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Thank you all for the responses! As GoVeg mentioned, the questions were fairly simple especially as a new graduate. I, too applied online. Best of luck everyone!

Hi! I was wondering if anyone had any advice/study guides regarding what to study for the NY Methodist pharmacology exam that is given prior to an interview? Thanks in advance!

Hello, First off, do not be discouraged about failing. Many present day nurses had to retake the NCLEX to get their licensure. As for round two, I can give you some suggestions. :) So you state that you have listened to HURST over and over again. The key here is not to listen to it over and over again but to actually grasp content and know that you have solidified the information you are listening to. Listening to content material without doing questions alongside will not help at all. Personally, I would do a HURST lesson and then alongside do 50-100 questions to that related topic to make sure I really understood what HURST was teaching me. For example, if my hurst lesson of the day was oncology, I went to my Saunders CD rom question bank and did all of the oncology questions. Then, in my Prioritization Delegation (La Charity) book, I would do the oncology chapters. Only then, did I really feel successful in that topic. For Kaplan, after I completed all of my topics in hurst and did the corresponding chapters in my saunders and la charity did I begin the qbank for Kaplan. I would do 100 questions a day and break it down into 20 or 30 question intervals to avoid being burnt out. I did all of the above for about 3 solid weeks (everyday from 10 am-10 pm with many breaks) and I truly think it did help. I also got Lipincott's RN alternate format questions to help me with select all the apply. You will see many of that on the NCLEX as you may have already noticed. While it is hard to prepare for those questions, I felt as though the book at least made me feel more confident on how to answer them and see them .

Hi, I would definitely recommend Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment: Practice Exercises for the NCLEX Examination, 2e by Linda LaCharity because I feel as though the questions in this book really mirrored the formatting of the real NCLEX. It served as a great guide and feel into feeling more confident about the exam. It is broken up into chapters with topics such as oncology, hematology etc. What my suggestion is to get a great content review book such as Saunders, read up on a certain subject and then do the questions that correspond to the topic you have reviewed for the day. For example, in Saunders if I read about Oncology, I would then correspondingly do the La Charity oncology chapter for the day. I also used Lippincott's NCLEX-RN Alternate-Format Questions 5e (Point (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)) to help me with select all the apply questions. Although I would get a lot wrong, it still helped me really get into the feel for answering select all the apply questions and gave me a little perspective on how to answer. I truly felt like it helped me the day of the real exam. I used HURST for content review, but if that is something you are not able to spend money on right now, I think Saunder's is a great option for content review and much cheaper to buy from Amazon or borrow from the library. I used Kaplan for their question bank and online review class. I felt as though the online review class did not really help me much as their strategies can be found online for free. However, I think the qbank and the trainers really mimicked the difficulty level of the real nclex.

Hi, I would definitely recommend Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment: Practice Exercises for the NCLEX Examination, 2e by Linda LaCharity because I feel as though the questions in this book really mirrored the formatting of the real NCLEX. It served as a great guide and feel into feeling more confident about the exam. It is broken up into chapters with topics such as oncology, hematology etc. What my suggestion is to get a great content review book such as Saunders, read up on a certain subject and then do the questions that correspond to the topic you have reviewed for the day. For example, in Saunders if I read about Oncology, I would then correspondingly do the La Charity oncology chapter for the day. I also used Lippincott's NCLEX-RN Alternate-Format Questions 5e (Point (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)) to help me with select all the apply questions. Although I would get a lot wrong, it still helped me really get into the feel for answering select all the apply questions and gave me a little perspective on how to answer. I truly felt like it helped me the day of the real exam. I used HURST for content review, but if that is something you are not able to spend money on right now, I think Saunder's is a great option for content review and much cheaper to buy from Amazon or borrow from the library. I used Kaplan for their question bank and online review class. I felt as though the online review class did not really help me much as their strategies can be found online for free. However, I think the qbank and the trainers really mimicked the difficulty level of the real nclex.

Hello, I personally think that the Kaplan qbanks greatly mirrored what was on the real exam. I took the exam for RN not PN, but I am sure that it would be similar in mirroring Kaplan. I do however, suggest that you use other sources and do not focus on getting too caught up in the scoring of Kaplan trainers etc. I think Saunders is a good way of recognizing content and I also thought that Mary Ann Hogans comprehensive review book for PN is a great source as well. Good luck!!

