*Quick Background: I graduated in 11/2012 as a Registered nurse in my country, Nigeria. Worked in the hospital for a while and then, started working with a Pharm. company as a sales rep.
*Left my job for the UK in 09/2015 for my degree, graduated in 08/2016 with a BSN. Worked a lil' in Ireland as a nurse and decided to come to the states 02/2017.
*Started processing my documents to get d ATT w/c took ages but, I didn't let that distract me. Coming from a different background, I heard and read many stories about how hard the Nclex was but, I kept my cool...cos I've thru' many storms and I told myself, I got this.
*Nclex Preparation: I bought the Hesi Review for the Nclex-RN;edition 5, PDA by La-Charity, U-world subscription. (I read the books like twice)
*Started using the U-world(I was getting a headache like every night...lol), I finished the whole q-bank, went thru the whole rationales and later re-did the ones I failed.
*I took only one of the tests and was on 65%(80th percentile and high chances of passing).
*Exam day(08/10): I slept around 4am cos I couldn't just sleep(am always a late sleeper tho'). When I was up like after 3hrs, I just stayed in bed for sometime then, prepped and said a lil' prayer and left the house.
*(2PM exam) I was there 1:35pm checked in after like 20mins. Well, when I was about to begin, I still called on God to get my back. I started the exam and took my time on each question (though, my target was b/w #75 - #85 questions). Around #60+, the screen for break popped up, I clicked on the No-option and kept going, on #70 I started counting down and bang! #75..the screen said I was done and gave me the research quiz...that was when I took my break. Came back and just clicked away..(lol) on dem questions.
*When I was done: I was checked out. As I was walking home, I started thinking what if I had just failed? But, I said nope! I can't be that bad to fail in #75. B/W I was so calm. I did the PVT like 2hrs after, got the 'good pop', did it severally- was still same. Checked my name on BON-Nothing! Never panicked, till tonight (Fri, 08/11), did the PVT-still same, checked the BON page-there my license number stood staring at me...lol. I just started singing praises to God, cos he never fails.
Observation: Nclex was quite easy to me compared with U-world. Thanks if you read my long note...lol, ask me questions I would be very happy to help sm1 out but, above all have a winner's mentality, you are your only way to success! ~peaceout!
