"How Did You Prepare For Nclex?" Questions...

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Right now, I'm doing my Kaplan review. I'm also using the Saunder's Book. i study about 3-4 hours per day. i'm still using the kaplan course book, so i'm still not answering questions except when it's after the chapter or something. i started my review last march... how about you??? :yeah::yeah::yeah:

  1. How many months since you started your review for nclex?
  2. What's the date for your NCLEX exam?

  3. How many hours per day did you study?
  4. How many NCLEX questions did you answer per day?
  5. Is the NCLEX exam totally what you expected it to be?

  6. What NCLEX materials did you use for your review?
  7. Self study or review center? Do you have a study buddy?

  8. What were your preparations the week before your NCLEX?
  9. Any good strategies that you used?
  10. How many questions did u answer on the ACTUAL NCLEX EXAM?
  11. Topics that people should study for nclex... any things to memorize, etc...

  12. Any tips or advice?

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I just got my license on March 24th after taking the NCLEX for the 3rd time. I was studying from the CD ROMs that came with my NCLEX-RN books and for me that was not working. I finally sat down with the Saunder's book,(I took it with me everywhere), and I did all of the questions in it and I believe that's what helped me pass. Also, if you are going through anything major in your life that is causing any stress, wait to take the test. I was too distracted with personal issues the first 2 times and that had some bearing on the outcome for me. Best of luck to all and don't give up!!!

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i started my review last march... how about you??? :yeah::yeah::yeah:

  1. How many months since you started your review for nclex? 3
  2. What's the date for your NCLEX exam? 11/19/2007
  3. How many hours per day did you study? 6-8
  4. How many NCLEX questions did you answer per day? 200
  5. Is the NCLEX exam totally what you expected it to be? harder than i expected, and more emotional than i expected to feel afterwards
  6. What NCLEX materials did you use for your review? kaplan, helen feuer audio, hesi
  7. Self study or review center? review center. Do you have a study buddy? i studied with a classmate yes
  8. What were your preparations the week before your NCLEX? questions from the book by alice stein, i did 300q a day, and also from the saunders cd, and from any other book that I could find in the bookstore
  9. Any good strategies that you used? in the med questions, depending on the question, I would pick the highest mg or ml content!
  10. How many questions did u answer on the ACTUAL NCLEX EXAM? 75
  11. Topics that people should study for nclex... any things to memorize, etc... read the entire kaplan course book if you have it.
  12. Any tips or advice? study super hard, like you never studied before, like as if the test were life and death, and passing is life and failing is death

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  1. how many months since you started your review for nclex? 10, but it had been 8 years since i tested

  2. what's the date for your nclex exam? 4/2/08

  3. how many hours per day did you study? 3-4

  4. how many nclex questions did you answer per day? 100-200

  5. is the nclex exam totally what you expected it to be? harder

  6. what nclex materials did you use for your review? saunders, ncsbn, kaplan complete, priority, delegation & assignment book

  7. self study or review center? do you have a study buddy? self-study, no study buddy but plenty of support and advice from allnurses

  8. what were your preparations the week before your nclex? re-read parts of saunders, practice questions, no studying 2 days before the test

  9. any good strategies that you used? i kept a notebook for the practice questions i got wrong. then i went and read up on that area.

  10. how many questions did u answer on the actual nclex exam? 75, passed

  11. topics that people should study for nclex... any things to memorize, etc... know your precautions, pgs 180-181 in saunders 3rd ed.

  12. any tips or advice? study hard but also take time to do other things. don't make yourself a prisoner to studying because you will burn out.

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Right now, I'm doing my Kaplan review. I'm also using the Saunder's Book. i study about 3-4 hours per day. i'm still using the kaplan course book, so i'm still not answering questions except when it's after the chapter or something. i started my review last march... how about you??? :yeah::yeah::yeah:

  1. How many months since you started your review for nclex?
  2. What's the date for your NCLEX exam?
  3. How many hours per day did you study?
  4. How many NCLEX questions did you answer per day?
  5. Is the NCLEX exam totally what you expected it to be?
  6. What NCLEX materials did you use for your review?
  7. Self study or review center? Do you have a study buddy?
  8. What were your preparations the week before your NCLEX?
  9. Any good strategies that you used?
  10. How many questions did u answer on the ACTUAL NCLEX EXAM?
  11. Topics that people should study for nclex... any things to memorize, etc...
  12. Any tips or advice?

i also started with kaplan in march and it will be expiring at the end of this month. the last two months i have been using the course book but since i am running out of time i have decided to finish the review of q's online and then continue with the qbank since i believe that i need to practice more on test taking.

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  1. how many months since you started your review for nclex? 1st time-1 1/2 months, 2nd time- 3 months total
  2. what's the date for your nclex exam? 1st time-2/12/08, 2nd time-4/2/08
  3. how many hours per day did you study? 1st time-2-3, 2nd time-4-6
  4. how many nclex questions did you answer per day? 1st time-50-75, 2nd time-100-200
  5. is the nclex exam totally what you expected it to be? way harder the 1st time, 2nd time i knew what to expect so it wasn't that bad except for the fact that i had so many sata ?s
  6. what nclex materials did you use for your review? 1st time-just saunders, 2nd time kaplan online review & qbank (lifesavers), kaplan strategies book
  7. self study or review center? do you have a study buddy? self
  8. what were your preparations the week before your nclex? did as many questions as possible, memorize labs, pharm
  9. any good strategies that you used? study a little at a time, take breaks, if not you'll go crazy, kaplan questions are most like nclex
  10. how many questions did u answer on the actual nclex exam? 1st time 80, 2nd time 75
  11. topics that people should study for nclex... any things to memorize, etc... labs, isolation precautions
  12. any tips or advice? read the kaplan strategies book if you can't afford a review class, after i read it it was like a light went off i nmy head, lol! also even though most people say don't study the day before, i did. my anxiety would have been through the roof. i didn't do any questions but i read over pharm and it helped me. if it will keep you form going crazy then go for it, but if you can refrain from studying don't, lol!

good luck! you can do it! :up:

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it would be so awesome to get more responses like these.

thanks in advance :D

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I took mine in close conjunction with school and was able to pass without much formal study because a lot of school had "stuck" with me.

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