Need NCLEX study Advice

[wecan11]

I hate to ask this difficult question but I need some advice from those Nurses that have taken the NCLEX in recent years.

I am a B student, graduated 12/2010 from a respected 1 yr. Tech College program. I'm taking NCLEX for 2nd time in 2 1/2 weeks. I've done 800 questions on CD-ROM Saunders 4th/ed. Compre. NCLEX review; studied about 50% of Saunders, 25-30 chap's. I have 30 chap's to finish. Have been doing 3 chap's /day. I just started Kaplan's NCLEX PN strategies for PN exam -2010-11 edition book. ** The Kaplan book's main point is that you can't know everything, (i.e. you can't study all the content in Saunders). INSTEAD you will more likely be successful by using their strategies in "There's more than 1 way to skin a CAT, use critical thinking strategies, reword question, expected outcomes, etc.

My questions are:

1) I feel that I can't do it all. Should I just try to get to 1,500 or so Saunders CD questions and finish all of the Saunders chapters on content.?

Then I can finish reading the Kaplan book and Read the Lacharity Prioritization book.?

2)I've been taking weekly 75 question assessments and scoring 65-75%. Is this score high enough that I shouldn't worry too much?

3) I'm thinking about rescheduling to 1 week later but I hate to do it. I feel like i'm overstudying but I see where many students post they needed to answer all 3,000 questions.

Last question: If I consistently score over 70% on Saunders assessments, should I feel confident about my Nclex pass chances?

Thank You for your Help!

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[Bornleader-NP-C]

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[afriqlove]

The issue is this: do you feel you are well prepared for the exams or u feel u need to study a little bit more. one thing you want to avoid is the guilt of not studying well for the exams. since you have dealt with some questions already, go back and do ur content review if u think u still need it, and u can use the final week to do more questions. you can reschedule one week ahead if that will add to your preparations. Your saunders score are good,but you can try others to see where u stand ,especially in critical thinkong.Above all pray to God for success cos he is the ultimate. Good luck

[wecan11]

The issue is this: do you feel you are well prepared for the exams or u feel u need to study a little bit more. one thing you want to avoid is the guilt of not studying well for the exams. since you have dealt with some questions already, go back and do ur content review if u think u still need it, and u can use the final week to do more questions. you can reschedule one week ahead if that will add to your preparations. Your saunders score are good,but you can try others to see where u stand ,especially in critical thinkong.Above all pray to God for success cos he is the ultimate. Good luck

Thank you very much for the feedback!! :up: