I'm not gonna sugarcoat it — the NTN kicked my butt the first two times. I went in the first time basically blind, figured my nursing school knowledge would carry me. Nope. Second attempt I read through some random notes online, still failed the math section by a few points. I was genuinely questioning whether this career path was right for me.
For my third attempt I actually got serious. I found a solid NTN practice test that mimicked the real format way more closely than anything I'd tried before — timed sections, the same awkward reading comprehension style, all of it. Combined that with a proper study guide that broke down the math shortcuts (especially the dosage calc stuff) and spent about 3 weeks, maybe an hour a day. Passed with scores high enough to apply to my top two programs.
Curious what strategies others used, especially for the reading comprehension portion. That section still felt weirdly tricky even when I passed. Anyone else find the passages way more dense than expected?