Preparing for NCLEX-RN

[kawaiibows]

Hi AN friends! I just applied to the TX BON and still haven't got my exam ATT yet. But I am preparing now. The books I have so far are the MARY HOGAN COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW FOR NCLEX AND PDA by LACHARITY. Other study guides I have are the handouts given by my CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR. So far that's it right now...

So can anyone out there help me on how to prepare for NCLEX? What is/were your books that you use/d? What does you study plan consist of? How did you study? How many questions a day did you do? Where did you start? How long did you study per day? What are other tools you used? Questions like that.

It would be awesome if you could share some tips to me and to those who are also preparing for their NCLEX-RN

Thanks in advance!

[suzy12]

NSCBN review, it costs but its good , Michael linaire? I think thats how you spell it, he is on youtube, i thought he was very good, and anneliese garrison, just type nclex on youtube and most of it is free, also hurst review , that costs as well

[OneHappyRN]

I used Kaplan. I did the Qbanks and most of the trainers. I would do around 50-75 questions three times a day - that is what a Kaplan instructor suggested.

They have "test mode" where you do all of the questions then when you're done, review the rationales. However, for me? After doing all those questions, I was not in the mood to sit longer and read the rationales, so I did the other test method which was "tutor mode" where you did a question, got the answer/rationale right away.

After doing that for 2-3 weeks I felt prepared enough to take the NCLEX and passed in 75Qs.

Good luck!!!

[kawaiibows]

NSCBN review, it costs but its good , Michael linaire? I think thats how you spell it, he is on youtube, i thought he was very good, and anneliese garrison, just type nclex on youtube and most of it is free, also hurst review , that costs as well

Yeah I've been thinking about doing hurst. Do you recommend a sit in or just the online?

[kawaiibows]

I used Kaplan. I did the Qbanks and most of the trainers. I would do around 50-75 questions three times a day - that is what a Kaplan instructor suggested.

They have "test mode" where you do all of the questions then when you're done, review the rationales. However, for me? After doing all those questions, I was not in the mood to sit longer and read the rationales, so I did the other test method which was "tutor mode" where you did a question, got the answer/rationale right away.

After doing that for 2-3 weeks I felt prepared enough to take the NCLEX and passed in 75Qs.

Good luck!!!

I'm not really familiar with Qbank.. Did you think that is the one that really worked for you? Can you give me more information as to which exact books/reviewers did you use?

I know I shouldn't cram myself with all the study materials but I just wanna make the most of it since I have plenty of time to study. Were you just focused? No TV, SOCIAL MEDIA, etc.. like others?