God is good! I passed NCLEX RN at ~ 90 questions with 18 days to study.

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First I must say that God is most certainly good. I prayed, had faith, and he gave me the peace and strength that I needed to pass the exam.

I left the testing center feeling VERY doubtful since I got ONLY THREE ALTERNATE TYPE QUESTIONS (One or two SATA q's, and an IMPOSSIBLE med calculation, which I know I answered incorrectly). The test was difficult in a tricky way. I often had to decide between two correct answers. It was NOT always obvious. I got A LOT of "which patient would you see first" scenarios, and they kept on coming... one after another. It was intimidating, but I remained prayerful and hopeful. All I can say is that God is good. :yeah:

I committed a total of 18 days to preparing and used Saunder's Comprehensive Review NCLEX-RN. I made a schedule for myself and was able to read most of the chapters (excluding peds, growth and development, renal, ear and eye, musculoskeletal, and mental health since I was on a time crunch). For those chapters that I skipped, I was sure to use the Interactive CD to review questions from those sections. I believe that's what saved me. I'm sure I did 500-800 questions in total. Also, as I studied and did questions, I wrote down key facts and things that I felt were important and especially worth noting. By the time I was done studying, I had at least 40 pages of written information, which I easily was able to go over the day before the exam. I tried not to cover any "fresh" material the day before the exam.

It was crazy, but I did it! For those of you studying and waiting for results.... PRAY. It does help. :nurse:

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Specializes in MED-SURG/OB & NICU.

wow that's just awesome. Congrats for sharing with us on how you passed! I'm also using that same book you used to pass you exam and I'm feeling lazy to read Adult ENT, Mental health and Neuro..But I know I gotta read NEURO! I have to touch up on that one and I know that it's also an important topic to cover. I'm doing practice questions right now and I get alot of Pharma wrong..What was your strategy with tackling Pharmacology??

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wow that's just awesome. Congrats for sharing with us on how you passed! I'm also using that same book you used to pass you exam and I'm feeling lazy to read Adult ENT, Mental health and Neuro..But I know I gotta read NEURO! I have to touch up on that one and I know that it's also an important topic to cover. I'm doing practice questions right now and I get alot of Pharma wrong..What was your strategy with tackling Pharmacology??

Thanks for the congrats. As far as pham, to be honest, since I didn't have very much time and since there are SO many meds, I just reviewed the major ones and only the major side effects. Thankfully I didn't get many med questions, but it could be different for you... So if you have the time, definitely do lots of Pharm questions from the CD. That's the best way to review the variety of meds in my opinion. I tried to pay particular attention to the suffixes (like -mides, -lols, -virs, etc.) instead of trying to memorize individual meds. How much time to you have left to prepare? Best of luck! You'll be in my prayers!

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Specializes in Surgery/Med Tele/ Oncology/Home Care.
First I must say that God is most certainly good. I prayed, had faith, and he gave me the peace and strength that I needed to pass the exam.

I left the testing center feeling VERY doubtful since I got ONLY THREE ALTERNATE TYPE QUESTIONS (One or two SATA q's, and an IMPOSSIBLE med calculation, which I know I answered incorrectly). The test was difficult in a tricky way. I often had to decide between two correct answers. It was NOT always obvious. I got A LOT of "which patient would you see first" scenarios, and they kept on coming... one after another. It was intimidating, but I remained prayerful and hopeful. All I can say is that God is good. :yeah:

I committed a total of 18 days to preparing and used Saunder's Comprehensive Review NCLEX-RN. I made a schedule for myself and was able to read most of the chapters (excluding peds, growth and development, renal, ear and eye, musculoskeletal, and mental health since I was on a time crunch). For those chapters that I skipped, I was sure to use the Interactive CD to review questions from those sections. I believe that's what saved me. I'm sure I did 500-800 questions in total. Also, as I studied and did questions, I wrote down key facts and things that I felt were important and especially worth noting. By the time I was done studying, I had at least 40 pages of written information, which I easily was able to go over the day before the exam. I tried not to cover any "fresh" material the day before the exam.

It was crazy, but I did it! For those of you studying and waiting for results.... PRAY. It does help. :nurse:

WOW congrats ...your studies and ur dedication has payed off. :yeah:...good luck in ur new career :nurse:

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Congrats on passing

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First I must say that God is most certainly good. I prayed, had faith, and he gave me the peace and strength that I needed to pass the exam.

I left the testing center feeling VERY doubtful since I got ONLY THREE ALTERNATE TYPE QUESTIONS (One or two SATA q's, and an IMPOSSIBLE med calculation, which I know I answered incorrectly). The test was difficult in a tricky way. I often had to decide between two correct answers. It was NOT always obvious. I got A LOT of "which patient would you see first" scenarios, and they kept on coming... one after another. It was intimidating, but I remained prayerful and hopeful. All I can say is that God is good. :yeah:

I committed a total of 18 days to preparing and used Saunder's Comprehensive Review NCLEX-RN. I made a schedule for myself and was able to read most of the chapters (excluding peds, growth and development, renal, ear and eye, musculoskeletal, and mental health since I was on a time crunch). For those chapters that I skipped, I was sure to use the Interactive CD to review questions from those sections. I believe that's what saved me. I'm sure I did 500-800 questions in total. Also, as I studied and did questions, I wrote down key facts and things that I felt were important and especially worth noting. By the time I was done studying, I had at least 40 pages of written information, which I easily was able to go over the day before the exam. I tried not to cover any "fresh" material the day before the exam.

It was crazy, but I did it! For those of you studying and waiting for results.... PRAY. It does help. :nurse:

You are truly blessed

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Specializes in Med Surg, Telemetry, Long Term Care.

congrats

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Thanks all!

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you are blessed and highly favored

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congratulations!

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congratulations

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Specializes in Telemetry.

Congratulations

:onbch: after all that studying now you can relax :)

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