yet. some taking their test in a week and a half and have barely cracked the review book open. so i ask myself, am i studying too hard? do they know something i don't? so many emotions!!

to be honest, i really only studied after i got my att which was last september 23 and i took my nclex on october 4th. before that, i was only reading here and there. i probably only did less than 1200 questions total. but i went to excelsior college lpn-rn program where all the nursing exams (total 7 exams) were all nclex style questions and i believe each exam consists of 130 questions. so my college prepared me well for the nclex. :D

like what my instructors said from my lpn program, the earlier you take your nclex, the better because the info is still fresh.

you don't want to over load your brain with too much information because no one can know everything. you have to find the balance where you feel comfortable and confident about the exam.

angel, rn

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Yes, I will be praying for both of us:) What books are you using to study?

Thanks! I really appreciate it! =) I'm using Kaplan Qbank, I only got 100 questions left, tomorrow I'll start answering my La charity. How about you?

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Hello,

Good luck to you then !

I recently passed the NCLEX-RN and used the Kaplan Q-bank and Q trainer which was indeed very helpful. I thought the Kaplan questions were similar with the NCLEX styles.

Thanks and Good luck to anyone else taking it !

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Thanks! I really appreciate it! =) I'm using Kaplan Qbank, I only got 100 questions left, tomorrow I'll start answering my La charity. How about you?

I'm using Saunder's and Kaplan. I'm doing 200 questions a night. So scared!

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