Taking NCLEX in 2 days... starting to freak!

[soxchick11]

Hi everyone!

Just started to look at this site the other day and I'm loving it... it's so helpful and love reading that theres so many other people out there who are going through the same things I am. Taking my boards in 2 days on Tuesday and am starting to freak out! I have a few quick questions out there for anyone who can help to answer! Does anyone know about math calculations if you're suppose to round on the boards? In school they taught us to round when doing IV math problems but I've been doing Kaplan and I did an answer the other day for a drop factor and the real answer was 37.5 but I put 38 and it was wrong. Anyone have any idea? Also anyone use Kaplan for their review? It's pretty much all I've used to review just doing Q-banks (pretty much have done all of the Q-bank) and trainers and now I'm starting to feel like maybe I should have used other sources. Any words of wisdom from recent NCLEX takers? Any advice is much appreciated!

Thank you!:)

Liz

[njsnyder]

I don't remember what nclex said to do with the math and I just took it Friday. Honestly I had one math question, that's it. I would focus on prioritizing and infection control

[caliotter3]

Good luck.

[soxchick11]

Thanks for the help nj :) much appreciated... thanks cali i better pass!

[shann106]

Relax. I took NCLEX on Sat, it was not bad at all. All of my classmates so far have agreed that it was about the same as our normal exams in school. I only had two math questions. The instructions said to give the answer in a whole number. I agree with nj if you are going to study focus on priority questions, but seriously it was not a hard test, you will do great

[soxchick11]

Shann thanks for your advice you made me feel better! Can't wait to get it over with before I go crazy!

[g3rly]

Good luck and study hard (and boy, that's easier said than done since it feels like no amount of studying makes me feel any more confident). But believe!!!