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I promised myself that if I were to pass the nclex that I would post on this website to help other nursing students, and other people who are studying for the nclex. So here it is! I am returning the favor for all those people who posted on this website that helped me when I needed it the most.. I graduated from an accelerated nursing program in December 2014. It was a 15 month accelerated nursing program in NYC. I graduated Dec 16, 2014. I took two weeks as a vacation. Especially since it was the holidays..I knew I wouldn't be able to focus. So I officially started studying after new years.. From jan 5-8, i took a kaplan course given thru my school. It definitley helped me get in the mood of studying. It was a my first big taste of NCLEX questions, and it was difficult. Before the kaplan course, I took a predictor and got a 54% after one week course given thru my school i took the readiness and got a 59%. My teacher told me you are supposed to get 60% and above, so i knew I had to work harder On jan 12, I started studying by myself. I went to the library from 1030am-5pm. I spent 5-7 hours in the library every day for two months and two weeks. I took breaks on sundays. I did HURST AND KAPLAN. For me I had to use both. You need Hurst for content and you need Kaplan for questions. I cannot stress that enough. HURST was amazing for content. Here is a break down of my regime: For the whole month of January I did content. I listened to recordings from Hurst. I did one topic a day. Fluid electrolytes, acid base, burns, oncology, endocrine, cardiac, psych, renal, gi, neuro, resp, ortho, how to pass, critically thinking exercises, maternity, complics of maternity, peds, nclex strat , rn mgmt and deleg and lpn coordination. It took me the whole month of January and I finished all the recordings by first week of February. After I listened to content everyday, I would do (search questions by topic) from Kaplan. If I did maternity, then I would go under focused review and do all the maternity questions. Go over rationales. Focused review are not as nclexy, but it helps you know your content I Started doing q bank questions Jan 14. After doing content during the morning, I would end off with 50 questions. I started scoring low 40s-50s. But towards the 7th q bank set of questions, I started doing questions with my cousin. I saw the way she thought thru questions, and how she started analyzing each question. I just picked any answer that I thought was good, but when I started doing questions with an outsider, I started taking my time. That was my problem, I realized I was too fast and impatient. Our first q bank we did together I scored a 60%. SO I knew my problem was time. After I practiced with her, I noticed my scores started to go into the 60s. I did questions with her once a week. Rest of the 5 days I was on my own. But having to do atleast 50 q with an outsider definitliey helps. I started off doing 50 a day, and gradually started 65, then 75 a day from the q bank un till I was done. I finished all 1000 QUESTIONS by second week of February. After this every week, I did a question trainer. Every weekend. **remember to read rationals for the questions you get right and wrong. I cannot stress that enough *You're def going to have bad days, where you dont want to do questions or study, remember to take time off and relax. I did question trainer 1,2,3 before I did Hurst. 1,2,3 are not NCLEXy questions. They are just for you to learn conent. I did trainer 4, 6 weeks before my exam i did trainer 5, 4 weeks before my exam I did all the sample tests 3 weeks before my exam trainer 6 2 weeks before the exam trainer 7, one week before exam. you dont have to follow my schedule of exams, but DEFINITELY DO TRAINER 6 , 2 WEEKS BEFORE. AND DEF DO TRAINER 7 1 WEEK BEFORE THE EXAM, you need to score above a 60%, thats how you know you're in good shape I also made a note card for cardiac, resp, and psych meds, For one whole week I studied the cardiac meds, the second week only looked at resp, and the third week I looked at psych meds. From hurst. Then until the day of my test, I kept looking at these meds. You will also memorize other meds when you do questions from Kaplan. I went to barnes and nobles and did a Kaplan premier 2015-2016. It took me 4 days to do 265 questions, but I would make sure I understood why I got the question wrong and read rationales. I also used the 35 sheet study guide that has been floating around online. I would look over it once a week. I Commited to memory the acronyms. After I finished my 1000questions. I DIDN'T HAVE any more questions to do except trainers, so I wanted something to do everyday, so everyday I went and reviewed each of my q bank.22 days, one q bank each day. I WOULD look on all nurses.com everday, and watch you tube videos every day. I PASSED WITH 75 QUESTIONS AND USED 4 HOURS. I know it was a bit lengthy, but I knew i rushed thru my exams ,so i def took my time. I had no drug calc, 10 meds, 5 ekgs, 2 exhibits, and 17 SATA I used KAPLANS DECISION TREE. and wrote that on the side of my paper 1. TOPIC 2. ASSESSMENT 3. MASLOW- PHYSICAL OR PSYCH 4. ABC'S 5. Will it help? I'm go to post up my scores on all the q banks, trainers, and sample tests I really hope my advice helps people, because many people and prayers helped me. Always remember to talk out each question, it truly helps. GOOD LUCK!!! These are all my trainers · Trainer 1 61 (before I did content) · Trainer 2 61 before I did content) · Trainer 3 49 before I did content) · Trainer 4 61 before I did content) · Trainer 5-70% (AFTER I DID CONTENT) – 4 WEEKS BEFORE EXAM · Sample test 1=64. Test 2=50 test 3=96.7 test 4=18 · Trainer 6-63.5*** AFTER I DID CONTENT)- 2 WEEKS BEFORE EXAM · Trainer 7-63% AFTER I DID CONTENT) – 1 WEEK BEFORE EXAM Sample Test 1 64% 2 50% 3 96% 4 18% Qbank 1 54 Qbank 2 46 Qbank 3 48 Q bank4 46 Qbank 548 Bank 6 60( Bank 7-66 Qbank 8 62% Qbank 9 48% Q bank 10 56% Qbank 11 64.6% Trainer 4 61.3% Qbank 12 61.64% Qbank 66.7% Qbank 62% Qbank 64.6% 66 Qbank 69% 58 59- last q bank MY AVERAGE SCORE ON Q BANK WAS 60%