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I reviewed common nclex labs and did not study the day before the exam.

congratulations!!! u pass, I am in Fl. but I was anxious to see the official result regardless of pvt good pop up last saturday too.

Hello, Sorry to hear about that, but you can do it and dont give up!! did you review your weakest areas from the Kaplan assessment analysis? Regarding Saunders, did you do the assessment exam on the cd and then follow the 6weeks content review. Content is that foundation of NCLEX, I know many people prefer reviewing questions, but if you are lacking in content you will not be able to use strategies to its full potential. Try Saunders again, do an assessment, then determine you areas of concern. review all the content the 6 wks. study schedule outlined. Set your own time for study eliminating all distrations including cell phones, try to study content 4 hrs. aday 5days a week. If you still dont understand something, please do not skip to the next chapter, look it up, from an old text book, google, u-tube videos etc...then practice questions . NCLEX3500 is very similar to nclex as you know, I did 75 a day and review all it's rationales. Questions from NCSBN learning extension is great as well, since they prepare the NCLEX exam, I would use their content as a guide only and then use Saunders, since its (ncsbn) content is limited on information were as Saunders is very broad and informative. Also, P.D.A. by LaCharity is great and a must have for answer priority type questions, I rented mine from Amazon for $20. I had a lot of SATA which to me are based on content, so again content, content comes before anything else. If you plan to take NCLEX in April, then you must know that Management of care and safety & infection control questions will increase by 1%, the good news is that Pharmocology will drop by 1%. So you need to be familiar with how to answer priority type questions, Kaplan strategy book in good for that, I got mine used from Amazon for 15 bucks. Try to build critical thinking, Kaplan trainers helped me, so find out what will work for you. Good luck!!! believe in yourself, pray base on your religion and be confident. Here is a link I got from this site, it helped my with some infection control type questions. I also, did review this 2 and 3 days before the exam [COLOR=#003366]https://allnurses.com/attachment.php?...7&d=1310076980 25855834-Nclex-Study-Guide.pdf

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Hello all, eveven thoug I recieved the good pop up after I took my test i was stilll a little worried, but I checked the quick result from the Fl B.O.N. and it stated STATUS: PASS!!!! Praise GOD, one major journey is over and now I can move on to the next! Good luck to all you NCLEX future test takers!! and remember to put content first, to me thats what it was all about, Saunders is exceptional for this, practice lots of questions to determine exactly what it is asking(mst concern = something is wrong, patient to see first= stable/unstable see frist, acute c first vs. chronic, for SATA true or false, futher instruction= something is wrong in client statement, review therapuetic communication if forgotten, priority = ABCs if not list,nutrition if not list, determine clients safety etc.). Nclex was not easy, some answers required critical thinking, so try to work on that as well, determine areas you are weak in and review them whether from test books or u- tube videos. 2 questions I recieved were patient charts with progress note section, doctors orders section and pt assessment section, where I had to determine clients outcome from that, so try to be similar with those, I never had those while I was reviewing even on Kaplan, but it was quiet similar to case study section in kaplan, but not so complex. Remember to relax and be confident. ANinstuctor oncE old me to take my time and try my best to answer the first 20 q correct and every thing will b ok after that, so dont rush the exam,you have 6 hrs.!!!

Hello, I had problem with infection control as well, got this from a post here and it pretty much fixed it for me. Y ou may want to try the Kaplan Strategy book for help with answering sata questions. AIRBORNE My - Measles Chicken - Chicken Pox/Varicella Hez - Herpez Zoster/Shingles TB or remember... MTV=Airborne Measles TB Varicella-Chicken Pox/Herpes Zoster-Shingles Private Room - negative pressure with 6-12 air exchanges/hr Mask, N95 for TB DROPLET think of SPIDERMAN! S - sepsis S - scarlet fever S - streptococcal pharyngitis P - parvovirus B19 P - pneumonia P - pertussis I - influenza D - diptheria (pharyngeal) E - epiglottitis R - rubella M - mumps M - meningitis M - mycoplasma or meningeal pneumonia An - Adenovirus Private Room or cohort Mask 1 CONTACT PRECAUTION MRS.WEE M - multidrug resistant organism R - respiratory infection S - skin infections * W - wound infxn E - enteric infxn - clostridium difficile E - eye infxn - conjunctivitis SKIN INFECTIONS VCHIPS V - varicella zoster C - cutaneous diphtheria H - herpez simplex I - impetigo P - pediculosis S - scabies

our school provided Kaplan, I believe it cost about $300 , but u can buy the Kap lan strategy book and used the cd as well, it has about 180 q.

thanks

you will be fine, I used all those study aids as well, took the exam saturday morning.... check pearson and got the good pop up after 75 q....Saunders is great for content, so if you reviewed it all you will do okay. Try to do questions from now on if finished with kaplan.....you may want to try nclex 3500 questions now since it is very similar to the real thing in my opinion.

congrats, hope it works for me too.

