NCLEX RN Prep

Now that you've put in the long hours and completed your nursing degree, it's time for the final step: passing the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). And while that may seem like an overwhelming leap, there are many resources available to help you succeed.

Scrubs magazine published an article that offers helpful advice from an NCLEX insider on how to approach the exam. The insider encourages you to organize your studying around the test plan, which is available on the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) web site. She also warns that simple memorization will not help you pass the NCLEX-RN; you must be able to think critically and apply the information you have learned to various nursing scenarios. Additionally, the expert offers the following tips for test day:

1. Take your time reading each question to make sure you don't miss important words like "not" or "first."
2. Decide on an answer to each question before you view the answer choices to avoid being distracted by the other probable answers.
3. Don't overcomplicate a question by making assumptions or thinking about exceptions; answer each question based on the information that is presented.
4. Don't spend too much time deciding between two equally good multiple choice answers; try to pinpoint a clear reason why one is wrong.
5. Look for patterns in the answer choices for each multiple response question.

If you're ready to start studying for your exam, The College Network offers a comprehensive NCLEX-RN exam preparation package. Our Rx for NCLEX Success is the only test prep bundle developed with the National League for Nursing (NLN), and it includes thousands of NCLEX practice questions, eight comprehensive learning modules and a testing strategies guide.

Monday of Product Knowledge Training Week is here.  We are always excited about a class of newbies and today was no exception.  We have four new Program Advisors, interested and eager.  It is a fun day and one the Training Department looks forward to.

Rob Eyler, our SVP of National Sales lead off the morning with a rousing welcome.  He told the group about his experiences with the company and "How to Succeed in Business".  Everyone was charged by his comments.

We talked about life in general at The College Network.  We examined equivilency exams (CLEP, DANTES and Excelsior), how they work and what products we have to help our clients move forward with their educational goals.  We taked about the field of nursing.  We discussed what challenges a nurse faces.  We talked about what is the career progression many nurses follow.  A discussion of what educational goals a nurse might have ensued and how distance nursing programs can help fill that void.

The afternoon was a wonderful introduction to the first of our online courses for nursing, ASN or associates degree in nursing.  An ASN helps an LPN or LVN move forward with their education and gets them prepped to take and pass the NCLEX exam for their RN.   The College Network has programs to help a nurse not only get a degree "at their pace, at their place" with  distance nursing programs like the ASN.  We also have products to help pass required tests like the NCLEX exam.

Day One is down and we cant wait for Day Two.