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Let's talk about myths regarding
the NCLEX. 

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So there's a lot of things that 
you'll hear from people or that 

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you'll question reading online 
or this person said this or this

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is what I experienced, or this 
is what I think. 

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Let's make a few things very 
clear. 

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So that way it's not occupying 
our mind while we're studying. 

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What we want to get rid of is 
these myths. 

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And I found that there's 8 
common ones that keep presenting

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themselves to me from students, 
whether it be students that are 

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taking it for the first time or 
students that are taking it for 

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the umpteenth time. 
So the first one is the number 

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of questions that you get is 
going to determine whether you 

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pass or you fail. 
I got 85 questions. 

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Doctor ZI got 85 questions and 
I'm out. 

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Yeah. 
That doesn't mean you passed. 

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Oh, Doctor ZI got 150. 
I think I failed. 

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That doesn't mean that you 
failed. 

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At any point, the test can shut 
off and it could mean either you

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failed or you passed. 
So whether it be 85 all the way 

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to 150, any outcome is possible.
So take each question as if it's

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the last one you're going to 
get. 

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Focus on that one question and 
give it your all because that's 

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one more chance to pass. 
So it doesn't mean that 150 

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means you failed or 85 means you
passed. 

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So the number of questions 
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other. 
The second thing is time. 

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Doctor ZI run out of time. 
It doesn't matter as long as 

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you're doing well on each 
question, like I just mentioned,

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you can pass. 
I just interviewed and we'll 

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probably post it here. 
I just interviewed, I don't know

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how many students, but I 
interviewed a student and she 

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had mentioned that her test cut 
off with time at 139 questions. 

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You ran out of time and you only
got through 139 questions. 

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I've had a student that did it 
with one O 7 ran out of time and

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they passed because at that 
moment in time they were doing 

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so well on each question that 
they were meant to pass the exam

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that they were above the curve. 
Because remember you are 

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competing against everyone on 
every question so make sure you 

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are approaching each question as
if it's your last so the time is

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not something to be worried 
about. 

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Each question is the second or 
the third one is vague versus 

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specific Doctor Z Vague 
questions on the board, specific

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questions on the boards. 
Get that out of your mind. 

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Know your content. 
Ask me anything vaguely, 

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anything specifically, And if I 
know my content, I'm going to 

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get it right. 
So it doesn't matter what topic 

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you give me, just know your 
content. 

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Because if you ask me anything 
vague, specific, upside down, 

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left, right, it doesn't make a 
difference to me because I know 

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my content. 
I'll be able to answer it 

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regardless. 
And that's going to help you in 

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real life moving forward in your
job, whatever you end up doing. 

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The 4th 1 is previous tests. 
Those of you that are repeat 

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test takers, Well, last time I 
got and so like 2 times ago I 

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got it doesn't make a 
difference. 

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I saw maternity so much last 
time. 

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I'm going to focus on maternity 
this time. 

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No, there is no definitive way 
that you're going to see one 

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subject over the other. 
That's why I focus so much on 

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knowing your content, knowing 
all of it, and knowing it to the

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extent of how the boards are 
going to ask it. 

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That's why I tell my students 
when I say those words, this is 

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how I would ask it. 
Or I want you to think like a 

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test maker like me and come to 
that point where you're like, I 

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could have written that 
question. 

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That's when you know, you know 
your content. 

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So again, don't focus on your 
previous test. 

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The fifth one is other people's 
tests. 

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Well, you know, my friend got it
and oh, my, my peer and in my 

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cohort, again, every test is 
going to be different. 

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You don't know what question 
you're going to get, what sample

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they're going to choose, where 
they're going to pull it from. 

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They may focus on one thing or 
another, or they may repeat. 

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Who cares? 
Again, focus on your content. 

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So you'll see that underlying 
theme. 

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We're going there. 
The 6th 1 is if your last 

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question that you got was right 
or wrong. 

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So Doctor ZI answered my last 
question right, OK. 

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Or I think I got the last one 
wrong. 

