What did you study to pass the NCLEX?

[storxusmc]

I am at a loss of words, i just recently finished nursing school and graduated nearly at the top of my class on the deans list for 6 months straight and took my NCLEX this pass Wednesday. I had a hand full of questions that i was unsure about due to lack of remembering specifics for it at the time, but the test overall seemed very easy and then at question 75 it turned off... last few days i have been more confident that i crushed it and then today i get an email from my school that i failed it... *** how... i am at such a loss of words, i know i was extremely stressed out during the test, but a lot of the questions seemed very straight forward to me......i am kinda at a lot of loss words unable to remember anything right now that i thought i would have picked the wrong answer for....

[Neural]

I used the official ATI NCLEX Review: Complete Source of Essential Exam Information textbook that my program gave us.

There wasn't a single question on the test that wasn't explained in the book.

They eh go for about $50 online.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

1. I attended a live four-day Hurst Review to study nursing content.

2. I answered 50+ questions daily from the Saunders Comprehensive NCLEX review book. I also read the rationales, which is far more important than the questions themselves.

[Rory8]

I used Kaplan and did all but one of the question trainers. I also did a couple hundred of the Qbank questions. I hated Kaplan and found it really hard to get through. The resource I found most helpful is an app for my phone called NCLEX Stanford Review RN QBank that has about 5,000 questions in different categories. I tried to do about 100-200 questions a day using the app for the two months before taking my test. I found the app much easier and more fun to use than forcing myself to struggle through Kaplan online.

Also, I think being as calm as possible before/during the NCLEX helped me so much. The day before I did about 100 questions in the morning and then stopped studying. I went out with my friend who was taking the NCLEX with me and we had a nice lunch, did some shopping, and saw a movie to help relax. During the test if I felt myself getting nervous or anxious I would stop and take some deep breaths. I kept telling myself that I was just at home doing practice questions and that helped me a lot.

Remember that failing the NCLEX isn't the end of the world. Take some time to regroup then study and take it again! I know plenty of amazing nurses who didn't pass the first try!

[strawberryluv, BSN, RN]

Hurst review helped me to remember the patho of common ailment, then Saunders + NCLEX 4000 questions help with applying that knowledge. Do as many questions as you can and review concepts you get wrong...sorry to hear you didn't pass :/