Thursday, January 8, 2009

The Wall

It is clear to me that I need to buckle down a lot more. I've been answering practice questions and being lazy about reading from my review books. So far I've been doing questions 80% of the time and reviewing the other 20%. Mainly because I am not in study mode and still on vacation mode from the holidays. I'd like to bring my ratio to 50/50 today. No unnecessarily cleaning the house, laundry, going out to dinner, talking excessively on the phone, etc. It's difficult to sit and read for hours and mentally feel like I've needed a break from that after grueling finals and non-stop studying in nursing school. On the other hand, I have a pretty incredible vacation waiting for me after I take the boards, where I will do some quality relaxing instead of small bouts of relaxation/avoiding studying.
I can not longer feel overconfident because I seem to have hit a 68% wall with the CD I'm studying from. I like Mosby's test bank because they are challenging and a fair representation of what I think I'll see on the NCLEX. I'd like to work on content and strategy and get my percent into the mid-70's-80. My short term goal is to do more reading and reviewing and maximize my time before I take the real thing.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Jen,

    I found your blog here by doing a search for a study guide/CD of practice questions to help me study for my state boards for Respiratory Therapy.

    I was wondering if you could tell me where you got yours so I can see if they have one for Respiratory Therapy?

    If you wouldn't mind emailing me at jjwillhite@yahoo.com

    Thanks for your help!
    Jen

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