The NCLEX, or National Council L nursing exam is taken by nurses to be before they are legally allowed to practice.
There are two forms: the RN and PN.
One is for registered nurses, and the other is for practical nurses.
It is a 6 hour test and has anywhere from 75 to 265 questions.
It is given on a computer and is adaptive.
It becomes harder if you are doing well, and becomes easier if you are doing badly.
And the test stops its questions when it is confident that you should pass or fail or if it reaches the max, 265.
The NCLEX exam covers the basic activists of nursing.
You will be expected to know how to deal with patients and their medical needs in a variety of forms and settings.
You will be expected to know a lot about medications, how they're used, and their potential side effects.
Specific areas it covers include: physiological integrity, psychosocial maintenance, and others.
For first time takers in the US, the pass rate is about 87%.
So most people pass, but it's definitely not easy.
What makes the NCLEX specially challenging is how it asks questions.
While it is mostly multiple choice, the test questions tend to be worded to ask about the application of a topic.
So instead of being asked what a side effect of, say, Warfarin is, you'll be asked: What symptom of a patient put on Warfarin would most cause concern? And then it'll list symptoms like shortness of breath, reduced pulse and respiratory rate, checking to see if you can identify the side effect of Warfarin and then its impact on the patient.
You'll want to make sure to learn how the test works and what it is looking for.
Importantly, it often asks for things in an ideal setting, not the reality that you will often face as a nurse.
So make sure to answer how the textbook would like you to, not necessarily what would happen in real life.
To prepare, do a lot of practice problems and review the material.
You'll likely want to order some review textbooks.
Saunders is one very well-known and highly appreciated book that is full of useful material to prepare.
The Kaplan study aid is more on strategies and ideas, but also quite useful.
Some health content sections that are important: pharmacology, mental health, cardiovascular, diabetes, and others Pharmacology: you need to know meds, what their side effects are, and how they are used.
Cardiovascular: you need to know the common health issues and how they are treated And so on.
Since you need to pass the NCLEX to become a nurse, make sure to do your best to prepare, and good luck!
There are two forms: the RN and PN.
One is for registered nurses, and the other is for practical nurses.
It is a 6 hour test and has anywhere from 75 to 265 questions.
It is given on a computer and is adaptive.
It becomes harder if you are doing well, and becomes easier if you are doing badly.
And the test stops its questions when it is confident that you should pass or fail or if it reaches the max, 265.
The NCLEX exam covers the basic activists of nursing.
You will be expected to know how to deal with patients and their medical needs in a variety of forms and settings.
You will be expected to know a lot about medications, how they're used, and their potential side effects.
Specific areas it covers include: physiological integrity, psychosocial maintenance, and others.
For first time takers in the US, the pass rate is about 87%.
So most people pass, but it's definitely not easy.
What makes the NCLEX specially challenging is how it asks questions.
While it is mostly multiple choice, the test questions tend to be worded to ask about the application of a topic.
So instead of being asked what a side effect of, say, Warfarin is, you'll be asked: What symptom of a patient put on Warfarin would most cause concern? And then it'll list symptoms like shortness of breath, reduced pulse and respiratory rate, checking to see if you can identify the side effect of Warfarin and then its impact on the patient.
You'll want to make sure to learn how the test works and what it is looking for.
Importantly, it often asks for things in an ideal setting, not the reality that you will often face as a nurse.
So make sure to answer how the textbook would like you to, not necessarily what would happen in real life.
To prepare, do a lot of practice problems and review the material.
You'll likely want to order some review textbooks.
Saunders is one very well-known and highly appreciated book that is full of useful material to prepare.
The Kaplan study aid is more on strategies and ideas, but also quite useful.
Some health content sections that are important: pharmacology, mental health, cardiovascular, diabetes, and others Pharmacology: you need to know meds, what their side effects are, and how they are used.
Cardiovascular: you need to know the common health issues and how they are treated And so on.
Since you need to pass the NCLEX to become a nurse, make sure to do your best to prepare, and good luck!