Getting into the Habit of Reviewing NCLEX Questions

I recently sat down and talked to one of my good friends who just graduated from my nursing school last semester. It was so helpful to get some of her tips on how to survive another year of nursing school and her advice for the NCLEX.
One of the things she reiterated that was really important was to study NCLEX questions now. Her entire class passed the NCLEX on their first try and she credited this to the fact that they all quizzed each other on NCLEX questions throughout their schooling.

When I first started nursing school I bought the NCLEX review book that was suggested but always had a hard time picking it up to study since there was no grade involved. But, after talking to my friend and several upper classmen they all said that professors generally like to take questions from these types of books for their exams anyway. This means that perhaps studying NCLEX questions now will actually affect my grades and that gives me more of an incentive for reviewing them.

I have noticed that the majority of my nursing school books do have review NCLEX questions after each chapter. I have found these to be very useful for tests as well as becoming familiar with the type of style that NCLEX questions usually have.

I think it is useful for all nursing students to get into the habit of reviewing these questions now rather than trying to cram all of the NCLEX information into your brain the last semester of school. Reviewing NCLEX questions that coincide with your current classes is a great way to help the current information sink in, as well as to prepare yourself for the inevitable NCLEX test at the end or your schooling.