Passing the NCLEX

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Hello everyone,

i am very anxious to be taking the NCLEX RN exam. So to all of you nurses, what has worked for you. What are some tips for studying or insight on what to pay more attention to or the need to knows. Are there any good online websites for practice questions. Are certain modules in ati better than others? Especially for medications and pharmacology, what are some recommendations for studying these?

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Do at least 150 questions per day. Read up on all rationales. Buy the PDA book and do the first 18 chapters

know how to prioritize patients. Use saunders for content. For questions, I used saunders and kaplan. Learn test taking strategies. Learn your EKG. I used Ekg for dummies but it was required for my school. Be disciplined and study consistently for 2 to 3 weeks (6hrs per day). If you put your all into it, you will pass. All the best.

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For pharmacology, know how each medication class works that way you will understand the potential side effects. Group them if possible like "lol" are betablockers etc. Use saunders to test your pharm knowledge. Push yourself for 2 to 3 weeks and you will be ready.

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Thanks so much @DixieGrace for your great advice! i will defiantly have to try the EKG for dummies.

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