can you guys share your experience?

ORNerd, BSN, RN · Jan 14, 2013

I took mine this morning for the first time. I definitely felt like I was being challenged, but I didn't find it to be impossible. I got cut off at 75 and had about 15 SATA's. Stay calm and focused, don't think about anything other than the question in front of you, and take your time. Good luck! :up:

C H I C A G O_RN · Jan 14, 2013

I took mine this morning for the first time. I definitely felt like I was being challenged, but I didn't find it to be impossible. I got cut off at 75 and had about 15 SATA's. Stay calm and focused, don't think about anything other than the question in front of you, and take your time. Good luck!

What have you done to prepare? I take mine tomorrow and I have just been doing questions everyday and looking up what I'm not familiar with.

ORNerd, BSN, RN · Jan 14, 2013

What have you done to prepare? I take mine tomorrow and I have just been doing questions everyday and looking up what I'm not familiar with.

My college offered a free 3 day review class and I did close to 3,000 questions. I reviewed content and did some questions the first week of January and then studied hard (about 300 questions/day) for the week leading up to the exam. I bought a Pearson review book which I used for content review and then used NCLEX 3500 and HESI/Evolve for questions. I wanted to do Kaplan questions but did not want to pay $299 for it. I think the key is doing questions and training yourself to sit there and take a large number of questions without getting distracted. Nursing school provides you with the knowledge.

keepmovingrn · Jan 15, 2013

I thought the test was challenging bc of all the SATA questions I had. But it was fair and doable. I stopped at 95Q. Had 15-20 SATA, ton of infection control, 4 math, 5 exbit style, 2 pictures, 1 EKG strip and prioritization.

HTH

Saligurl · Jan 15, 2013

What are SATA questions

mbuttar · Jan 15, 2013

I had 76q's and 19 sata,6 put in order and 1 Ekg strip no math qs one picture . I feel good about the test it wasn't that bad, but when you taking the test just TAKE your TIME NO RUSH you have 6hrs to do 75qs thats all count.

RachNurse · Jan 15, 2013

Saligurl: Select All That Apply

OP: I was very pleasantly surprised with how "easy" the test seemed. OK, it wasn't "easy", but it wasn't as hard as I was anticipating, and oddly, it did seem EASIER than the NCLEX-PN (which I took in May 2012). On the PN, I had 20+ SATA (computer shut off at 85, which is the minimum on PN). On this one, the RN, I had maybe a total of 8 SATA (which worried me, lol, I hoped that didn't mean I was "failing"). The SATA's I DID have seemed non-complex to me, they seemed very standard and I felt like I knew the correct answers without straining my brain too hard. My test had TONS of peds, not one OB, not one cranial nerve, not one alternative format question, not one EKG. I had maybe 6 meds (and they seemed like pretty basic meds, I felt like I knew the correct answers). One surprising thing to me was how many, "Who would you see first" questions I had. They were complex, and the two things I kept remembering with them were: ACTUAL, current problems always trump a potential problem that doesn't exist yet, and your ABC's. Handful of delegation questions. It really is the luck of the draw to some degree, and I felt like I "lucked out". Don't get me wrong, it was plenty hard, and there were some questions I flat out guessed at, didn't have a clue. Also one question I thought was very poorly worded and I'm not positive I even knew what they were asking. Computer shut off at 75, and I found out this morning I passed. Good luck, I hope you get a test that's just right for you!!