OH MY GOODNESS!

JNellieRN · Feb 11, 2010

Hang in there. Is it the NCLEX style questions you have trouble with? That's what got me all through school. I started using NCLEX study books such as Saunders and did questions related to the content we were studying...I think it helped.

Keep you head up and keep going. Good Luck to you!!!!!

L&DWannaB · Feb 11, 2010

I used to NCLEX books Saunders and Lippencot, I used our Perry and Potter study guides and our med/surg text study guide and I thought I had the material. When I got the test the questions were odd and didn't seem like it was using critical thinking as much as recallling wierd statictics and side effects of syndroms and situations. I studied the major side effects but they used teensy minute details to derail us. OH WELL

Thanks for the encouragement.

thatpasunshine · Feb 11, 2010

First of all don't panic. You have to stay calm. In my experiece it is usually the style of the questions, not the content that gets people. You have to take these tests a very specific way. If you break the questions down the right way most times you can get to the right answer, even if they throw in minute details to try to throw you off track I would be more than happy to help you if you like. Just send me a private message here and I will give you my number. I have helped several of my classmates and they are doing much better.

marie7548 · Feb 11, 2010

Try to stay clam, I found that when you get used to the way the questions are written you will do better remember your abc's when answering questions. They are preparing you for Nclex.

FowLaf24/7 · Feb 13, 2010

I feel your pain. Believe me you know more than those test scores show. Just remember it is only two test... things will clear up in the end. :uhoh3:

L&DWannaB · Feb 14, 2010

Thanks for all of the well wishes. When all the dust settled 90% of our class ended up failing and the lowest possible grade we can get and pass is a 76% and only one person received that grade the other students scored 63-66% so that is very consistent. Well the professors and the dean were really upset and said that this was obviously a teaching issue and have decided to allow us to re-take the test after the instructors go over the critical info again. The only drawback it we have to re-study and we have to agree to go in to class on our own time for the review....again that is only a minor thing. I would give hours to a new lecture if it could help my grade.

Thanks for the offers of help, right now I am understanding the question and perform well with the books. I will give it a little more time and then I may be PM'ing you asking/begging for help. We only have 2 tests this semester and that is why this is so devastating. If we do have the opportunity to re-take that will, hopefully, be the difference in passing and failing our whole class save one girl. Attrition has already killed 30% of our starting class.

CLUVRN, MSN, RN · Feb 15, 2010

I got a C on my first Med-Surg test. You have to really find key words and phrases as well as critically think in order to understand what the question is asking you. NCLEX practice workbooks also help. After I applied these principles I ended up getting an A in all my Med-Surg classes. Good luck to you!