April 2008 NCLEX test takers, COME ON IN!

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Per the request of janina08 ;) I've started the April NCLEX takers support group. When do you take it? What are you using to study? Would anyone like to review any of the systems/meds that he/she feels weakest on? Let's keep each other in our prayers and good thoughts as we go through one of the biggest experiences of our lives. :) :nurse:

Specializes in Clinical Nursing and OR Nursing.
Thanks for this post, it's what I needed to hear. I take my Nclex for the 2nd time tomorrow. I WILL PASS this time. Good luck to everyone testing this month. WE CAN DO IT!!!!

GOD BLESS & GOOD LUCK!!!

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Specializes in Clinical Nursing and OR Nursing.
due to changes in my husbands work schedule i will be taking the test on april 7th. okay you know i'm freaking out now right? by this time next week i will know if i am a nurse or not.... ok! i am freaking out! seriously!!! :uhoh3::bugeyes::no::uhoh21:

we are in the same boat genny0616, i almost set an appoinment with my counselor..i'm freaking out as well but we need to be stronger and stay on the positive side.. we got the courage and we got the knowledge...:monkeydance:

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Specializes in Medical,Surgical, Geriatrics.

Hi,

I am taking the exams for the second time on 17 April, went to the kaplan review, going through the Q bank questions now, count me in.

Wishing everyone goodluck and we will make it!!!

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Hello!!Id have to say meds and endocrine is bad for me,Anyone else???:yeah:

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wow thats cool!!Any words of wisedom for me?this will be my 3rd and hopefully last time:cry:

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i was lucky enough to be asked to submit a new question for the NCLEX.. i don't know if it will be an actual question or one of those fake ones that they use... either way... i thought it was pretty cool...

if anyone has any questions about the NCLEX.. im pretty good @ it..

drop me a line... i will try to help ya out~~

:cool:

wow thats cool any words of wisdom for me?this is 3rd time wanna pass already

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hi you guys! i would like to join this group as i would be taking the test on april 14 :D as of right now i feel like throwing up everytime i think about the test! :barf02:but i guess thats all of us hehe...

so far ive read half of saunders and have done around 1300 qs from the cd and i also enrolled on the NCSBN review course which i think is very helpful..

i really hope we all pass this test and have it behind us! :rolleyes:

:onbch:

Hello there I am in the ncsbn coorifice too!!It helps me as well,Go aoril test takers!!!!:yeah::lol2:

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HI EVERYONE I PLAN TO TAKE THE NCLEX-PN AT THE END OF APRIL I HAVE BEEN STUDYING THE SAUNDERS CD AND KAPLAN DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS?? I NEED HELP WITH NEURO ETC.ETC.:banghead:

Hello there,I am doing ncsbn online review I think its good for me,I cant afford the kaplan thing,I work full-time,get off then study online,I also have the saunders book and kaplan too....good luck!!:yeah:

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I'm an international graduate, passed our local boards first try..too nervous knowing that 50-60% of International NCLEX takers pass for the first time..My schedule is last week of April,what's worse is I'll be taking it outside our country although we already have a testing site here..I don't know if I made the right decision..I'm self-studying, done with Saunders Comprehensive,Kaplan Strategy and doing questions now...I'm getting scores of 50-60% only...seems I still don't know that much..really afraid..

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just took the nclex-rn yesterday (april 1). the computer went blank at the 75th question. i was stunned. the questions were very difficult. i never expected that it would be that hard. i think i prepared for the nclex-rn well enough and yet had a hard time answering the questions. i had about 15-20 select all that apply-type of questions. i have definitely no idea if i will pass or fail. felt sick after the exam. had DOB and felt nauseated even... few days i will know the result of my exam. guys i really need your prayers. please incude me in your prayers... tnx! good luck to other april 2008 nclex-rn takers. wishing for your success... God bless

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Tommorow is the day. Ive kept my work schedule the same to keep a routine so I won't freak out. I tend to lose my breath sort of a couple of days before the test. Since this is my third time my boss, who understands me told me to keep working.

Ive reviewed my weak spots. Ive done ncsbn 3 times. Reviewed Kaplan, Mosby, Saunders, Nclex 3000, Lippincots, and nclex made super easy. I decieded to do questions from them all. I put on all the cd's and opened all programs and minimized the boxes. Then I would do, say 25 questions from each. I did this so I could get a variety.

I noticed on NCSBN, that it got to where I remembered ALL the answers to the questions. So I abandoned signing up for it again. Great questions and all but what good is it if I remember the answers. Isn't that strange how we can remember hundreds of questions?

I think Ive gained alot here at this sight. I get now that some answers are not, AIRWAY, or BREATHING, automatically. I get that if you can get it down to two an they both look right, then you have to hammer it out with all the TOOL's.

Look at what the question is asking.

ABC apply or not

Assessment or not.

What is the real priority?

Who is the most unstable?

Who is the most stable?

Is this the right, task to delegate to the right person?

Maslow's

Perhaps there is more. *** If you have some please share SOON**

Then there are what I call plain knowledge questions. Like, conversions, or which patient has high sodium, or what patient has to be npo.

I know I can't remember everything. I know I have alot of info in my memory. I know I have alot of knowledge stuffed in my head. I hope I have finally learned enough to put up a shot and score my three points in the last 2 seconds of the final game.

:wink2:

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I took the NCLEX-RN today, for the 2nd time since I graduated back in '00. I was so devastated after my first failed attempt that I refused to try again, until now.

I had been studying since June '07. A little bit of everything but definitely benefited most from Suzanne's plan because I lacked in content.

I had 75 Q's. I was relieved when the screen shut off. Not because I think I passed but because I totally felt like I bombed it, so they cut me off, to save myself from further torture. I had 15 "select all that apply". I know, 15!!! One dosage calculation which I KNOW I got wrong and several priority/delegation questions. I could probably count on 1 hand the answers I was totally sure of.

I don't know if I passed but I am glad it's over, (at least for this time!). But if I didn't pass, then I will try again and again and again. I haven't even bothered to look things up in my notes or books. Only time will tell...and seeing how I tested through CA board...it might be a while.

YOU MUST KNOW INFECTION CONTROL--standard, contact, droplet, etc.

Good Luck to all and trust in the LORD!

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