scheduled my nclex-rn exam!!

[labrador4122, RN]

I scheduled my nclex exam untill november of this year, because I just know myself, that I will not be ready in october:nono:. That was my original goal.

I would like to know from those of you that passed the nclex-rn

if you did these things that I am doing.

1. review content book

2. did questions online or on CD

3. did own notes with highlights of things that were not in your memory bank (brain)

4. studied about 3 hours a day

I feel if I do these things, and just review review and review, I will do great when I take my exam.

I am so nervous:uhoh3: that I started cleaning the house! and I never clean the house because we have a housekeeper that comes every other week, and I just usually do light cleaning.

but anyways, I am excited that i have reached this point in my life, but I am also scared:uhoh3: because I want to move on from this point and start my career as an RN and I would hate not to pass.

(I was offered the NCLEX review from helen feuer but I am not sure if I should use those as well as with my kaplan.

thanx for your imput~:welcome::welcome:

[Silverdragon102, BSN]

Everyone studies differently I worked full time and did 2 hours a day but more on the days I wasn't working and did OK. This was the third time I took it but I could not afford to stop working to study more plus I didn't want it to become too much of a chore that I would look for excuses not to study. If your time table works for you then I wuld continue with it if you feel you need to spend more time studying then you can always add more time to the equation

Good luck

[kcalohagirl]

I am not an expert. Nobody knows how you learn and how yu study better than you do.

However, that being said, my 2 cents worth is. . . . .

If you feel like you have a pretty good "handle" on things:

do a few questions every single day. Not necessarily hundreds, but keep the format of questions and how they are asked in the front part of your brain.

If there are things that you know are your "weaker areas" so to speak, spend extra time with them and spend time relating the "book" situations to "in real life" situations. For example: you know that potassium effects cardiac function. What would you expect to see if you had a patient who had a potassium level of 3.2? Of 5.7? What would you do to remedy each situation?

Although the NCLEX may seem like it is asking you 1 question, sometimes, if you stop, think, take a second, and dissect the question, you may find that they question that it SEEMS is being asked is a smokescreen for what the real question is.

So then, my final piece of advice (it may not work for everyone, but it did for me). I came to the decision the night before the exam that I wasn't going to learn anything NEW at that point in time. So I took that last day off. I slept in, I got a massage in the morning, I had a nice leisurely lunch (okay, I was reviewing lab values at the time, because that was my "weak point") and showed up at the testing point with plenty of time.

It is really hard not to "second-guess" yourself. I have learned through years and years of test-taking, that my initial, gut response is generally correct. If I change answers, I usually screw myself 75 percent of the time. (I'm really anal retentive, and yes, I did do a semi-scientific study on this. LOL)

I blasted my way through NCLEX. If I narrowed a question down to 2 potential answers, I went with the one that made the most sense. If I tried to "second-guess" it, I had to have a pretty darn good reason.

I think you are probably in pretty darn good shape.

Keep working questions, make sure you have a good grasp of the "basics", like what labs work together.

You will be amazing!

Keep me posted!