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Just found out I passed the Naplex this morning!! 🙂
Wanted to send out some encouraging words to everyone out there who is struggling through the material and let you know how I studied.
Whether you have been out of the profession for some time or are currently graduating, it is possible to pass if you put in the time. I took 3 months (2 months of studying after work and then 1 month of studying 8 hrs per day) to prepare... and even then, I was sure that I had failed because when I got to the exam I couldn't remember anything! I completely blanked through the first half and then went on "Terminator Mode" for the second half and just picked my first instinct answer without second guessing myself... and was left with 25 minutes to spare.
This is what I used: RxPrep 2015 (lectures, quizzes, and book), Exam Master (provided to me for free), Quizlet, Quiz Naplex App (lots of ads, but still very good) and APhA monthly emails about guideline updates. I am more of an auditory learner so the RxPrep lectures were the main way that I studied. I put them on my iPhone and listened away. For me, these were a HUGE help. The price tag for them was hyperexpensive, but I think they were the most contributory to my success... that and the quizzes of course.
As far as the exam itself, it really is like what everyone else has been saying, very much polypharmacy... but not as difficult. I guess I was already used to these types of questions from RxPrep and Exam Master, so they didn't surprise me and I didn't find them that challenging. If you are taking the exam soon, and need some words of reassurance, PM me.
The RxPrep question bank was much more challenging that the exam. I got 100% on the smaller topics (Pregnancy, Smoking Cessation, ED), but struggled through the HUGE topics like DM, Chemo, and Infectious Disease. However, I still kept doing these over and over again... hoping that the information would be saved somewhere in my head! The RxPrep math was sufficient for concepts... but be prepared to see an alternative, more challenging structure. RxPrep math is very straightforward and easy in my opinion, but the wording of the questions really caught me off guard and caused me to freeze up and blank out! So be prepared... I tried to do the 120 questions but just gave up after the first 20 and went back to studying disease states! I saw a preview of the PassNaplexNow math questions, and these were definitely a different structure as compared to RxPrep. ALSO... I had no idea that they would provide a LAB SHEET on the exam! I had studied labs and therapeutic ranges for weeks only to find out that it was all laid out for me!! Not sure if I wasn't paying attention when this was announced... but my jaw definitely dropped when I saw that!!
For anyone out there who is currently studying, feel free to use my quizzes made on Quizlet under my name. I can't guarantee that the spelling is correct (there were definitely some late nights spent making them), but the information should be solid. In the end, study as hard as you can and remember to REREAD each question!!! Some of them are VERY tricky... especially math!!
GOOD LUCK!! YOU GUYS CAN DO IT!!
Wanted to send out some encouraging words to everyone out there who is struggling through the material and let you know how I studied.
Whether you have been out of the profession for some time or are currently graduating, it is possible to pass if you put in the time. I took 3 months (2 months of studying after work and then 1 month of studying 8 hrs per day) to prepare... and even then, I was sure that I had failed because when I got to the exam I couldn't remember anything! I completely blanked through the first half and then went on "Terminator Mode" for the second half and just picked my first instinct answer without second guessing myself... and was left with 25 minutes to spare.
This is what I used: RxPrep 2015 (lectures, quizzes, and book), Exam Master (provided to me for free), Quizlet, Quiz Naplex App (lots of ads, but still very good) and APhA monthly emails about guideline updates. I am more of an auditory learner so the RxPrep lectures were the main way that I studied. I put them on my iPhone and listened away. For me, these were a HUGE help. The price tag for them was hyperexpensive, but I think they were the most contributory to my success... that and the quizzes of course.
As far as the exam itself, it really is like what everyone else has been saying, very much polypharmacy... but not as difficult. I guess I was already used to these types of questions from RxPrep and Exam Master, so they didn't surprise me and I didn't find them that challenging. If you are taking the exam soon, and need some words of reassurance, PM me.
The RxPrep question bank was much more challenging that the exam. I got 100% on the smaller topics (Pregnancy, Smoking Cessation, ED), but struggled through the HUGE topics like DM, Chemo, and Infectious Disease. However, I still kept doing these over and over again... hoping that the information would be saved somewhere in my head! The RxPrep math was sufficient for concepts... but be prepared to see an alternative, more challenging structure. RxPrep math is very straightforward and easy in my opinion, but the wording of the questions really caught me off guard and caused me to freeze up and blank out! So be prepared... I tried to do the 120 questions but just gave up after the first 20 and went back to studying disease states! I saw a preview of the PassNaplexNow math questions, and these were definitely a different structure as compared to RxPrep. ALSO... I had no idea that they would provide a LAB SHEET on the exam! I had studied labs and therapeutic ranges for weeks only to find out that it was all laid out for me!! Not sure if I wasn't paying attention when this was announced... but my jaw definitely dropped when I saw that!!
For anyone out there who is currently studying, feel free to use my quizzes made on Quizlet under my name. I can't guarantee that the spelling is correct (there were definitely some late nights spent making them), but the information should be solid. In the end, study as hard as you can and remember to REREAD each question!!! Some of them are VERY tricky... especially math!!
GOOD LUCK!! YOU GUYS CAN DO IT!!
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