Questions/Contents or BOTH?

[iluvnursing07]

Hello! i need your advices up to this point. This will be my fourth time taking the nclex pn and yet the third took a toll on me, where I gave up! just recently i finally picked myself up! I have been studying content for the past 3 weeks but dont know if to this point i should just answer questions...I read my ATT and i have yet till Jan 30th to schedule an exam! i feel so lost cause at the same time I have a family, work full time and try to get some studying done. I have been scoring 50-60's on the practice test which i think isnt enough. I am currently using the Mary Hogan book given to me by my cousin who recently passed her first time. Any suggestions would be helpful! thanks!

[tsimitpo]

I think it's really important to do both, but initially you have to have a strong knowledge of your content. For my RN, I had 2 months to study and the first 3 weeks, I didn't even look at questions. After that, I gradually added questions until I was hitting 200-300 questions a day(last week prior to exam). I would say my review experience was 60-70% content and the rest questions. Fortunately, my schedule was somewhat accommodating, but I see that yours is quite full so starting out early would probably help some bit. Hang in there and remember that success is within you.

[caliotter3]

You have to know the content to be able to answer the questions correctly. Sounds as if you have enough time on the content side, now concentrate on answering 100-200 questions a day and studying the rationales. You can look up any content you need to brush up on as you answer questions. Good luck.