Need Advice for NCLEX RN!

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Hello All, I am newer to AllNurses and looking for some advice in regards specifically to infection control. Quick history about me: I have taken the NCLEX RN three times before and unfortunately failed. Hoping this fourth time is it! I am about 1 month away from taking it. It seems to me that infection control and delegation are HUGE! It has been a few years now since I graduated. What is so sad is that I was an A student in nursing school; graduated 4th in my class out of 18. Any an all help is much appreciated!

Also, is the NCSBN website questions worth it? Or is Saunders better?

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The Saunders is great - I didn't take the NCLEX until almost 3 years after Nursing school and passed it the first time with a cut-off at 75.. The DVD is absolutely fundamental; do at least a hundred questions a day and you will really beef up your knowledge. One thing about the NCLEX, though, is that the questions are really weird....BUT about halfway through I figured out how the test was set up. They will ask you a question, and the available answers will all be correct, but in a general way. Let me be more specific: Every answer can be correlated with the question, but only one answer HAS to be right and is specific to that subject. So, three answers CAN be correct for the question, but the fourth answer HAS to be right and is always associated with that question. For example, say they ask something about fluid shifting - the answers may list stuff about edema or other things that may be related (e.g. volume loss), but also can be related to other things, but then one answer may address kidney perfusion, which is ALWAYS related to fluid shifting. So, look for the one answer that always has to be present for the condition they're asking about, even though the others may also relate but can also be indicative of other conditions. For infection, the answers may list temperature, shallow breathing, etc., but even though they are present in infection, the answer that addresses increase in white blood cells will be correct because that is always specific to infection. I know this sounds sketchy, but I can't describe it any better.

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I'm also having trouble remembering infection control, I found the 35 (not sure) pages note here floating in the site with the pneumonics of infection control and it helped me but to strengthen your content Saunders is good or the RN course book of KAPLAN, it's free on Kindle. Delegation, everyone is recommending La Charity, I bought an online version and it's helpful. Practice lots of questions. Taking the exam too in a month. :)

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This is the link to the 35 pages notes

NCLEX Study Guides - NCLEX HELP

including the infection control....

i took mine today all the way to 265 Q's..

my 3rd attempted....don't give up,keep pushing through....

trust me this notes all you need for infection control...

I study from jan 6 every day from 3-6 hrs... Doing Q's every day 50-100..2wks b4 the test up to 300 a day (this 2 wk only doing Q's)

i read that 35 pages + normal labs value 3x beginning of the study,middle of study and a night b4 the test...

Good luck...

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Thank You Josie, RN that is so true. You hit the nail on the head.

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Except for SATA questions.

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