chrisdaniel26

What really helped me to finally answer uworld questions correctly was to knock off 2 answers off the bat. Once you're down to 2 answers really try and think which one is right and which is wrong. Look back at the stem in the Q. Ask yourself which answer is an Airway breathing circulation, which one is assessment, which answer is more critical? Hemorrhaging client or chronic illness ? Hemorrhage Airway issue or hemorrhaging? Airway Save who? The pt with a 3 GCS and fixed pupils or the drooling infant who's lethargic? Infant Another thing that helped me is to visualize JUST THE SITUATION PRESENTED IN THE QUESTION. That way you're not adding anything in your head. And finally, trust your intuition. It sounds silly but after reading a question and going through all the answers your gut will say this is the right answer. But then you're not sure and you reread the answers and you're like well actually maybe its this one.. Most of the time changing my answer resulted in a wrong answer. Besides that, just finish all the leadership delegation questions and the infection control questions. Better to have 200 maternity questions left and to have finished those important topics.

Well today was finally the big day. Wanted to start a thread if anyone had any questions regarding the NCLEX or Nursing school. I thought the exam was super weird. Questions totally picked at random with no rhyme or reason. some peds, maternity, delegation, priority, 1 med, no math, lots of safety and infection control. I still feel like UWORLD has the best nursing questions i've ever seen and would absolutely recommend using uworld to take the nclex (same feel, really good rationales and questions, gets you ready) How I studied for the exam was to do around 50 questions a day for about 3 weeks from u world. In the last few days I started to do 75 questions and made sure I did all the leadership and delegation questions. I'd say I did about 1000 questions in all. I didn't do any other studying, I really just did questions. My feeling is that if you were in a hard enough program which I was, then you should do just questions and you should be fine. I got the good pop up but i'm still not going to celebrate until the 48 hours pass and I see for sure. Walking out of the exam I felt like I did just okay and that I didn't know much of the material at all. A lot of guesses and "well this looks right". I finished in about an about 70 minutes. I just kept telling myself that for me to fail in 75 would mean that I did super poorly and then I remembered I had a bunch of higher level type questions and I dunno... Maybe I passed.. We'll see

Hey, curious how many questions did you get? I've heard that a lot of people walk out of the exam feeling like they failed as well. As for when you take it in the future, I recommend using U world again but really understanding why you are getting the question wrong and what you can do to change it up in the future. What really helped me was eliminating two wrong answers right away and when you get down to the last 2 really compare the answers to the stem of the question and see which one fits more. Another thing is to go with your intuition. Many times on practice exams I would change up my answer when my gut told me to choose another answer. When it comes to the NCLEX all of the topics are completely random so I dont even think intensive studying can help. Try and get to a place where you are going with your gut between 2 answers and getting the questions right

No it's not as hard as the online exams. I scored significantly better on all 4 sections during the real exam. The practice exams in the back of the book are more like the real exam in terms of hardness

Well, I recently took the test on 2/9 and scored an 84% overall after studying for 2-3 weeks. Whats your specific question?

you'll do fine, I didnt have any science classes in over 7 years. I had to take my TEAS and I got a 77 on the science and a 84% overall on the exam. I will be taking BIO and CHEM in the next semester for a chance to get into the nursing program in the fall. the science in the book is closer to the actual science on the test than the online exams which were much harder. Just find some sites that list the science sections and although it sounds daunting just try and study as much as you can. You won't be able to remember all of it but you won't need to. I got such a basic question regarding DNA and RNA on the actual exam I couldn't believe it. Stay to the surface!

The science questions on the real exam seemed more basic with a lot of scientific reasoning and questions where you had to "think" instead of just flat out memorizing something.

You got this. I go to LGCC too and I didn't take a Chem class or biology class either and got a 77% on the science. You need over a 41. Just study with science portion that you dont know with whatever method you like.

Hey guys, I finally took my TEAS today and got an 84%! (99th percentile program, 94% nationwide). I just wanted to give my 2 cents on the exam: I hadn't taken a science class in around 10 years, felt pretty good about my English (born and raised in the US / good English scores), like to read and had just finished an Algebra and Trigonometry course (got an A). I studied off and on for about a month, first completely notating the ATI book front to back (I wouldn't recommend it, learned more science from videos) and then when I felt that I would do well enough on the English, Reading and Math, I made study index cards for the Science based on the post here (How I Passed the Teas). I studied those index cards and watched Bozeman and Khan Academy videos while searching specific topics and finding the videos that I liked the best for the last 2 weeks. Bozeman was my favorite. I found the actual test to be more similar to the exams in the back of the book. The online practice Science questions seemed way harder, while the other parts seemed to be about the same. I felt that the math might have been a little harder on the actual exam. My scores broken down: ATI Book Test #1 - 82% overall Reading - 95 Math - 90 Science - 66 English - 80 ATI Book Test #2 - 79% overall Reading - 83 Math - 86 Science - 75 English - 73 ATI Online Test #1 - 68% overall Reading - 81 Math - 86 Science - 33 (I freaked out over this) English - 86 ATI Online Test #2 - 72% overall Reading - 85 Math - 76 Science - 54 English - 76 Actual TEAS Exam - 84% overall Reading - 90 Math - 83 Science - 77 English - 90 Overall, I recommend getting the ATI book and the online exams and taking all 4 while timing yourself. I felt really comfortable with the format of the test and the time needed for each. I will answer any and all questions anyone has because of how much this forum has helped me to calm my nerves and give me the tips necessary to pass this test. - Chris from NYC