From my research, there are a lot of people on here that totally freak about the NCLEX. All throughout school, up until I took it, and now that I've passed...it was never very important to me and everything about it was anti-climactic after all the talk during school.
Like the article says, I did even start studying until I got my date for boards. I graduated May 7th, I got my ATT on May 22nd, and signed up to take the test May 30th. I started studying on the 23rd and put in 6 days of studying, about 4 hours a day. I am a quick reader, but in this time I pretty much worked through the entire Saunders book. I briefly reviewed things I didn't know, skimmed over the things I did, and then most importantly I did the questions.
I do not necessarily recommend the "I guess I care but not really" attitude like I had, but taking the test as soon as you can is probably just as important as the amount you study. I was in an Accelerated program, and all we did was take exams (including HESIs, meh). So the NCLEX ended up just being another exam. I was not nervous. I tried to focus, but I ended up guessing on some and just saying "Whatevs". My exam then shut off at 75 questions and I found out later that I passed. Yay.
I was hesistant about taking it with little studying, and searched these forums for a few hours, and no one really seemed to say it worked. So I thought I would post my experience, saying it worked for me. Saunders book, iced mocha, 4 hours a day, the week before. Then just got it over with (in 30 minutes, too).
Good luck to everyone, and try to chill if you've got your panties in a wad about it. You're probably better off than you think.
