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Maria3Kayy · Sep 1, 2014

@VampyrSlayer, I am stuck in the same predicament-what to do, what to do?! Pardon my bluntness, but U are prettty darn HANDSOME!! Concentration wldnt fully be where it is suppose too around ya, lol.

VampyrSlayer, CNA · Sep 1, 2014

Bahaha! That's not me! I wish he was mine!

PaulBaxter · Sep 1, 2014

Of course everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but I strongly disagree with those who say it is too early to begin studying for NCLEX.

I have a friend in town who was just finishing nursing school at my school as I was beginning my prereqs. I asked him for advice for what I should be doing to get ready for nursing school, and he told me to go ahead and start studying NCLEX questions ASAP. I've been doing that off and on in my free time since then and don't regret it at all.

Studying NCLEX materials can do at least two good things for you. First, it will get you ready for the TYPES of questions you will get both in the NCLEX itself and in nursing school. The format of these questions may be a little bit different than you are used to, so it's good to get a jump on that. The second benefit is that you will jump a bit of a jump on some of the types of knowledge you are going to need. You can do this either by just making your best educated guess on each question, then checking the rationale given for the correct answers, or you can just research each question you are unfamiliar with as you go along.

There's really no need to spend very much money on this. You can find books from a couple of years ago very cheap either in used bookstores or online. You can check them out from your school library. If you meet people who have graduated from your school recently, they'll probably be happy to just give you their NCLEX books.