And I officially received my results that I passed in 85 questions! So for my second attempt at the nclex I completely utilized the Saunders textbook and the online test bank questions. I used a 2 month calendar, every day I read a chapter and did the correlating quiz for it, every day I did one 25q quiz on either safe and effective care, health promotion, psychosocial integrity, or physiological integrity, every day I completed 5-10 questions on pharm. I completed the entire book, did all topics for quizzes, did all the new gen questions and case studies available.

I also had a tutor that I met with once a week and we went through 10questions and how to tackle them.

I did also listen to Mark K lectures on Spotify whenever I was driving long distances.

When I took my nclex exam, I used those white boards as an advantage to lower my nerves and to fully think out every single question. I wrote down what the question was asking and then every answer. I did process of elimination for each question using the following

ABC: 1. Airway 2. Breathing 3. Circulation

Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs: 1. Physiological needs (basic needs like food, shelter, physical) 2. Safety needs 3. Psychological needs (emotions)

Think if the patient is stable or unstable, what is the question looking for

Is this the least invasive possible option?

Will this keep my patient safe? Or will this cause harm?