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Got my quick results this morning, PVT works, I passed! Good luck to all of you!

Lippincott's questions were definitely harder for me than the NCLEX questions were.

I really liked the Lippincott Q&A Book, I bought it during nursing school and I did NCLEX questions to help study for my exams. I did questions from the chapters of specific body systems depending on what topics my exam was going to cover. While studying for the NCLEX, I mainly did the comprehensive tests so I could get in the groove of answering questions from different topics which simulates the NCLEX itself. My grades were probably in the low-mid 60's also, but don't worry, just read the rationales and figure out why you got them wrong. Good luck!

Hey all, I've been browsing these boards for awhile prior to my NCLEX for good tips and advice, I took my NCLEX yesterday morning (scheduled it for 2 weeks after I received my ATT but I've been studying since I graduated) and stopped at 75 questions which took a little under an hour. I felt confident the whole way through and left the test center smiling. My feelings were confirmed after I got the good pop-up I just wanted to give my advice for studying for those who have yet to take it. 1. First, unless you didn't pay attention in nursing school or have no clue what something is, DON'T waste time reviewing content. Your studying should consist of doing a minimum of 150-200 questions per day separated into sets of 50 questions each. Most importantly, you need to read each and every rationale thoroughly whether you got the answer right or wrong. The meat of the studying comes from reading the rationales for every single question that you do. Keep track of your daily score, mine averaged anywhere between 60-80% usually, but I wasn't too worried about a low score as long as I read the rationales and understood why I got it wrong. 2. Whatever study source you use, try to use no more than three or four so that you're not all over the place. First, I used LaCharity's priority and delegation book, this book is a MUST. Most of the NCLEX for me were priority questions and the level of difficulty in this book is similar to the real test. The second source I used was Lippincott's Q&A Review for the NCLEX, it is basically just a huge Q&A book with over 5,800 questions and 6 full comprehensive tests at the end. I've been using this book since nursing school and I finished all the comprehensive tests while studying for the NCLEX; it definitely helped because I feel that the questions in Lippincott were of a higher difficulty than the NCLEX. The rationales are also unbelievably thorough also. Lastly, I bought the NCLEX-RN review from learningext.com. You can choose to purchase a 3 week, 5 week, or 7 week course. The main point of using an online-review and Q&A is to become familiar of doing computerized questions. Learningext provides a review in addition to questions, but again I did not waste time reviewing. I did the pre-test, post-test, and all the comprehensive practice tests. Have an online question bank is very important because when I finally sat down for my NCLEX, the whole time it felt like I was simply doing online questions at home instead of a test center. Like Lippincott, the learningext questions were definitely harder than the real test so I felt very comfortable during my NCLEX. 3. Read over the review from SenseiRN's thread, it gives good tips and mnemonics especially with remembering infection control; I had a lot of those questions on mine. Good luck everyone! Remember, it might help to pray, meditate, or perform whatever relaxing ritual you want; but unless you put in the work you might struggle. Just like in sports, repetition is key. If you put in the practice time, you will perform well on game day

Just to give a little background about myself, I am in my last week of my accelerated program, my last final is Thursday and then I graduate=) I started May 2010 and I'm finishing August 2011. Your story is very similar to many of us who take the accelerated route. Since you already have your bachelor's degree already, Accelerated BSN is the best route for you. Like you, I didn't have the best GPA coming out of undergrad (3.1) but I aced all my prereqs, got recommendations, wrote a meaningful personal statement and I was accepted. Now, 15 months later, I'm holding a 3.8 cumulative GPA and loving my experience thus far. As for getting into an accelerated program, it wasn't too difficult here in NJ, as long as you met the requirements you had a chance of being accepted because they look at the whole package, not just the GPA. Furthermore, there were rolling admissions 3x a year so if you did not get accepted into the spring semester, you had a chance of getting accepted into the following summer or fall semester (although different accelerated programs vary, I know it is a bit more competitive in Cali). To sum it up, go for the accelerated route. Ace those prereqs and keep applying. You can't beat getting a 4 year degree in 12-15 months time. It's intense, but if you stay focused and remind yourself why you want to become a nurse, it should be no problem. Good luck!