Comments on: Five things students should do to pass the new NCLEX http://scrubsmag.com/five-things-students-should-do-to-pass-the-new-nclex/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:18:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Katherine G http://scrubsmag.com/five-things-students-should-do-to-pass-the-new-nclex/#comment-4897 Katherine G Sat, 03 Jul 2010 10:44:36 +0000 http://scrubsmag.com/?p=8132#comment-4897 Wonderful tips! As a new grad and newly licenses RN (6/25/10) I thought these tips were spot on and I know that the month of review of questions (more for familiarity than content) was the key to my confidence and ultimate success in my boards. Wonderful tips! As a new grad and newly licenses RN (6/25/10) I thought these tips were spot on and I know that the month of review of questions (more for familiarity than content) was the key to my confidence and ultimate success in my boards.

]]> By: karen http://scrubsmag.com/five-things-students-should-do-to-pass-the-new-nclex/#comment-1516 karen Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:47:19 +0000 http://scrubsmag.com/?p=8132#comment-1516 hi good day! i would like to ask if i will still be included in the new test plan 2010 and the new passing rate if i am scheduled to take the exam this march 2010. thank you. hi good day!
i would like to ask if i will still be included in the new test plan 2010 and the new passing rate if i am scheduled to take the exam this march 2010.

thank you.

]]> By: Sloan, RN http://scrubsmag.com/five-things-students-should-do-to-pass-the-new-nclex/#comment-1435 Sloan, RN Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:22:56 +0000 http://scrubsmag.com/?p=8132#comment-1435 Great information for a new graduate to know and most absolutely absorb. I had no idea they changed the format in 2007 (the year I graduated so I wonder if these types of changes is readily available news to nursing students. If not, then this is a valuable source of information for them. It seems encouraging though to see the proposed changes to the test- it does not seem to be affecting content too significantly, which has to be encouraging for the preparing student. I'm highly surprised by the decrease in the number of questions in the Potential for Risk Potential because it seems in the hospital setting identifying risk potentials is a HUGE issue. I thought the test-taking tips could not have been more accurate. Oftentimes nursing students focus on cramming all the information they learned in nursing school into a month of studying- which is completely unrealistic- there is just too much. The best way is to find out what the student's weaknesses are and cater studying to those areas, like said above. And familiarizing yourself with the test is half the battle, because of the unique format. Valuable article, wish I read it when I was studying for mine. Great information for a new graduate to know and most absolutely absorb. I had no idea they changed the format in 2007 (the year I graduated so I wonder if these types of changes is readily available news to nursing students. If not, then this is a valuable source of information for them. It seems encouraging though to see the proposed changes to the test- it does not seem to be affecting content too significantly, which has to be encouraging for the preparing student. I’m highly surprised by the decrease in the number of questions in the Potential for Risk Potential because it seems in the hospital setting identifying risk potentials is a HUGE issue. I thought the test-taking tips could not have been more accurate. Oftentimes nursing students focus on cramming all the information they learned in nursing school into a month of studying- which is completely unrealistic- there is just too much. The best way is to find out what the student’s weaknesses are and cater studying to those areas, like said above. And familiarizing yourself with the test is half the battle, because of the unique format. Valuable article, wish I read it when I was studying for mine.

]]> By: Megan Gilbert http://scrubsmag.com/five-things-students-should-do-to-pass-the-new-nclex/#comment-1276 Megan Gilbert Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:45:14 +0000 http://scrubsmag.com/?p=8132#comment-1276 Thank you for the wonderful article! As a nursing student I am constantly studying my NCLEX questions and this information is priceless! Thank you Thank you! Thank you for the wonderful article! As a nursing student I am constantly studying my NCLEX questions and this information is priceless! Thank you Thank you!

]]> By: Amy http://scrubsmag.com/five-things-students-should-do-to-pass-the-new-nclex/#comment-1274 Amy Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:18:28 +0000 http://scrubsmag.com/?p=8132#comment-1274 Hi Kayla, Thank you for your question. If you look at the new test plan percentage breakdowns and compare them to the old test plan (from 2007), you’ll see that in the plan established in 2007 has listed that Management of Care would be covered in roughly 13-19% of the questions on the NCLEX-RN exam. In the new test plan, these percentages for Management of Care have been changed to 16-22%. The same process can be followed to find the change for Reduction of Risk Potential as well. Here are the links from the NCSBN website for your reference. 2007 Test Plan: Page 3 of https://www.ncsbn.org/RN_Test_Plan_2007_Web.pdf New Test Plan: Page 3 of https://www.ncsbn.org/2010_NCLEX_RN_TestPlan.pdf Let me know if you have any other questions! Amy Wang Kaplan Nursing Hi Kayla,

Thank you for your question.

If you look at the new test plan percentage breakdowns and compare them to the old test plan (from 2007), you’ll see that in the plan established in 2007 has listed that Management of Care would be covered in roughly 13-19% of the questions on the NCLEX-RN exam. In the new test plan, these percentages for Management of Care have been changed to 16-22%. The same process can be followed to find the change for Reduction of Risk Potential as well.

Here are the links from the NCSBN website for your reference.
2007 Test Plan: Page 3 of https://www.ncsbn.org/RN_Test_Plan_2007_Web.pdf
New Test Plan: Page 3 of https://www.ncsbn.org/2010_NCLEX_RN_TestPlan.pdf

Let me know if you have any other questions!

Amy Wang
Kaplan Nursing

]]> By: Kayla http://scrubsmag.com/five-things-students-should-do-to-pass-the-new-nclex/#comment-1262 Kayla Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:25:17 +0000 http://scrubsmag.com/?p=8132#comment-1262 Barbara- where did you get the info that says "The Management of Care subcategory currently comprises 13 to 19 percent of the exam; this will increase to 16 to 22 percent. The Reduction of Risk Potential subcategory currently comprises 13 to 19 percent of the exam; this will decrease to 10 to 16 percent."?? It's not on the PDF that the NCSBN has on their website. Barbara- where did you get the info that says “The Management of Care subcategory currently comprises 13 to 19 percent of the exam; this will increase to 16 to 22 percent. The Reduction of Risk Potential subcategory currently comprises 13 to 19 percent of the exam; this will decrease to 10 to 16 percent.”?? It’s not on the PDF that the NCSBN has on their website.

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