Hello everyone. I just wanted to share my Naplex experience with you today. I finished my internship mid February and started studying for the test probably the last week of February. During my internship I did not study much. I read a coupld of chapters from Rxprep, but that is all. I was too tired and had too many things going on in order to do both - work, study and take care of my family. I bought two books: Rxprep and Apha but to be honest with you - I only read Rxprep. Apha was simply too much for me!
So I chose Rxprep, since it seemed easier to learn from. I graduated a little over 2 years ago so I didn't think it was gonna be a problem (some people think that Rxprep may not be enough if you graduated a long time ago and do not remember much from school).
So I stayed home for 5 weeks and studied approximately 9hrs daily. sometimes I studied less, especially on the weekends when I tried to hang out with my family.I read Rxprep and did questions from Lange Q&A a few days before my exam. I also did pre Naplex twice. I passed both times, got 103 and 96. I thought that one of the tests was for sure more difficult than the other one.
I took Naplex yesterday. I found it very difficult. I had tons of calculations but they were not too hard. I mean I did that a couple that I had problems with, but most of it was ok. Had infusions, drips, CrCl and TPN.
To me, the most difficult part of the exam was that I wasnt familiar with some of the brand names, unfortunately. I did top 200 and it not help. I still came across names I never heard of.
Overall, I feel very confused and branwashed. I dont think i did well. I had to guess a couple of times.
Will let you know when I get my results.
So, if you have any questions, let me know.
My suggestions is, be very familiar with all the conversions - metric system to standard, you know Oz, Ibs, grains etc. Do pre-Naplex. It does give you an idea of what to expect. Do antiviral meds and chemotherapy. It is important, even though i thought it wasnt. I didnt have too many CVD, HTN etc questions.
Good luck.
Aleksandra