After weeks of looking through all the "passed" and "failed" naplex threads, it's my turn to give back to this community
I took the exam Saturday morning 8AM, and had my results online at around 3PM the following Tuesday. I used the RxPrep book, and I bought the online videos and questions. I studied for about a month on/off 6-8 hours a day, and read the book 3 times. My topics were all over the place, and I'm glad I went over the whole book. SO PLEASE, DO NOT SKIP any chapters. A good majority of my questions were from thyroid, HTN, HLD, Diabetes, HF, bits of infectious and onco, HiV, IV compatibility, herbals, compounding and biostats. I had one med chem/structure question, and WHOLE LOT OF select all the apply. I mean...30% of the exam was select all the apply. Yes, it was hell. I had a few "arranging" questions, and "pinpoint" questions, too. I was really disappointed i only had a few onco and HIV because I went ham on those chapters, but they asked simple side effects/antidotes for the more common drugs. The math was definitely doable. Moreover, I only did the first 30 questions on the SDN 120 packet and I'm glad I stopped. SDN120 is overkill, as many others have said before. Yes know your brand-generics, yes know dosage forms, and yes I had to memorize some important dosing.
This was a 6 hour exam-I finished in 5, and that's with double checking all the math and sometimes just staring at the screen for a few minutes because I could not remember what color warfarin 7.5 was. I didn't take the 10 minute breaks in between either. I was still keeping pace-if I didn't know the answer to a question I picked a random answer and went on to the next question. I mean, the answer is not going to magically appear to me, so might as well move on.
I didn't feel too bad after the exam, I knew 50 questions were going to be thrown out and a good majority of people pass on their first try. But those damn select all the apply's kept me up at night; settled my anxiety by praying to God. Made it to the triple digits )
And that orange color register button/registration closed theory; it proved right for me.
My overall judgement: don't panic. It's not the end of the world if you fail. And if you fail, it ain't nobody else's business, just do it again in 45 days (not too bad). Actually, you're more likely to pass so have confidence!
Yup....... I still have 6 months left on the Rxprep online videos and quizzes, so if you're interested, message me for $$$ details.
I took the exam Saturday morning 8AM, and had my results online at around 3PM the following Tuesday. I used the RxPrep book, and I bought the online videos and questions. I studied for about a month on/off 6-8 hours a day, and read the book 3 times. My topics were all over the place, and I'm glad I went over the whole book. SO PLEASE, DO NOT SKIP any chapters. A good majority of my questions were from thyroid, HTN, HLD, Diabetes, HF, bits of infectious and onco, HiV, IV compatibility, herbals, compounding and biostats. I had one med chem/structure question, and WHOLE LOT OF select all the apply. I mean...30% of the exam was select all the apply. Yes, it was hell. I had a few "arranging" questions, and "pinpoint" questions, too. I was really disappointed i only had a few onco and HIV because I went ham on those chapters, but they asked simple side effects/antidotes for the more common drugs. The math was definitely doable. Moreover, I only did the first 30 questions on the SDN 120 packet and I'm glad I stopped. SDN120 is overkill, as many others have said before. Yes know your brand-generics, yes know dosage forms, and yes I had to memorize some important dosing.
This was a 6 hour exam-I finished in 5, and that's with double checking all the math and sometimes just staring at the screen for a few minutes because I could not remember what color warfarin 7.5 was. I didn't take the 10 minute breaks in between either. I was still keeping pace-if I didn't know the answer to a question I picked a random answer and went on to the next question. I mean, the answer is not going to magically appear to me, so might as well move on.
I didn't feel too bad after the exam, I knew 50 questions were going to be thrown out and a good majority of people pass on their first try. But those damn select all the apply's kept me up at night; settled my anxiety by praying to God. Made it to the triple digits )
And that orange color register button/registration closed theory; it proved right for me.
My overall judgement: don't panic. It's not the end of the world if you fail. And if you fail, it ain't nobody else's business, just do it again in 45 days (not too bad). Actually, you're more likely to pass so have confidence!
Yup....... I still have 6 months left on the Rxprep online videos and quizzes, so if you're interested, message me for $$$ details.