aheartfornursing

First off congratulations!!! :yeah:There is nothing better than finally getting an acceptance into a nursing program! I understand how you feel right now. I was accepted into my local nursign program in April of this year. (The wait was horrible, and my mailman hates me!!):angryfire As far as NCLEX books are concerned, get as many as you can right now. They will get you used to the style of questions for your program. Those books are not just for the final NCLEX, they are for now. Go to your local book store (Hastings is good) and find the section, grab all of the NCLEX books they have and look through all of them. Find ones that have rationales in the back. You will find the ones you like. Mind you, they can get a little expensive. The one I like is 70$. Ask for an NCLEX book for Christmas from your family (I did). Buy a book a month if you can. They are great study guides and once you get study groups formed, you can make questions right out of the book and you will become VERY popular among you peers. :bowingpurThe more questions you do, the better you'll do starting right now from test one in your local program. Good luck and may you do well.

Boy do I understand how you feel. I have one just like that in class. He works in our local emergency department here, and he just knows it all and lets the instructors know it as well. I used to be good friends with this person until this semester (our first semester of nursing school). Just like you, I also am getting better grades than he is although he knows it all (he just states that he doesn't understand the type of questions they are asking him). I used to sit right next to him until this week. Hopefully by being firm with this guy and telling him that there are instructors around for a reason (hint: he is not the instructor:nono:) and stearing clear of him, he will get the hint. If not, get firm with him and remind him that he is in nursing school just like you are, and that you are on the same even playing field as he is. Good luck and know that someone out there feels your pain.