2 days before my Big Day. Hurst, Kaplan scores

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I did my best to prepare for this exam. It was a roller coaster ride, felt the craziest feeling I never had before. This forum helped me a lot since I'm a foreign grad and NCLEX is very different with the local board exam from which I came from. I don't know what to expect so I had tons of review materials. They made me confused so I stick to Hurst, Saunders, La Charity, KAPLAN, NCLEX 3500 and a few NCLEX CRAM Q&A (still a lot. Lol). I'm fortunate that all I need to do everyday is to study. I had "lazy" days but I make sure that I catch up with my sched. Yes, I made my own schedule. With date, topics and Q&A that I need to finish then evaluate myself. I had trouble remembering lab values, erikson, vaccination and infection control, what I did was I printed out a sheet for each topic and wrote them down every single day.

For HURST, my scores were as follows

Qreview 1: 86 (68.8%)

Qreview 2: 78 (62.4%)

Qreview 3: 94 (75.2%)

Qreview 4: 96 (76.8%)

Qreview 5: 106 (83.5%)

Qreview 6: 93 (74.4%)

Online review was a tremendous help, made me get back on track. Maybe I repeated them about 4x.

For KAPLAN, I used the old QTrainer which you can just download for free online. Didn't take 6 and 7 because there's no way you can pause it.

Qtrainer 1: 65%

Qtrainer 2: 61%

Qtrainer 3: 67%

Qtrainer 4: 69%

Qtrainer 5: 67%

I also have the KAPLAN 2013-2014 Strategies

CD Practice exam: 76%

Book Practice Test: 74%

Questions were harder than HURST Q-review.

I'm not going to review tomorrow anymore. I'm done and I just want this to be over. I hope and pray that what I did is enough to pass the test.

Any suggestion that can help me in any way are greatly appreciated. :)

I believe in prayers and I need a lot of them! :D

It's all in God's hands now. Thy will be done.:D

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Specializes in ED MS.

CONGRATULATIONS!! i am taking my exam on thursday April 11th. My scores aren't as great as yours but i HAVE faith i will pass :) Please pray for all of us that are taking the exam :) My friend is taking it tomorrow :) CONGRATS!

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CONGRATULATIONS!! i am taking my exam on thursday April 11th. My scores aren't as great as yours but i HAVE faith i will pass :) Please pray for all of us that are taking the exam :) My friend is taking it tomorrow :) CONGRATS!

Let's keep our faith. :) Everyday I say to myself in front of the mirror "I will be a US-RN" (weird I know). Somehow helps with my anxiety. :) Hey, I'll be taking the exam just 1 day before you so keep me posted! :D Certainly I'll be praying for all of us. God bless! :D

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Specializes in Psychiatri.

With Hurst, did you take a topic a day and cover it? I'm using Hurst Review and Kaplan's QBank right now.

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Wow you have excellent scores!!! Wish you luck, you most likely will pass.

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I will pray for you :) you can do this!

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WOW...I will try anything to pass this next time. I felt I knew about 95% of the test but I was just confused about how to apply what I knew. Going forward I only study now a few things , and I get to know them before I do anything more. My feels are hurt because I have to repay for this test all over again. I wasn't ready like you ...just relax and take it all in. Relax and eat good before the test. I eat lightly and all through the test my stomach wanted food. Force on the one question at a time...you got this...Good luck

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Best of luck ANGEL.Dont forget to pray and say it infront of the mirror every day until the that you can do it like any one else.

its a tough exam you made it by studying uptill know.

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Specializes in emergency nursing.

The very best of luck to you, I am also internationally trained and I sit the exam on 10th April, I also used saunders and the Kaplan strategies book. Here's to a good test day and a positive result !! x

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With Hurst, did you take a topic a day and cover it? I'm using Hurst Review and Kaplan's QBank right now.

Yes, that's what I did and as what the Hurst people said, repetition can help you retain the information to your long term memory. For me, I think that's working. I also answer questions on the saunders cd based on what I cover in Hurst. :) Good luck to us and God bless us. :)

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Thank you friends for all the support. Much appreciated. I now feel more confident. Thank you so much! :D

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The very best of luck to you, I am also internationally trained and I sit the exam on 10th April, I also used saunders and the Kaplan strategies book. Here's to a good test day and a positive result !! x

Where are you going to take the exam? We have the same date! Blessed day for us. :D

God bless us. :)

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