Hi guys. I have been preparing for the NCLEX-Rn exam. I went through Saunders and read about 600 pages and also "Comprehensive Review for NCLEX-rn" by Mary Ann Hogan and read 650 pages. I also started to practice Saunder's Content area questions (about 600 questions) but they seem very easy and the problem is that I memorized them and I know the answers automatically and I am not sure that will be helpful taking the NCLEX because from what I read it does take some sort of logic to be able to pass the NCLEX just memorizing stuff won't cut it.
I feel a little bit overwhelmed and not sure if I can finish the whole thing in two months when I plan to take the test.
Saunder's it's so detailed that, as hard as I tried to memorize content there is no way I could know all.
The Mary Ann book is a little more settled down and less detailed but still I cannot memorize all in it either.
Can you guys suggest a good way to manage my studies? I feel like it will take me forever to finish studying for this test.
For example:
A good source for question bank that I can just stick to it or Saunder's is fine?
A good source for content or Saunder's and the Mary Ann Hogan book is fine?
Am I studying too many materials and I should just stick to one? Which one do you think is most appropriate?
I also heard from some nurse that he used Kaplan, what are your thoughts on that?
Sorry if I am another that asks the same questions as most people who post here but just thought some advice could help me lots.
The way I see this test is that even if I fail I will study more to learn more. It will be good for me.
I don't hate the NCLEX I don't love it either but I will do my best.
I still have a couple of more days to my kaplan subscription and I did the Readiness Test and got 56%, one Practice test and got 54% and another one and got 70%. Lol what gives.
I just got done taking the NCLEX the second time. It stopped at around 150 questions. It was an up and down type of thing. I started with familiar questions and then unfamiliar and so on until about 150. I had a lot of SATA questions. I also had tons of med questions again. I thing that's what will make or brake me. I hated those questions. That is probably why the computer just kept going and throwing questions at me. I could work my way around any other questions but not on the med questions. I am sure I did well on the two calculation questions I had. I felt really strong on the delegation section though.
I tend to feel like I failed but I'll see. This time around everything was more familiar to me and things were easier than the first time. If I fail this time also I will master the meds section for sure.
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Thx Good Luck to you.
The way I see this test is that even if I fail I will study more to learn more. It will be good for me.
I don't hate the NCLEX I don't love it either but I will do my best.
I still have a couple of more days to my kaplan subscription and I did the Readiness Test and got 56%, one Practice test and got 54% and another one and got 70%. Lol what gives.
I will update after test.