The calm (day) before the storm (NCLEX)

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Alright. tomorrow I will be taking on the demon-beast that is the NCLEX for the second time. I'm calm, collected, and pretty confident that I have learned from my mistakes and will be able to do well tomorrow. My plan for today is to do a very light review, go over labs, test-taking strategies, and other very light activities. But I would like some feedback on what to cover and go over on the day before my test. Any suggestions?

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Best of luck , you will do great. I will be praying for you. Stay positive, confident and don't overanalyze.

I passed mine with 80 questions. God bless!!!!!

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have you done PDA by Linda Lacharity??? It helped me a lot with priority questions

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Thank you! I have the book but I actually did not do the book. I did purely UWORLD RN review which included a lot of PDA Qs. I focused on PDA because that was a weak point for me on my last attempt. I can't say enough about UWORLD... it is so very helpful!

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I just passed. 2nd try. I did just the leadership and management questions because a lot of the higher level questions are that.

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Good luck!!

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Specializes in Rehab, Ortho-Spine, Med-Surg, & Psych.

Hello!

If you are still reviewing your notes at this time of night... STOP!

Tomorrow morning: have a full breakfast, stay away from chatter, keep calm, say a prayer, & turn yourself in.

Spend a significant amount of time on the first 10 questions. They will float you well above the passing line (on a graph). Subsequent questions will move you up and down as you answer correctly or wrong. You should be fine. However... if you speed your way through the first 10 questions, you might end up below the passing line and will be most difficult to rise above it. So pay attention to those answers.

Wishing you the best!!!

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Please let me know how you did. I wish you all the best, You will do just great,

Believe in yourself , tha'ts what i did

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Specializes in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.

You have to stop studying, now. Focus on enjoying life a little bit to help fully cement your calm status. People in my class who used UWORLD say it absolutely was key to helping them pass. Since this is your second time, I recommend trying to keep a funny/stupid mental image in your head that really makes you laugh so you can snap yourself out of any spinning out you might find yourself doing. I did that during my exam and, though I may have looked like a ragingly insane person, I passed. Good luck!

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