How long to study for the NCLEX

How long should I study for the NCLEX?

Cathy gave herself two months post-school to study for her NCLEX. But it's up to you to gauge your understanding and how well-prepared you are. It also depends on your schedule and the other demands in your life. Some people have full-time availability, some part-time, and some have to take the precious moments where they can.

As Cathy notes in the video, if you come out of nursing school feeling like, "I got this!" then a month or so might be fine. Take some practice tests.

If you feel like you're behind in certain subjects as far as key concepts, and you want to solidify your knowledge, then give yourself more time. Flashcards are an excellent way to commit nursing concepts to memory and the NCLEX pack has the knowledge you need to help you pass the NCLEX.

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Whenever you schedule your NCLEX, be aware that people often cancel their appointments 24-72 hours out from their exam. So if you feel prepared and you want to pick an earlier spot, you can usually pick one of those up.

Some students have noted that NCLEX spots in their area were booked solid and they didn't have a choice but to schedule several months out. Try to be familiar with the availability in your area, before the time when you think you might be ready.

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"How long do you recommend we study for the NCLEX after we finish our courses?"

Okay. So for me, I think I gave myself about two months. So I graduated in December. I took my NCLEX in February. So you really have to gauge how well-prepared you are. How much you understand the key concepts.

I felt pretty good about my understanding of the key concepts. I really practiced U-world questions for a couple months until my exam.

If you feel like you're really lacking in certain areas as far as the key concepts, like maybe your experience in your nursing program wasn't so great in one particular area. If you feel you need to learn those concepts a little better, then our resources can definitely help. Our videos and cards can help kind of solidify that information for you and then maybe give yourself a couple of months to answer practice tests.

If you come out of nursing school feeling like I got this then just maybe a month or two is fine for you to do some practice tests.

I will say this too. When you schedule your NCLEX you can schedule it like two months out. You'll find that people cancel their appointments like 24, 48 hours right before their exam, so you can usually always pick up a spot and change your exam date to the next day or two days later.

I actually did that. I had scheduled my NCLEX out pretty far, like three months, and then a month and a half, two months and I realized "you know what, I just need to get this over with. I need to stop studying and I just need to take this thing and be done."

So I actually went online and rescheduled my exam for the very next day so it didn't give me a lot of time to freak out about things so I couldn't freak out in my head. I just had to go and get it done. Rip the Band-Aid off!