TIPS/Info for passing NCLEX

[paula77720]

Hi,

To everyone who passed recent nclex-rn, can you please share what helped you best (cd's, printed materials, etc..) ? Where to focus? and how did you study/prepare?

thanks... this will help a lot of us who are scheduled to take the exams soon

[Jazzy_nurse_SF]

sure you can! thanks a lot guys for all your input. I'm doing lippincott and kaplan right now, will take exam in 3 weeks. Will let you know.

Goodluck to all and sending prayers your way :)

I agree on this. This is one of the ultimate topics to help us prepare and help ones who are currently preparing to add anything extra to help with the study paths. I think it's great that everyone shares their experience of the day of their exam, but we will always get something different, which doesn't determine what may be the outcome of the exam. But what really has helped me along the way was finding out what materials you all used, and then later finding out you guys passed.

Thanks for posting this thread Paula.

[ele121]

I hope this helps in 2008 exam.

[ele121]

HEy Taylor

how did it go?

i know this may sound silly but can someone please explain SATA to me

Thanks

[Silverdragon102, BSN]

HEy Taylor

how did it go?

i know this may sound silly but can someone please explain SATA to me

Thanks

There are already a few posts on SATA and one gives a good description, check them out, only been posted in the last 2 days

[Melinurse]

I am using Drexel DVDs and Lippincott's NCLEX-RN study guide. I also read through a thread here called " Anyoone up for fact throwing ". The thread actually is so random that my mind does not wander. Also making contributions to the thread,I find, is also very helpful for me. I find myself reading through old class notes to find something intresting that might help someone else. The more I've been reading and contibuting to the thread the better prepared I am feeling.

[alexlynk]

KAPLAN can be a gigantic waste of time. Use your CDs. Here are some facts about nursing you should ALWAYS remember:

1. In nursing, ASSESSMENT comes first

2. ABCs mean airway before breaths before circulation

3. If its out of your scope of practice, dont do it.

4. Patient care always comes first.........

5. Nurses DONOT delegate assessment and teaching

6. If it ends with an ..ol, its probably a B-blocker

7. With hip issues, leg abduction is almost always the right choice

8. Peroxide does wash blood out pretty good

9. Chlrohexidine is best

10. If the infectious agent starts with myco - it probably doesnt require contact precautions.

I think these 10 should help anyone studing for the NCLEX or just trying to remember basic facts of nursing. GL.

[Nurseismade RN]

HEy Taylor

how did it go?

i know this may sound silly but can someone please explain SATA to me

Thanks

not silly at all!!! there are some abbreviated terms i still do not know....SATA stands for select all that apply.

These are somewhat hard because if you miss one of the selections, the entire answer is marked wrong.

hope that helps.....:)

[Mel11]

Everyone else (since I can't speak from my own experience) keeps telling me confidence is key. They all used different books and came out talking about their own NCLEX experiences and they were all so different. Some of them studied a lot, some a little. I'm really starting to believe in this confidence thing (of course you have to have the knowledge too).

[hikari]

Can anybody share me "Suzzanne Plan" Thanks:confused:

[Silverdragon102, BSN]

Can anybody share me "Suzzanne Plan" Thanks:confused:

Suzanne's plan has copyright and can not be shared. You must complete the first tip as it is set out in the sticky and once completed send her a pm with all the information in the format it requests.

[mestisachic36]

yeah i would like some tips also. anything will help!

[shabbychic23]

i found this tool to be absolutely identical to the nclex. it even adjusts the difficulty of subsequent questions based on whether you got the last one right or wrong, just like the nclex.

you get a prediction of your probability of passing the nclex after each 150 question practice test, plus the rationales for all the possible responses, and whether you marked that one right or wrong.

i had planned to do a test a day until i took the nclex. unfortunately, i was only able to tolerate about six of them in the ten days between when i bought the tool and when i sat for the exam (it's hard work!).

and i sailed through the nclex.

for $39.95 plus tax, you just can't get much more support.

i had one problem logging in and the tech support people were great. my "clock" didn't start til i could actually get in there and start answering questions.

good luck everybody!

can you please tell me how can i purchase this to practice?

thanks,

shabbychic23