What is the best prep for 3 weeks before the exam?

caliotter3 · Jul 11, 2010

You should be winding down your prep. I would just continue to do practice questions until the day before the test. If there is a major area that you feel weak in, say the concept of ABGs or pharm, you might want to devote several hours or a day working on that area. Good luck.

MJB2010 · Jul 11, 2010

I am focusing on trying to know the "norms" for common labs. Ca, Potassium, Magnesium & Phosperhus, the normal & theraputic leves of anticoagulants. I am really concerned about pharmacology, I feel weak there. Fluid & electrolytes, ABGs etc etc.I am also working on the LaCharity book for Prioritization and studying up on infection control. I have not taken the test yet, but this is the areas I am focusing in on. I am like sick to my stomach nervous. I only have a week left and I am a total mess.

linds24 · Jul 11, 2010

This is what I did and passed on the first try!!

I went by topic: cardio, respiratory, renal, mental health, etc..... I studied the content out of Saunders 4th ed. After studying the content, I did probably 200ish questions related to that topic. I did questions from the saunders CD you get with the book, and then I did all of the chapters out of the lacharity book related to that topic. I also did questions out of other sources like mosby, and Kaplan. I focused on each topic for a 1-2 days. After studying the topics, I did as many comprehensive tests I could get my hand on, whatever I was weak in, I studied that material again.

That worked for me! And now I'm a :nurse: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LaylaHendrix23 · Jul 11, 2010

what i did was...look in your kaplan book and follow the outline they have for studying for the test with 3 weeks left. they say do 710 questions a week...i did about 1500/wk. if i were you...i would just do practice questions all the time. nclex seems to be more about knowing how to answer the questions...not exactly what content you know. i feel that you should do the whole qbank because everything i saw there was on the nclex. kaplan prepared me most because what they say to study is what is on the test. also...know isolation precautions...i had lots of questions on the nclex about that. look up on here....my chicken hez tb---spiderman---mrs. wee. it's a great mnemonic and probably a lot of the reason i knew contact stuff. i did read through the kaplan book a little and looked at stuff i wasnt as sure about...but do tons of questions...thats the way to go! good luck! :)

co0okiness · Jul 11, 2010

what i did was...look in your kaplan book and follow the outline they have for studying for the test with 3 weeks left. they say do 710 questions a week...i did about 1500/wk. if i were you...i would just do practice questions all the time. nclex seems to be more about knowing how to answer the questions...not exactly what content you know. i feel that you should do the whole qbank because everything i saw there was on the nclex. kaplan prepared me most because what they say to study is what is on the test. also...know isolation precautions...i had lots of questions on the nclex about that. look up on here....my chicken hez tb---spiderman---mrs. wee. it's a great mnemonic and probably a lot of the reason i knew contact stuff. i did read through the kaplan book a little and looked at stuff i wasnt as sure about...but do tons of questions...thats the way to go! good luck! :)

thank you so much, i was really hoping for that sort of answer because i figured doing questions rather than reviewing all the material was more helpful!

9janurse · Jul 12, 2010

....my chicken hez tb---spiderman---mrs. wee.

wat does that mean?

LaylaHendrix23 · Jul 12, 2010

my chicken hez tb---spiderman---mrs. wee. its how you remember the mnemonics for isolation precautions.

airborne(private room, negative pressure, door closed, n-95)

my - measles( rubeola)

chicken - chicken pox

hez - herpes zoster (shingles)

tb - tuberculosis

droplet - just remember spiderman (private room or with pt with same infection, 3ft between infected person and visitors/patients, door can be open, mask with transport)

sepsis

scarlet fever

streptococcal pharyngitis

pertussis

parvovirus b19

pneumonia

influenza

diptheria (pharyngeal)

epiglottidis

rubella

mumps

meningitis

mycoplasma

adenovirus

contact - remember mrs. wee

multiresistant drug organisms (mrsa, etc)

respiratory infections (except those listed previously)

skin infections

wound infections

enteric infections (c. diff., etc)

eye infections (conjunctivitis)

skin infections - remember vchips

varicella

cutaneous diptheria

herpes simplex

impetigo

pediculosis (lice)

scabies

LaylaHendrix23 · Jul 12, 2010

thank you so much, i was really hoping for that sort of answer because i figured doing questions rather than reviewing all the material was more helpful!

your welcome! i did kaplan and did 4000 questions..along with the book skimming and passed with 75 questions! you can do it too!!! good luck! :)

co0okiness · Jul 12, 2010

my chicken hez tb---spiderman---mrs. wee. its how you remember the mnemonics for isolation precautions.
airborne(private room, negative pressure, door closed, n-95)
my - measles( rubeola)
chicken - chicken pox
hez - herpes zoster (shingles)
tb - tuberculosis
droplet - just remember spiderman (private room or with pt with same infection, 3ft between infected person and visitors/patients, door can be open, mask with transport)
sepsis
scarlet fever
streptococcal pharyngitis
pertussis
parvovirus b19
pneumonia
influenza
diptheria (pharyngeal)
epiglottidis
rubella
mumps
meningitis
mycoplasma
adenovirus
contact - remember mrs. wee
multiresistant drug organisms (mrsa, etc)
respiratory infections (except those listed previously)
skin infections
wound infections
enteric infections (c. diff., etc)
eye infections (conjunctivitis)
skin infections - remember vchips
varicella
cutaneous diptheria
herpes simplex
impetigo
pediculosis (lice)
scabies

i also read somewhere you can remember "my stupid chicken hez tb" (stupid = sars)