 Hi guys, welcome back to this video today. I want to talk about some NCLEX mistakes that you probably don't realize that you're making Taking the NCLEX is like very stressful. It's very overwhelming It's like your whole nursing career really depends on that one exam and regardless like if you're a good test-taker bad test-taker Whatever you have to pass it to Become a nurse so I want to share a couple mistakes that I've noticed a lot of people make When they're preparing for the NCLEX, but before we get started you need to know that this video is sponsored by PIC MONIC PIC MONIC is a Fantastic resource if you're in the boat of preparing for the NCLEX right now or even if you're like in path of physiology Maybe you've passed the NCLEX, but you're a new grad nurse PIC MONIC is a great resource for you guys. What PIC MONIC is is they offer fun memorable Stories that have visuals and pictures that make learning in nursing school fun I'm just gonna do a little overlay so you guys can kind of see what I'm talking about But when you're studying something, it's like really difficult to just sit there and look at flash cards or Study notes or whatnot But PIC MONIC makes it fun by sharing these stories and visuals to make it like a memorable experience For example, if you are learning about types of strokes They'll have stories on there about strokes and by telling the information in a fun and meaningful way You're more likely to remember it I'm gonna be sharing a couple other tips in this video of how you can use PIC MONIC to study for the NCLEX But if you're interested in checking them out, make sure you go to the description box below I will have a link so you can try out PIC MONIC for free They also have an app that you can download as well so you can do PIC MONIC on the go But let's jump into a couple NCLEX mistakes that nursing students are making And the first mistake is not realizing that studying for the NCLEX is a marathon, not a sprint I hear so many nursing students say, oh, I'm just gonna study for the NCLEX once I graduate You know, I'll take two months and study for it But really what you need to do is be studying right now in little bits So that way when you get to the NCLEX, you're feeling super super prepared for it Don't cram study all of the information that you need for the NCLEX in at the end When you can be doing little bits here now while you're in nursing school Even if you're in your first semester, you should be preparing for the NCLEX And what I recommend is just taking a little bit of time out of every week Maybe a couple hours during the month and really sitting down and studying for the NCLEX By doing practice questions, reviewing your notes, reviewing old information Take some time to be studying now versus cramming it all in at the end The next mistake I see students make is not practicing enough NCLEX style questions This is like hands down, my favorite way to study is practicing NCLEX questions over and over and over again And if you apply my first tip of preparing for the NCLEX like it's a marathon, not a sprint You can actually do questions throughout your nursing school career So maybe starting with just doing 10 a day and building that up to 15, 20 And soon you'll be up to doing 200 questions in one sitting You really have to get used to sitting down and doing enough questions So that way when you get to the NCLEX, if you get 200 questions You're prepared for doing all 200 questions and you're not getting burnt out So making sure you're doing enough NCLEX style questions Picmonic actually has NCLEX style questions already made up for you with the rationale So you don't even have to come up with your own or find another resource When they have it all on the app for you My next tip is to remember, and I know you guys are going to be like, this is so cheesy But it's true, your first guess is usually your best guess When you are taking the NCLEX, whatever answer comes to you first That's most likely the correct answer Don't keep changing it back and forth between whatever answers you're debating on Just go with your gut And if you get to a question that you don't know the answer to whatsoever Move on Most likely if you have no idea what the question is even asking Like you're probably not just going to like magically remember it Not saying that that can't happen But just move on Don't get anxious over the question, stress about it It's one question, just throw it out, move on I remember when I took the NCLEX, I started getting all these cancer questions Like on all these different types of cancers and chemos And I was like, I don't know oncology Like I don't know this stuff And so I was like, well, it's not like I'm going to remember it If I've never learned it before So I just went on to the next question And I ended up passing the NCLEX, obviously I'm a nurse now But if you truly don't know the answer, don't waste your time on it Your first guess is usually your best guess So just go with your gut and move on My last tip for the NCLEX slash mistakes that nurses make Is by not studying effectively and using like memory retention techniques And what I mean by this is a lot of times in nursing school Students will study information and then they just like throw it out They're like, oh, well, I already passed that test Like let me move on But no, that information is going to come back and haunt you for the NCLEX So all those basic things you learned in first semester And whatnot that you think, oh, I don't need to know this No, it will come back on the NCLEX So instead of just learning something And like shoving it out of your brain saying, oh, I don't need to know that Go back to the information and review it again And this is a technique I've mentioned a million times in my videos You guys are probably sick of hearing it But if you are preparing for exam one and take exam one You're done with exam one Okay, great When you're moving on to exam two and studying the content for exam two Go back to the content from exam one And just briefly study and go over it And Picmonic actually helped to do this for you By helping review questions that maybe you didn't do so well on Or even you did do well on them They create custom question banks for you So you can go on and review content So when it comes back up again You're most more likely to remember something If you've seen it more than one time So use that technique when you're studying for the NCLEX And for anything in nursing school And it will only help you and benefit you Those are my techniques Those are the mistakes that people make for the NCLEX I hope it was helpful for you all Make sure you check out Picmonic They're linked in the description box below You can try them out for free So many of you guys 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