Saunders comp... 5th ed is great for content, PDA by laCharity is a must have for priority and delegation type questions, kaplan review program is excellent for building critical thinking skills and do lots of questions, even from nclex 3500 which are free online. I used all those study aids and pass with 75 questions recently. I studied content for 6wks. base on the assessment schedule saunders gave for about 4hr. a day, afterwhich I would do about a day 100q from kaplan or from one of there trainers. After completing the saunders book I used the pda and nclex 3500 for questions while reviewing there rationales for 2 weeks. Hope this helps....

Yes Saunders Comp. 5th ed. ....no no ekg questions... but i did review those ekg from my med surg test book and saunders which were the same from the text book. Regarding ekg, just now those most common ones such as, v. tach. v fib, a. fib, a. flutter, pvc, etc....

Good luck and thank you

congrats, just took mine too, got the good pop up, hope this means I pass as well.

I went with Saunders and PDA by laCharity, practice lots of questions from kaplan, nclex 3500, saunders cd, passed with 75 q based on pearson vue pop up, results not official yet.

I arrived at the testing location about 655am this morning, so I decided to wait by the door, because they will only allow you to come in at 730. I went through the registration process and then was seated to take my exam. At this point, my heart was racing as I did not know what to expect. I quickly completed the introductory sections, since it's basically the same info on the NCSBN website. Next, I completed a section that pretty much are questions related to demonstration of various NCLEX alternative questions types. My first question was select all that apply ( my weakest base on practice exams), at this point I tried to remain calm because I have done all I could by reviewing for 2 months, praying which I often do anyway, all I could think of was God didn't bring me this far to leave me. After that I received multiple priority questions, see first, couple delegations questions, infection control, bunch of management questions, so many select all that applied, all together had about 25, about 10 medication questions including 2 math calculations, also 2 chart questions that I had never practiced on any practice exam, here my anxiety started to rise again, some drag and drop and 1 picture question. By the 72 question the computer ask if wanted a break, so I took a 2 mins break, then the screen went blue at 75, did the survey questions. I left feeling confident, but started to feel worried after thing about all those select that apply, so I went home check the pearson vue, did the trick and it indicated that "our records indicated that you have already taken this test" etc.... I hope this means I pass... For study, I used Kaplan did all the questions scores in the 60s, q bank 100 completed with scores in the mid 50s, trainer 7 scored 70. Also, for content used Saunders which I believe is the best book to have for content and PDA great for answering priority type questions. to me Kaplan was way more difficult than the NCLEX, the questions I received were more like that of Saunders and NCLEX 3500 which I also used for question in the last 2 wks prior to neclx. I did not study the day before the exam and I had about 8 hrs. of sleep. Its also important to have a small breakfast before the exam and relax!

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congrats, mine is next weekend....trying to be calm.

thanx for your advice

I have being following threads on this site for a year now, even though I have never made any comments. However, I recieved many study tips and advice that has helped me throughout nursing school. I used the kaplan that was provided by our school, we also had a 1 week kaplan live review course back in December prior to graduation. I think kaplan is great to assist with reviewing because of its strategies and highly developed nclex type questions fostering critical thinking. I also reviewed the book, very easy to read and straight to the point. Here are my scores with Kaplan ( it was mandatory to complete trainers 1-6 prior to graduation by our school): qbank 100% completed 56%( mostly used on my phone when doing something else) Diagnostic 58% Trainer 1 62.7% '' '' '' 2 70% '' '' '' 3 55% '' '' '' 4 66.7% '' '' '' 5 65.3% '' '' '' 6 60% Readiness 63.4% I did not feel too confident with my scores ( especially since our school had a bad reputation for having low nclex pass rate in my area) so I decided to review Saunders Comp. for 6 weeks...scores ranged from 70-80. while reviewing saunders I took the Kaplan nclex sample tests, scores were: Sample nclex 1 64% '' '' '' 2 60% '' '' '' 3 80% Also, I recently purchased the PDA book and I loved it, I am almost finish with it and I think it will improved my weak areas with priority types questions, score ranges 57%-82%, low % at first, but now improving, I would recommed this book to everyone who is reviewing for nclex. Also, I just took the tainer 7 from Kaplan and scored 70%, I really think this book helped. I think I will continue to only practice questions now until next week and review the study guide I recieved from here. Will update if I passed or fail.

so do I, however I have being using the online Kaplan rn-nclex review at our school for about 6 weeks now and I recently purchased the 5 weeks course nclex review from ncsbn learning extension, its somewhat similar to Kaplan with the exception that its content is more informative and its only $70 for the 5 wks. Base on our kaplan review it would be helpful to use thekaplan strategies review book as well. also, I've heard good reviews about the saunders nclex book, so I will purchased that as well. so pretty much review your content, determine area you are weak in reveiw them and take questions using the nclex stratigies.