I finished BSN in Philippines way back 2011. Came here, applied cgfns and New York State which took 1 year to process. So in the mean time, I worked as a full time babysitter. Then eligibility came after a year. Quit job after a month and studied for a month with Kaplan and failed January 2013.. I knew I wasn't ready coz I lacked content review. since Kaplan only thought techniques on answering.
Then I registered again after 2 days and was eager to pass it this time.
But Being out of work and paying bills through savings was so hard, so I had to return to my babysitting job but this time for 20 hrs a week only.
I studied on&off feeling discouraged since I was also having family problems and working and studying (very depressed). Then I met someone from new york who passed his NCLEX last April and was actually tutoring people who wants to take nclex themselves. So instead of going for another review center, I had a tutor. It was a one on one review which was better coz I ask so many questions. Since I don't remember anything from college. So I'd meet with him once a week, he would teach me concepts I couldn't understand. We focused on Saunders as our BIBLE and Saunders Q&A book.
A week before my exam I told my boss if i can have a week off so I can study more. So I studied alot, did not talk to any of my family since we were having problems. I didn't want them to stress me out more. I just focused on myself. Also In the middle of that week. I spent 1 night out with friends to relax a bit. Then morning came and I was back to the books. That Sunday I went to church. Monday was my exam (June 10,13). Proctor was nice, she was telling me how we girls have that instinct. So when choosing an answer that u don't really know, go for your instinct. She was my blessing in disguise.
So I took my test. Had 265 in 5 1/2 hrs. Had 30 SATA. 1 calculation. 2 exhibit. I knew my graph was on the middle coz whenever I would get a content question right, it would give me priority questions. But when I would get it wrong, it would go back to contents. So it was like a zigzag for me. When I was done. I felt really horrible. More like suicidal, saying why can't I get it. And why 265. I'm not studying anymore. But when I went home, checked the PVT and got a good pop-up. I was shocked and sent the message to my tutor and friends to confirm if it was the good pop up. They said I passed. After 2 days of waiting. Charaaaaaaaan it was real. Then I told my family and now we are all back in good terms. Lol.
