Ohio BON, NCLEX, ATI and UWORLD

[PurplePaloma]

I am starting this topic to answer all the questions that I had when going through the process of studying and signing up for the NCLEX. It was a stressful process and not knowing is the worst. I just passed the NCLEX! Even though this is not a question, I encourage others to ask more questions or add your experience.

1. Apparently the Ohio BON is very slow at giving out the ATT in the spring. I have heard it can take over a month. If you graduate at another time of the year it is much faster. My scores were turned in October 23-ish and I had my ATT by November 14th. I was very anxious about receiving the ATT because of nightmare stories and only had to wait two weeks. You have to pay the $200 to pearson vue or you wont receive an ATT. Bottom line: pay the board and pearson.

2. My school used ATI. I felt that helped and I ended up with a 99% predictor of passing the NCLEX the first time. My school also offered a free review. They gave us a Saunders book. I used the Saunders Qbank to focus on areas for improvement. I purchased Uworld for 2 months and answered all 1900 questions. I ended up with a 63% in Uworld which was also the 87th percentile. I would not look too much into that. Uworld has excellent rationales. I googled who got what percentile and passing because I was so worried. I'm only giving my stats because I would have appreciated that when I was searching. Comparing myself to others was a waste of time. Really focusing on the rationales and why you got it wrong is important. Uworld overall was my favorite!

3. I took the NCLEX on Dec 14th. The Ohio BON sent me an email the next day and luckily I passed. In the past I heard that you had to check the elicense verification page. Really I was stalking that page for no reason. My license went active after receiving the email. I should have been relaxing instead of googling "failed in 75 questions" and stalking the elicense page.

4. I passed the NCLEX in 75, but felt like I may have failed. So you never know. Please don't search for fail in 75, it will make you sad. I am so happy that I am a BSN, RN now! It was hard work and I do not want to take the NCLEX ever again. I am excited to start on this new journey as a nurse. I hope this topic helps someone.

[umbdude, MSN, APRN]

Congrats!!!

[xoemmylouox, ASN, RN]

Congrats!

[HopeH]

I am taking hurst and uworld I am scoring 46% 56% is this a good sign for uworldí ¾í´¢

[PurplePaloma]

For u world I read it was better to be close to 60%. I think the important part is to read the rationales. If you ever have a similar question you will get it right next time. I never used Hurst but I've heard good things.