When to begin studying NCLEX?

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Hello! Just finished with my BSN. Graduation is in 2 weeks. I live in Florida.

I have signed up for my NCLEX, but I have no clue as to when the board of nursing will get my transcripts.... so I really do not know when my authorization to test for NCLEX will come. 

I have been studying a little each day. Nothing crazy, maybe like 2 hours a day. Mark klimek, Saunders, and U world ( bought it already).

Should I be studying more? Studying less? Taking a break? I am too afraid to completely NOT study and go on vacay mode, but I also do not want to stress myself out.

When I am not studying I do things I enjoy and work like once a week for extra cash.

Any advice on NCLEX preparation? How long did you study? What did you do? What would you do? I literally want to take the test already and hate this whole waiting game. It makes me nervous as I am the type of person who likes to STAY BUSY, LOL.

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I'm in the same boat. Waiting for my ATT, wanting to enjoy the sunshine, but also trying not to forget everything I learned in nursing school!! I am studying about the same as you. I'm taking 2 exams a day which takes me a little more than 2 hours. My school uses ATI so I have been building quizzes and taking the CAT exams. I also use the Saunders's study guide. My plan is to just keep plugging away until I get my ATT. 

Best of luck to you fellow new grad!

 

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My best advice is to get some of those good NCLEX study guides, but be sure they are the ones that give you not onluy the rationales for the correct answers but also (and this is critical) the rationales for why the wrong ones are wrong. You'll learn twice as much, and the question format will be familiar to you when you sit in front of that screen.

 

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing / Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring / There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain /And drinking largely sobers us again. ~ A. Pope

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Hi! Do you happen to like the Mark Klimek reviews or U World better. I am trying to decide which one to spend more time with when studying for the NCLEX. Thank you!

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