Good pop up, nclex pn today!

Nursing Students NCLEX

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Specializes in Peds acute, critical care, Urgent Care.

Hi guys, today I took my nclex pn and have come back to share my experience like I promised.

I finished in 85 questions, and got the good pop up, had 33 SATA, no drag/drop, no calculations. When they say this is unlike any test you have ever taken, they aren't joking. The questions are so.....random....lol is the only way I can think of to put it, it really is a critical thinking exam. I don't know how else to put it.

This is how I passed

I studied Saunders, 3700 questions.

Kaplan qbank 1000 questions, scored 66% overall

1200 from Lipincott

I did anywhere from 200-600 questions a day, studied at least 4 hours EVERYDAY.

I made good friends with my med surg book, peds, and went over lab values, drugs, s/s, like you wouldn't believe! haha...

On my white board, I wrote "you are awesome" at the top of it, and it really helped me

Also, they offer you ear plugs, TAKE THEM! I used them, and it helped me a lot to focuss.

And now, I got the good pop-up ;)

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Congratulations!!! Took mine today and got the good pop up too. The test was completely random as you said. I had 85 questions as well, but wow you had a lot of SATA. Bless your heart. I really thought my test was a joke. "Are they seriously asking me this random crap that I have never seen in any book, that I could never study for.."

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Specializes in Peds acute, critical care, Urgent Care.

yeah I know right, ROFL it was weird...like it made me think of, school was meant to give you the content, and the NCLEX was designed to ask you "ok, now what do you do with that content?" lol...it was so strange...I felt like I could not have been more ready in my life and knew absolutely everything like the back of my hand, and didn't even use it hahahah....congratulations fellow nurse ;) I bought new scrubs today to celebrate, and let my new job know (who happened to hire me on as a new grad on my graduate license luckily!)

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Specializes in Peds acute, critical care, Urgent Care.

O by the way with the SATA, I heard that those are the highest level thinking questions you could get, and I did some research and verified that...so when I DID see the SATA questions, I was comfortable knowing I was getting the previous ones right...at one point I got like 3 SATA right in a row, and the 4th one was SOO hard I didn't even know what it was talking about! Ha I obviously got it wrong because the next q it asked was so easy that I was almost sure that I failed because it was an easy no brainer question to me, haha...

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O by the way with the SATA I heard that those are the highest level thinking questions you could get, and I did some research and verified that...so when I DID see the SATA questions, I was comfortable knowing I was getting the previous ones right...at one point I got like 3 SATA right in a row, and the 4th one was SOO hard I didn't even know what it was talking about! Ha I obviously got it wrong because the next q it asked was so easy that I was almost sure that I failed because it was an easy no brainer question to me, haha...[/quote']

Hey I take mine tomorrow, I'm super nervous, anything I should know as far as SATAs are concerned? Please any info would be appreciated my nerves are getting the best of me?!

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Congrats to you both is there any last minute advice?

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I took my nclex-pn August 30th. A couple of days later I finally mustered the courage to do pvt and I got the good pop up!!!

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Hello guys,

I am curious to know what is SATA? I don't start class until next month. Thanks in advance.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, LTACH, LTC, Home Health.
Hello guys,

I am curious to know what is SATA? I don't start class until next month. Thanks in advance.

SATA: Select All That Apply

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Congrats! My friend and I took it yesterday too. We rec'd the "Good Pop-Up".:nurse::up:

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Specializes in Critical Care.

Congrats :cat:

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Regarding the good pop up how do you find that out. Do you reschedule a test or hit schedule a test?

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