pharm question

tx2007, RN · Mar 29, 2007

OK I guess no one knows?!?! I looked on the NCSBN website but it didnt have any info

jls1117 · Mar 29, 2007

oh i dont know anything about that either..i checked the website and all they have is the new test plan effective April 2007..but i compared it with the April 2004 test plan..and nothing really changed...all i know is that the passing standard will increase a lil bit..like very very little..there's a thread here about it..

pagandeva2000, LPN · Mar 29, 2007

I would say that I sincerely hope not...I had a hard time learning the drugs as it is, and I didn't recognise quite a few of the ones they did ask me about. Thank God it's over and I passed. I have a friend that just graduated, and would just HATE to hear that...

Type in your browser Helen Feuer Nursing Review. They sell a wonderful CD set for about $70 (at least that is what I paid last year) on pharmacology. Make sure you get the workbook so that you can follow along with them. It helped me a great deal.

TXGIRL84 · Apr 19, 2007

I just took the NCLEX-PN yesterday (4-17) and they had both the generic and brand name....Not that it made it any easier :) Hope this helps

GoldenFire5 · Apr 20, 2007

I took the PN today. There were many meds with the generic and brand name, and most of those I seemed to recognize.

I also had many meds with only the generic name. I didn't recognize the names at all, and I had a hard time even figuring out what drug class they were in. It seems like I had about 15 meds I didn't know.

I had three alternate format questions. But there were so many obscure meds, no context in the question to give clues, no trade names -- I wonder if some of them were alternate questions?

pagandeva2000, LPN · Apr 20, 2007

I took the PN today. There were many meds with the generic and brand name, and most of those I seemed to recognize.
I also had many meds with only the generic name. I didn't recognize the names at all, and I had a hard time even figuring out what drug class they were in. It seems like I had about 15 meds I didn't know.
I had three alternate format questions. But there were so many obscure meds, no context in the question to give clues, no trade names -- I wonder if some of them were alternate questions?

Are you serious...only generic names??? What a horrible joke!! Mine had both, but that was last year. Like you, I did have a hard time figuring out the classification of the medications and some were free standing, with no indication of a disease or situation. Were ALL of your medication questions just generic names? I do think that they were the dummy questions...I strongly suspected that.

tx2007, RN · Apr 20, 2007

Thanks for the replies I hope those with just generic names were practice questions!! EEEEKKKK

GoldenFire5 · Apr 23, 2007

Are you serious...only generic names??? What a horrible joke!! Mine had both, but that was last year. Like you, I did have a hard time figuring out the classification of the medications and some were free standing, with no indication of a disease or situation. Were ALL of your medication questions just generic names? I do think that they were the dummy questions...I strongly suspected that.

Yup, some were only generic names and were free standing questions. I hope they were alternate questions.

The ones with the generic names as well as the trade names were meds that were more familiar to me.

But, now, 3 days after the test, I'm beginning to forget many of the details, and I'm letting it go. If I passed, great, but if I need to take it again, I'm sure I'll pass next time. :)

Leilah75_RN · Apr 23, 2007

took mine last 21st and they all have both generic and brand names:)

tx2007, RN · Apr 23, 2007

I hope they have both!! Thanks