NLN PAX

[todhuntert]

Hello everyone!

Ordinarily I wouldn't be posting to a website for studying tips, but I recently transferred to a new school (East Carolina University) and haven't made any friends. Being unable to form a study group, I was wondering if anyone has recently taken the NLN PAX exam and scored well on it, if they could offer any study tips. I currently own three study guides: PAX Secrets, McGraw-Hills 5 practice test, and the NLN PAX Study guide. Although these are a great help, I feel overwhelmed each and every time I open one of the books. Each practice test contains different information, different words, ideas, etc. I am feeling overwhelmed when studying because I feel as if the information is to vast and broad to be condensed. I am especially nervous about the vocabulary portion of the exam.

So if anyone could offer any tips or ideas that they used to study/prepare for the exam I would be extremely grateful! Yes, I know, there is a million posts like these across the forum, however all of the information seems to be from the past and none of them are up to date.

Thank you!

[JustBeachyNurse, LPN]

I don't have an answer as I didn't need NLN PAX (just took the subject & specialty exams in school) but just want to say this is an excellent example how to ask for help to prepare for a standardized test. Kudos. I don't think this is widely used did the school offer any tips?

[canigraduate]

That was such a beautiful post. I wish I could help more.

My best advice would be to focus on the study guide you feel most comfortable with and only use the other two to help you clarify things. Otherwise you will go into "analysis paralysis" from the overabundance of information.

If you are worried about the vocabulary, go old-fashioned and make a vocab list (or 10) and quiz yourself until you are comfortable.

It sounds like you are well-prepared. Try to calm yourself down and focus on strengthening your knowledge base, and you will be fine.