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Just found out a few days ago that I PASSED NAPLEX and it is seriously the best feeling in the world!!! SDN has helped me tremendously during my journey of studying for the NAPLEX so I wanted to take some time and share things that I have done in the process and hopefully help out others like how other have helped me.
First off, my main study material was the rxprep book and my school also provided us with the rxprep quiz bank that is online. I would say I had about 5 weeks to study which i felt was sufficient enough time. Honestly the very last week before my scheduled exam date, I almost felt like I was just killing time until the exam day came. If I could choose again, I would have given myself 4 weeks instead. During the study period, I did 6-8 hours of studying each day and took the weekends off to relax which is much needed to keep sane. Usually I would start out each day with an hour of calculations and then the rest of the day was spent reading the rxprep chapters. I tried to cover at least 3 chapters a day (there are plenty of small chapters in the book that you can knock out in an hour) and more time on the big topic chapters like DM, HTN, HIV, Oncology, and especially ID. For those chapters, i also made notecards to help emphasize important details. I also used the rxprep quiz bank for the big topics chapters as well which i thought helped a lot. The week before my exam date, i spent the days just re-reading those big chapters and reviewing the notecards that I had made. The rxprep bank had 5 calculation quizzes that were 30-50 questions long so i usually did 1 quiz each day first thing in the morning before anything. Also very important to review the non-sterile and sterile compounding and the reference chapter. I think the RXprep quizzes helped me a lot with those questions on the exam as well.
For me, the 6 hours was more than enough time for the exam. I got out in about 5 hours and took my time with every question. I redid the math questions at least 2 times and sometimes 3 times if it was a more complicated question. It is still important to pace yourself though. I tried to track myself by making sure i answered at least 50 questions per hour. I highly recommend taking the two breaks that you get, just to come back to the test with a fresh mind.
If you don't have time to go through the whole rxprep book I would suggest at least going over the following chapters:
Infectious disease, Oncology, DM, HIV, HTN, Immunization, psych chapters, and anticoag
MUST REVIEW: calculations!!!!, NS/S compounding
Thought it does feel awesome to be done with the exam after, the days following the exam is when the anxiety really kicks in. The wait for the results is painful and your mind will keep thinking of the questions that you felt unsure of and you will pray and pray and pray that you passed. Try to plan something with your family or friends to keep busy and keep your mind off. More than likely, you passed! You hear this a lot from other forums but seriously, if i can do it, so can you! Good luck!!!
Feel free to ask me any questions that you may have!
First off, my main study material was the rxprep book and my school also provided us with the rxprep quiz bank that is online. I would say I had about 5 weeks to study which i felt was sufficient enough time. Honestly the very last week before my scheduled exam date, I almost felt like I was just killing time until the exam day came. If I could choose again, I would have given myself 4 weeks instead. During the study period, I did 6-8 hours of studying each day and took the weekends off to relax which is much needed to keep sane. Usually I would start out each day with an hour of calculations and then the rest of the day was spent reading the rxprep chapters. I tried to cover at least 3 chapters a day (there are plenty of small chapters in the book that you can knock out in an hour) and more time on the big topic chapters like DM, HTN, HIV, Oncology, and especially ID. For those chapters, i also made notecards to help emphasize important details. I also used the rxprep quiz bank for the big topics chapters as well which i thought helped a lot. The week before my exam date, i spent the days just re-reading those big chapters and reviewing the notecards that I had made. The rxprep bank had 5 calculation quizzes that were 30-50 questions long so i usually did 1 quiz each day first thing in the morning before anything. Also very important to review the non-sterile and sterile compounding and the reference chapter. I think the RXprep quizzes helped me a lot with those questions on the exam as well.
For me, the 6 hours was more than enough time for the exam. I got out in about 5 hours and took my time with every question. I redid the math questions at least 2 times and sometimes 3 times if it was a more complicated question. It is still important to pace yourself though. I tried to track myself by making sure i answered at least 50 questions per hour. I highly recommend taking the two breaks that you get, just to come back to the test with a fresh mind.
If you don't have time to go through the whole rxprep book I would suggest at least going over the following chapters:
Infectious disease, Oncology, DM, HIV, HTN, Immunization, psych chapters, and anticoag
MUST REVIEW: calculations!!!!, NS/S compounding
Thought it does feel awesome to be done with the exam after, the days following the exam is when the anxiety really kicks in. The wait for the results is painful and your mind will keep thinking of the questions that you felt unsure of and you will pray and pray and pray that you passed. Try to plan something with your family or friends to keep busy and keep your mind off. More than likely, you passed! You hear this a lot from other forums but seriously, if i can do it, so can you! Good luck!!!
Feel free to ask me any questions that you may have!
