Pharm on NCLEX?

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For those of you who passed your NCLEX, how much pharm did you have on it? Pharm is my weak subject and I am trying to study it a little bit at a time in prep for my boards, but it feels less important than answering practice questions.

Any advice is greatly appreciated!

I studied Pharm alot, and only had two questions regarding it on my NCLEX.

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Specializes in MICU, CVICU.

I took the NCLEX last week and I felt like I had more pharm than SATA. It was starting to get ridiculous...haha. But I passed so I guess I can't be that mad :)

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I took the NCLEX today and if I said I had 5 pharm questions, that might be an exaggeration. I had no calculations. I had lots of SATA though - like somewhere around 20!

Pharm is what stressed me that MOST when studying. I felt that the questions were very basic though.

I got a lot of Prioritization (who you see first) so I would recommend LaCharity's book.

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I just wanted to update everyone on this thread since you all were so helpful in trying to answer my question. Also hoping to be helpful to those who haven't taken their exam yet. First off, I passed!!! I did not have a lot of pharm on my exam, maybe two questions, but like some of you mentioned I had a LOT of who do you see first or which patient needs their med first. I also felt as though I received a lot of questions about infection prevention/control. I had about 30 select all out of 125, two order, and two "exhibit" questions.

My advice to those who haven't taken it yet is that you join a prep course (such as Kaplan, which is what I used) and whatever practice questions online they give you, you PRACTICE. Again and again. Anything you haven't seen before or don't understand, quickly look up. It is not possible to remember all disease processes, but for example, in my nursing school we never once went over Bell's Palsy. When I came across it on practice questions, I looked it up. I ended up having two Bell's palsy questions on my test that I wasn't 100% sure of the answer, but I at least had the background knowledge to use my judgment. Lastly, don't go in expecting to pass in 75 questions. Go in and commit to sitting there for as long as it takes, and do that with confidence. The test is made so that it gives you a decent chance to pass, so make sure you put your all into every question (don't rush or worry about the amount of questions you get). CONFIDENCE is key.

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Specializes in Cardiac, ER, Pediatrics, Corrections.

Just know your families! Think side effects, teaching, mechanism of action, and adverse effects. I had about 10 questions on my NCLEX. Some had both names, some just the generic name so brush up! good luck!

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The pharm questions had both (genetic and brand) names, or just one or the other???

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I only had about 5

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I only had about 5

The questions had genetic and brand names??

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Specializes in Cardiac, ER, Pediatrics, Corrections.

Some had generic AND brand names. Other questions just had the generic names.

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Mine only had generic names, I took it on July 1st

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Mine had a combo. Some generic. Some brand. Some both. I tested mid June. A ton of med questions.

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