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NCLEX Review: Techniques That Will Help Deal With The Habit of Procrastination

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Find yourself stalking people on Facebook when you should be studying your NCLEX material instead? Rather do chores than pick up a book and go through it? Know that D-day is coming but just can’t seem to get yourself to focus? Let me put this in a straightforward way, you are having a serious “disease” lots of test takers get inflicted with: procrastination!

If you want to achieve success in the NCLEX exam, then you definitely need a serious bout of intervention.

Get Rid of This Destructive Habit Called Procrastination Right Now!

Just get yourself thinking… what good is it going to bring to postpone your NCLEX review? Whether it is your inability to calculate and gauge your study time or an irrational fear of failure, you are getting comfortable with procrastination which is like a virus that will only screw up your chance to get a good NCLEX exam score. Do you want to be left behind when the people who are working harder than you taste the sweet nectar of success? Don’t let procrastination be the cause of your failure!

When you really stick by the techniques and tips that are laid out here, you will definitely be able to deal with your procrastinating ways, paving your way to an excellent NCLEX score!

• Get a Tutor. An official tutor or an accomplished NCLEX exam guide will put your sidetracked preparation back on the right path during these last crucial moments before the exam. He/she will come in to tutor at a specific time, and so by that time you will need to be prepared with the work he/she has assigned you. This will push you to study as per schedule.

• Is affordability a concern? Feel like getting a tutor will burn a hole in your pocket? Pitch in with your friends who are taking the exam too and split the bill. This way, you get to prevent yourself from going broke and you still get the personal attention you need from a tutor.

• Optimize the use of the time you have by using it to review your NCLEX material. Learn to multi-task and put a little bit of studying into everything you do. For example, if you are going somewhere that has a long travel time, record one topic of your review. Afterward, play it on your portable media player and listen to the recording during the trip. This way you will still be studying and not just wasting time.

• Reschedule your study hours. If you think you need a serious NCLEX review session, set aside time for it. Take an extra hour to warm up for the review session. After all, it is your time, and you decide how you are going to use it. Just remember not to get distracted from the task at hand! Discipline is very important.

• Lastly, touch base with certified nurses. They will be able to provide you with some guidance and advice on the proper study techniques for the NCLEX.

Remember, you are the master of your habits and not the other way around. Nip procrastination in the bud and you will be on your way to become a nurse!

Police Exam Prep 101

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You walk into the exam room and before you even pick up your pencil, your hands start sweating, you have butterflies in your stomach, your mind goes blank, and your eyes are about to pop out of your head due to a lack of sleep and an overdose of Redbull. While writing the exam, you look up to check the remaining exam time and start to panic after realizing there’s no way you can finish the exam on time. Double checking your work is the last thing on your mind at this moment. Feeling stressed? Don’t be!

Here are some ways a Police Training system can help you to cope with exam stress and time management.

Planning a Time Strategy

  • Before attempting any practice tests, look carefully at how many questions are included and the total time allowed for writing the test.
  • Allocate at least 10% of the total exam time to be spent on double checking your answers.
  • Take the total exam time minus the 10% double-check time, and divide it by the # of questions to find out the average time that should be spent on each question.
  • For example: A standard PATI test takes approximately 90 minutes. This means that 10% of the total time or 9 minutes should be allocated to double check your work, leaving 81 minutes to write the actual exam. If there are 90 questions in total, then you should spend an average of 54 seconds on each question to ensure you are progressing on time.

Measuring Your Performance

  • Keep in mind the time allocation for each question while writing the Police Ready practice tests.
  • Hide the timer on the upper right hand corner when answering test questions to keep yourself from being distracted or feeling any unnecessary pressure.
  • Decide on a set interval for yourself to unhide the timer and pause it to measure your time progression. The purpose is to train yourself not to spend too much time on a difficult question, and also to make it a habit to check your time progression occasionally. If you find yourself a little behind time, then you can gradually increase the pace in answering the questions rather than having to rush your answers near the end of the exam.

Essentially, having a time strategy along with adequate practice will help any examinees to remain calm throughout the exam. The best way to approach writing an exam is to be systematic when you answer each question. With the Police Ready system, it is designed so only one question is displayed at any given time, so you are always focused only on one question at a time. It is set up like this also to get rid of any bad superstitious habit of looking for patterns in the answers. This way, you are less likely to notice that you have produced four C’s in a row, which realistically does not suggest anything of value.