Take my test in 2 weeks, haven't really studied. chances?

svalico · Jan 27, 2010

thats about all that i am studying except i have doing this since november off and on 100 to 200 questions a day

SadNurse3 · Jan 27, 2010

Well I had a friend who only did Kaplan Qbank questions for 8hours a day for one week before her RN boards and Passed!! I wouldnt suggest it though!! I mean unless you have a lot of money you can just throw down the drain...I dont know how much it is in your state but in Kansas we pay $350 each time!! Studying and being prepared is much better (even for your psychy when you are taking the test) I mean if you go in to take the test knowing that you have not studied you are much more likely to stress yourself out, second guess yourself, and then NOT pass!! Just my opinion :) But good luck!!

caliotter3 · Jan 27, 2010

Not a good idea to go in basically cold. Few people pass it with no study, but that doesn't mean it can't be done. Up to you and how you feel. If it were me though, I would reschedule for first week in March and study diligently from now until then. Good luck.

glen coco · Jan 27, 2010

Thank you all for the advice, ya i'm somewhat worried. I'm not going into it completly cold just not studying the way i should be. I mean i do some questions here and there but not the way i used to in school.

ashleyrn13 · Jan 27, 2010

I didn't study very much at all, I worked a lot. But I did read one nclex like book it was called the "pearls of nursing". I read most of that it has every sort of subject med/surg, peds, ob, psych, etc. Just remember your ABC's and prioratize patient care, thats the most important thing in school and in real nursing life. Don't cram to much, you only retain so many things anyway when you do cram. I had 75 questions on my Nclex and passed the first time. I was so sure I was going to fail because I have ADD and I can't sit still to study, I am a good listener and can remember through letcutre and learning. THe pearls of nursing was straight forward, it was a question followed by the answer, which helpe dme cause i would read the info and not have to get boggled with all this useless, false info. Good luck!

Testa Rosa, RN · Jan 27, 2010

I would make sure to memorize lab values and use a good strategy book like Kaplan and a good course content book like Saunders. I queried five of our grads from last year and it seems they dedicated two weeks to one month to study--anywhere from 3 to 5 hours a day--and our prior class had a 100% pass rate. Everyone I talked with were good (A) students, but they did feel the need to study two weeks at the very minimum. They estimated they did anywhere from 2000 to 5000 practice questions. All of them worked thru some sort of Kaplan program (either just the book with CD or a online tutorial with Qbank or an actual class). All of them were given a Saunders book by our faculty which most used more for content review than for actual NCLEX practice. One used a NCLEX Made Easy book and didn't like it at all (to simplistic). Another had purchased a book from an organization that contributes to NCLEX--I forgot the name of that one--but she told me it was way too dense and not at all useful. All passed; yet all told me they wish they studied more because the test was that hard. Good Luck!

Mytonezucs · Jan 27, 2010

The question is if you haven't had time to study, will you in the future? The other side of the coin is you just keep pushing it and the length of time from finishing school to NCLEX gets longer and longer.

The best scenerio would be to have two or three months of review. If that can't happen then the odds are better with school just behind you than waiting.