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Let's just say, for the sake of argument, taking NCLEX is okay without a nursing degree. Would it still be possible for someone to just read all the nursing books and pass the exam? Or is it practically impossible without clinical experience?

The clinical component is a required part of being able to sit for NCLEX. So, you absolutely have to have a certain amount of clinical time period.

Theres a reason for that. NCLEX is about how safe you can be to start working as a nurse. It’s not about disease processes or lab values. It’s all about safety.

So yeah, you could buy all the books we use in nursing school and memorize them. It’s not going to help you with nclex.

Most of being a nurse you learn on the job. But you have to have a basic awareness of how to be safe. A bunch of patho books don’t teach you that. Learning the basic safety in the classroom, then applying it in clinical is how you learn that.

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Is it ok? Definitely not. Thank goodness that isn’t an option

Could someone study to test and pass? Probably. Although it’s a ton of content to be motivated enough to self teach.

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On 2/11/2019 at 8:45 AM, CollegeStudStudent said:

Let's just say, for the sake of argument, taking NCLEX is okay without a nursing degree. Would it still be possible for someone to just read all the nursing books and pass the exam? Or is it practically impossible without clinical experience?

Yes, you could hypothetically pass NCLEX without any clinical experience if that was allowed. It's not allowed because you need clinical experience to be a good nurse.

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