Katie990

I am also doing Hurst, and in a few weeks I'm going to start the NCSBN online review. Did you do well on the NCLEX on this last attempt ?

I disagree somewhat. You need to take enough time to prepare accordingly, how ever long that is (though under a year, preferably). Only you can determine and know if you've allocated enough time, and gained enough knowledge to cover what is necessary in order to successfully pass. Being able to log in a steady number of hours or questions, on a daily basis (with time for breaks & enjoyment, in order to avoid burn out), gradually building your concentration and knowledge, and completing at LEAST 5000 practice study questions before the exam, is important in my opinion. Not only that, but you have to be studying smart, in that you ensure you're actually covering areas that are relevant and where there is a gap in your knowledge. Being able to study without excessively worrying and cramming near the end, because you're running out out time, is definitely a benefit. My prof mentioned that when Canadian nursing graduates wrote the old CRNE licensing exam, they only had the opportunity to write it a few times a year, so they had 4+ months where they could do nothing but study. Now the pass rates are down since the NCLEX was implemented, she stipulates because a lot of students are jumping the gun with scheduling it and not taking a large enough allotment of time to thoroughly learn the exam material. Myself, I need to write the NCLEX for a third time coming up this year. The first time, I too felt pressure (from myself and my mom) to finish it before graduation, I noticed a few fellow classmates boasting about passing it on social media around the time of their graduation, and felt it was possible, but unfortunately I was not successful when writing it the day before my convocation. I felt I studied intensely, but not necessarily the right things. The second time I wrote it, I was concerned that if I took more than 2 months to study before taking again,--my grad nurse license would expire and I'd loose my job. Now I'm determined to refocus and give a concentrated, solid studying effort for at least another 5 or 6 months, I'm not going to let anything rush me into taking it before I'm ready because this time I have to pass. I wonder, if I had taken this amount of time for the first attempt--would I be in the same predicament? In any case I feel that you shouldn't let others rush or pressure you into taking it prematurely, because although it's nice to get it over with and pass it quickly, you don't want to shortchange yourself when you really need extra time to study and cover more material, let nothing prevent you from becoming fully prepared.

Hello, I am a new Canadian nursing graduate from a 4 year degree. I have written the NCLEX exam twice now and have been unsuccessful, and I'm now registering for a refresher course that I must take before I'm able to write the NCLEX for the 3rd & final time. I evidently need to adjust my approach to studying for this, because I just have to pass this exam the next time I write it. I am hoping to learn anything helpful from others who have also written the NCLEX, or who've struggled to pass it. For reference, when I was studying for the exam the previous times, I used the following study-guide textbooks: -Davis's Q&A for the NCLEX-RN examination (2010) - This book has about 1890 questions (which are more difficult, or so I thought) as well as a bonus CD with extra computer questions (in all totaling about 4000 questions). -Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN Examination 6th Edition (2012) - This has chapters reviewing different sections of nursing content, with questions at the end of each chapter. With this book I mainly read & focused only on areas which I thought I was weaker in, or areas I thought were more relevant to the NCLEX. -Saunders 2016-2017 Strategies for Test Success: Passing...the NCLEX Exam - This book is not as big, it manly goes into how to read complex questions, answer pharmacology questions, assessing lab values, etc. It also has some easy review questions at the back. (It was recommended to me by a prof, for the lab values section & also because when reading a question that I'm uncertain about, I tend to over-analyze it which takes up a lot of time.) There are a few different study resources which I will, or am strongly considering looking into, these are: -the online study guide published by the NCSBN (the makers of the NCLEX) -going by or utilizing the ~60 page NCLEX-RN detailed test plan more https://www.ncsbn.org/testplans.htm -I heard good things about this "Passpoint Prep-U," an online database of questions that you need to subscribe to for a period of time, where you can complete online practice questions/tests which, like the NCLEX, are adaptive apparently -I heard that Hurst was good, but I'm not really sure if I should go with the Hurst Live Review Hurst Review Services - Sign Up Now or a Hurst textbook Hurst Reviews NCLEX-RN Review: Marlene Hurst: 9780071484312: Books - Amazon.ca Anyways, any insight or advice would help & be greatly appreciated, thank you.

Yea I already looked at that video, it doesn't talk about landmarking except for "the upper outer quadrant." That is not thorough enough. You're supposed to find the boney prominences like the greater trochanter & the edges of the iliac crest. That is the kind of landmarking video I need. ...pin the tail on YOUR donkey

For the nursing skills of landmarking: ventrogluteal, dorsogluteal (especially), vastus lateralus, & deltoid muscles for injection, does anyone know, or can find, any good demonstration videos? :up::redpinkhe:D:D:)