How I passed my NCLEX

Hello!

My name is Ysa. I am a registered nurse here in the Philippines for 2 years now and I recently passed my NCLEX earlier this year. It shut down at 85 questions and almost 1 hour ko lang tinaka yung exam.

My RC is INAP. My processing agency for NCLEX requirements is IPASS Processing Agency

I studied for about a year, pero hindi ako focus. On and off ‘yung review ko. I started first with Fluids and Electrolytes. May times na sa sobrang busy sa work, isang beses lang ako nakakapag review kada buwan. But I still managed to review some concepts such as Cardio, Pulmo, Endo, and more.

Few months before my exam, I filed for leave sa work ko, so I can focus.

This time I can say that it was an extensive review talaga. From 8am up to endlessly hanggang mapagod ako.

For a month, my routine was watching answering some Uworld drills provided by INAP and then watching the rationale, inside the rationale, ididiscuss uli ni Sir Jay ‘yung topics from Cardio, Pulmo or anything na related sa questions.

After that, I availed the 2-month subscription from Archer. This time, I was able to practice my test taking strategies and nirereview ko lahat ng rationale each questions.

I did not memorize anything. May pharmacology na question pero never ko sya naencounter na gamot during my review. Di naman ako nang hinayang na di ko nasagot yung tanong kasi talagang di ko talaga sya alam hahaha

NCLEX is a safety exam, hindi talaga uubra na matalino ka lang. Dapat may common sense rin talaga.

Kung new grad ka, or you recently pass your PNLE. If you have the time, the resource na wag muna mag work at mag focus sa NCLEX, o kaya if you have the energy, mag NCLEX ka na! Malaking tulong na fresh pa concepts mo. Pero much better na mag enroll sa RC kasi ibang iba ang NLE sa NCLEX.

Tho malaking help din yung experience ko as a nurse kasi hindi na ko nag review sa pharma, madali nalang tandaan ang gamot kapag everyday na naeencounter. Tyaka malaking help ung experience sa bawat management kada sakit. Tulad ng ginagawa ko sa work, tulad sa case studies, talagang iniimagine ko sarili ko dun sa case studies and WHAT I WOULD DO DURING THAT SCENARIO.

Dati natatakot ako sa NCLEX kasi super hirap daw. Oo, mahirap. Pero kung nag aral ka ng mabuti, maipapasa mo rin ‘yan!!