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Doesn't make a difference. 
It's not one question that's 

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going to determine your outcome.
It's everything as a 

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culmination. 
So don't focus on that last 

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question being right or wrong 
and saying, oh, this is what's 

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going to make me pass or just 
what's going to make me fail and

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build up your anxiety while 
you're waiting for your results.

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It's the whole thing. 
It's a whole test, all right? 

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The seventh reason is what time 
of year you take the test At 

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Doctor Z, everyone graduates 
around May or December, so 

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there's more people taking it at
a certain time of the year. 

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It doesn't make a difference. 
I don't care if it's a Saturday 

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at 8:00 AM on in May or Tuesday 
at 2:00 PM in December. 

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It doesn't make a difference. 
The boards don't do this based 

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off of what time of year it is 
or how many people are 

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graduating or how many people 
are not taking the test. 

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They're trying to see if you're 
ready to become a licensed 

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nurse. 
So you have to think like the 

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boards, not all these myths that
are out there. 

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And the last one is location 
Doctor Z. 

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Every time I take it at this one
location, I fail. 

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Well, OK, that may play into 
your anxiety. 

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I'll give you that. 
There was a time when I took my 

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boards and I kept going to the 
same testing center and I 

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mentally was like, OK, you know 
what? 

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I just have this negative 
feeling about it. 

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And then I switched up the 
testing center and I did better,

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but it wasn't because the test 
was different. 

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It was because my mentality was 
different. 

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My anxiety levels were 
different. 

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So the location can play a part,
not because of the test, but 

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because of you. 
So remember a lot of intangibles

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when it comes to passing or 
failing. 

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A lot of people are like, well, 
I did this, I did that, I did 

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this. 
Well, did you take an account 

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that maybe that testing center 
is causing anxiety? 

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Anxiety is an intangible. 
Well, my anxiety levels were 

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high. 
Well, maybe what attempt it is 

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when I was a repeat test taker, 
just just getting ready to 

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register for my test gave me 
anxiety. 

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Forget taking it. 
But the more confident I became 

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in my content and my test taking
strategies, the more calmer I 

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became. 
The more organized I was in my 

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process, the calmer I became, 
the more I used the method and 

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you see the students saying 
Doctor Z, your method, the 

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method, the method, the more 
organized my thought process 

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became, the better I felt. 
So ultimately these myths that 

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are out there, let me debunk 
them by telling you a few 

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things. 
One, content. 

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You can't get away from it. 
This is not a final exam, it's a

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board exam. 
So don't disregard content. 

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The second thing is look at the 
intangibles. 

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So if you're doing the same 
thing over and over again, 

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change it. 
Watch my seven reasons why 

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people fail. 
And if you, if you're a repeat 

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test taker, you're going to 
relate to that. 

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If you're not, don't make those 
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So again, very important not to 
focus on these myths. 

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The number of questions 
determining whether you pass or 

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fail, the amount of time that 
you have. 

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You can pass it anytime, even if
you run out of time. 

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Vague versus specific, who 
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Previous tests being the one 
that you're going to get. 

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Again, just because it's the 
same name, it's same person 

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that's applying. 
No, every test is going to be 

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different, which goes to the 
next one. 

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Other people's tests. 
That has nothing to do with 

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yours. 
Period. 

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The last question being right or
wrong doesn't make a difference.

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It's the whole test that they're
looking at, not one question. 

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What time you take the test at, 
where you take the test at 

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doesn't make a difference. 
It's a board exam, so think like

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a board, a test maker, a board 
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I don't care about those things.
What I care about is your 

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knowledge, your application, 
your critical thinking, your 

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logical deduction. 
That's what I'm looking for in a

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nurse. 
If I'm going to license you, 

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that's what I care about. 
So when you start studying or 

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you continue to study, think 
about these things and don't 

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think about these myths and 
focus and stay calm and know 

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that you are meant to do this. 
Look at my sweatshirt. 

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You are enough. 
You are meant to do this. 

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You started the process, you got
into nursing school. 

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Now as you get into nursing 
school, you graduated from 

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nursing school. 
Now all you got to do is get a 

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license and you got the rest of 
your life ahead of you. 

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So stay positive and you got 
this. 

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Take care.