need help with preparing for NCLEX...AGAIN....

what should i focus on to prepare me for NCLEX?what book should i purchase, was it common knowledge, major illnesses,infection control?

thanks so much, caliotter3

where do i go to for practice test questions just like NLCEX....i still have my kaplan but i have read most of their questions already and know the answers...can any one help me? i do not want to spend money anymore of online study...is there any books that i could get to help me...books that have practice questions?

How about the Saunders NCLEX review book? That's the one I used. It has the book, plus a CDROM you can use to quiz yourself over different topics.

Check Amazon for used copies at a decent price. It doesn't have to be the latest & greatest version. One version "behind" should also be OK.

Here's how I studied for the nclex:

5 weeks, average of 5-6 hours studying every single day, even on weekends.

i listened to kaplans lecture once and the pharmacology lecture twice, but i don't think i retained a whole lot. If anything, it made me sit down and do something, even if it just motivated me to do questions.

I made myself sit through all the lectures.

i broke it up though. an hour and a half of studying before kids got up in the morning, another 2-3 hours after i dropped them off and then if i had any brain power left 2 hours in the afternoon. And then maybe another hour after the kids were asleep. I always tried to go to bed at the same time, somewhere between 10:30-11:30 and wake up at the same time to keep a routine going.

I always made sure I did something everyday. I would start off with 50-75 questions in the early morning. 100 more late morning 100 more in the afternoon/evening.

The q-trainer questions I did twice and emptied the q-bank questions. I also did NCSBN and Saunders cd for some basic knowledge questions. I think I probably did somewhere between 4000-5000 questions.

Whenever I felt like it was too much, I would go for a walk or go to the gym or cook/bake something and then go back to the studying.

Always take breaks, but not too long of breaks to build up momentum.

Do not study a couple days before the exam. I didn't listen to this and I tried to study, but I think it messed me up cuz really, nothing more could be retained at that point.

On test day, I purposely drank a lot of coffee so that I would have to take a bathroom break. I ended up taking a break around question 30 and passed with 75 questions. I also took "mental" breaks between questions by closing my eyes, breathing and stretching my arms out. Take your time in answering the questions. I always had the habit of going too fast, but made myself take as much time as I needed for each question.

Good luck!

Try One System Per Day, that's what I did.... Saunders has a per system category.. I used Prentice Hall as well... I like Prentice Hall, the way they ask is a bit similar to NCLEX but kinda harder...

Others tried Suzanne's plan but I think it's not available anymore... And have a study schedule.... Sacrifice this time....