Hi, I would definitely recommend Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment: Practice Exercises for the NCLEX Examination, 2e by Linda LaCharity because I feel as though the questions in this book really mirrored the formatting of the real NCLEX. It served as a great guide and feel into feeling more confident about the exam. It is broken up into chapters with topics such as oncology, hematology etc. What my suggestion is to get a great content review book such as Saunders, read up on a certain subject and then do the questions that correspond to the topic you have reviewed for the day. For example, in Saunders if I read about Oncology, I would then correspondingly do the La Charity oncology chapter for the day. I also used Lippincott's NCLEX-RN Alternate-Format Questions 5e (Point (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)) to help me with select all the apply questions. Although I would get a lot wrong, it still helped me really get into the feel for answering select all the apply questions and gave me a little perspective on how to answer. I truly felt like it helped me the day of the real exam. I used HURST for content review, but if that is something you are not able to spend money on right now, I think Saunder's is a great option for content review and much cheaper to buy from Amazon or borrow from the library. I used Kaplan for their question bank and online review class. I felt as though the online review class did not really help me much as their strategies can be found online for free. However, I think the qbank and the trainers really mimicked the difficulty level of the real nclex.

Hi jp, Do not fret based on your kaplan scores. I have found that they seem to not completely coincide whether you will pass or fail. My QT7 was ~58 I believe and I still passed. I think it is most important to really look at what types of questions you are getting wrong and reviewing those kinds of questions. It is easy to get a lot wrong on the trainers because it is not formatted to your level in the same way the NCLEX is tailored to each person.

Hi Mira, Kaplan live online helped me but I think what really solidified my learning process was more so the question bank that comes with Kaplan. I created a schedule for myself and followed it in terms of the qbank. I did about 100 questions a day, and did their diagnostic tests on a weekly basis.

Congratulations!!! You truly deserve what you have achieved and I am happy to see you did not let anything get in the way. Congratulations on becoming an RN, and have fun pursuing your career and enjoy the journey!

Hi Nadine, Do not be scared to take it a second time!! Many future nurses have had to take the exam more than once. You will start working soon! Do not worry. As for the exam, try a different method of studying than before. Personally, what worked for me the first time was an intense one month of studying. I would go to a quiet college library near my house and wake up early and study from about 10 am - 10 pm with many needed breaks etc. I used HURST for content review which really helped solidify content for me personally. After doing each topic on HURST, I would create a schedule for how many questions I should complete within that subject. For example if my topic for HURST was oncology one day, that same day, I would aim to do the oncology chapters in my Prioritization Delegation (LDA Charity) Book, and about 30-50 oncology questions in my Saunders CD. I felt as though doing this routinely really helped me confirm what I had learned through HURST. After I felt confident doing all of the chapters in relation to the HURST content guide, I set out a schedule for Kaplan questions and would do about a 100 each day. I would break them up into 20 intervals and do it 5 times a day so that I would not feel burnt out. I also got Lipincotts NCLEX Select all that apply book from amazon to help me get used to the formatting incase my exam was filled with SATA (Which, by the way it was). I did all of this for about a solid three weeks and passed! Best of luck!!

Hi, Congrats first off on taking the exam and getting it over with. As for the pop-up, it works majority of the time and it seems as though you have tried in a 24 hour window as well. Personally for me, the pop-up was completely accurate in August. I would say to solidify your answers the only thing you can do is wait 48 hours for the results. But, I am sending positive vibes your way!

Hi Deekay, sending positive vibes your way!! Relax, you have studied and spent time on this exam for the past few weeks and now it is time to move forward no matter what the outcome is. However, I am wishing you the best of luck and it sounds like you have done amazing!

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Hi Moahlerner, Stony Brook's Accelerated Nursing program in Long Island, New York does not require certain pre-reqs before applying. You would have to put in progress on your application though and expect to complete the courses (developmental psych etc.) before entering the program/graduating. I know that the three sciences microbio, chemistry and anatomy/phys do have to be completed before applying. Like DivaliciousMe85 has mentioned, the SUNY learning network offers multiple courses online that are all semester based so if you look soon, you can definitely find some courses that can meet your deadlines! I also think its great that you have completed anatomy and chemistry as I would like to think those are harder to find within sequence when looking elsewhere to complete.