3 weeks until I take my NCLEX

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So I take my NCLEX in three weeks and I'm to the point where I'm tired of reading and doing questions!! lol I did the Hurst Review and have been studying it without a doubt or hesitation like she says.

I also do questions from Lippincott Q&A (so far in the chapter test I've gotten 70-85%), LaCharity PDA (scoring around 60-90% I got a 50% in GI eww so I went back and reviewed why I got them wrong and did the Hurst section on GI again) and I'm also using Saunders sometimes (the scores range 50-90% depending if I do quiz or test mode). I have Kaplan strategies book, I need to do the big test on the back and the Qbanks from Hurst Review which they have all been successful attempts. And FINALLY the ATI app which cost like $20 and I do questions when I'm away from home.

Do you guys think I'm ready? I always beat myself up. I know I feel much more confident than before especially with my PDA scores which have been improving as I take each test. I have the Saunder's Q&A but I haven't even looked at it, I have so many other resources I feel overwhelmed so I don't think I'll be looking at it.

Keeping my head up high. I will beat the NCLEX devil (haha little Hurst joke!).

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Are you taking the NCLEX PN or NCLEX RN?

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Are you taking the NCLEX PN or NCLEX RN?

Nclex RN

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My suggestion to you is this, since the maximum number of questions on the NCLEX RN is 265 questions, you may want to start taking practice tests with 265 questions. Depending on what testing software is available to you, take 265 questions on client needs categories every day if possible but definitely at least every other day. Also depending on what day (Mon, Tue, Wed....) your test is, try to go somewhere on that specific day pretty much at the same time to take a 265 practice exam. Meaning, if your test is on a Monday, try to go to a Starbucks, public library, wherever it is that's quiet pretty much at the same time that you are taking the NCLEX. This will establish a routine of testing and the reason why you need to do 265 is just in case you go the whole way you are mentally prepared for it. The very first time you take a 265 question exam, you will feel drained during the test and after the test and you definitely don't want to feel like that the day of the NCLEX.

If you do choose to follow my suggestion, let me know how it goes after your first 265 question practice test and I can help you monitor progress so that you are more mentally prepared to take the NCLEX. You know the material, you finished an RN program you definitely know the material. We just need to make sure to translate the stored knowledge to correct mouse clicks, that's all..

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I agree, I need to practice taking long test somewhere other than my house. I'll start doing that this monday since I take weekends off.

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Awesome and it's great that you are taking days off. I tell grads all the time, let NCLEX review be your priority but don't let it consume you. Have a safe weekend and post again on Monday with scores and how horrible a 265 question practice test feels like...

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I do about 200 a day or at least try but not in one sitting. I take breaks

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Asoledad I will lol i'll probably be brain dead by the end. Thank you though. I need weekends off and I feel like it's helped me a lot.

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Thanks I am in the same boat. Not sure what to study. Taking exam in 13 days.

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