6 days away from NCLEX...... Feeling the nerves hit hard

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Hi Guys, I have frequented this site since I first discovered it in nursing school and this is my first ever post!!! I graduated from my BSN program in OK this past Dec and I have been studying ever since to prepare for NCLEX. I am scheduled for the 19th of this month and I really dont know how to feel. Some days I feel okay and ready and others I feel totally unprepared LOL. I have been studying for the past 4 weeks for 3-5 hours a day, Our nursing program required us to complete 3000 nclex questions during our last year of school along with ATI Predictors to graduate. I took the Predictor twice and scored an 88% predictability followed by a 97% upon remediation. I want to believe my program prepared me but I cant help but stress about this test. I have the perfect job lined up in the ICU at the hospital Ive always wanted to work at so I guess I am just feeling the pressure. Ive been using this website to get study tips, the allnurses study guide that I found, ATI, Saunders Comprehensive, Saunders Q and A, The saunders disk for questions (Study Mode and specifically the analyzing and application questions), and just recently exam cram third ed... Our teachers didnt really recommend any of the review courses bc they felt that the predictor score pretty much set the bar for who was going to pass... I have always been an A student so I guess it's just the fear of the unknown... All of my friends and family keep telling me not to worry but hey Im human... All the other post about people passing nclex has kept me motivated :) Congrats to those of you who have passed!!!! I look forward to adding RN to my name!!!!

Thanks everyone for the well wishes!! It's now 4 days away and I've decided to work on the Kaplan q trainers that I found online yesterday! The Saunders questions aren't really challenging me as much so I figured since I'm tired of reading content that maybe I should focus more on questions! I'm still nervous but I keep telling myself that I can do this... Fingers crossed!!

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I have heard from others who have recently passed to make sure you prepare yourself for SATA formats. I personally cringe when I get these questions. But I have been using Saunders Q and A which has a alternate format option to practice these. I also passed the NCLEX PN last year, and I recall having a lot of priority questions, which I felt I was well prepared for. And I totally agree about not studying the day before your exam. It has been 4 weeks since I submitted my application for my NCLEX RN so wish me luck that I get my ATT this week, and good luck to all of you!

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Thanks Everyone for the blessings!!! I took my exam this morning at 8 am.... It cut off at 75 questions, in and out in about an hour... I honestly did not think it was that bad so that is sort of shocking lol... I had my boyfriend do the PVT and Im getting the "good" pop up.... I just cant believe that its all over

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Yay, congratulations! :yeah:

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:w00t: congratulations!!

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