Got those coveted R.N. initials behind my name now!!

[nursetaminator]

I've finally done it!!!! Took NCLEX Thursday and what a doozy that was! Got the good pop up about an hour later and then checked quick results last night with the wonderful word PASS on the screen.

I will say, the pop up trick does not work 5 minutes after finishing your exam. Nor does it work 8 minutes after. Not at 12 minutes. Not even 25 minutes later. It took about an hour. ;-) Quick results took about 48 hours to show up.

Got a lot of great tips from folks here and wanted to say thanks for all the help and suggestions. I used Saunders for the sheer volume of questions you can answer endlessly. Bought Lacharity's Delegation book and really liked it - the questions can be challenging. Not many but they make you think. Used Kaplan's 2011-2012 NCLEX book and thought it was really good. I also took the Hurst on-line review and really liked how they put the core content together.

What an awesome feeling!!! Good luck to those working on NCLEX. It's a lot of work but you can do it!

[SENSUALBLISSINFL, BSN, RN]

AWESOME

[healthcare4life]

Congrats!!!

I"m also using the same resources as you. But I'm also using NCLEX 3500 to help review content on top of questions from Saunders.

May I ask how long you studied (in terms of weeks) and how many hours you studied on each of those days?

Thanks and, again, congrats!

[nursetaminator]

I studied about 3 months BUT I have not worked as a nurse since '05 so I had a lot to review. Even still after taking the exam I was like WTH was that all about?!?! Random, random questions. Felt like I'd wasted weeks of studying. As far as hours a day, it depended. I was able to spend at least 8 full hours a night at my job studying and I'd just go over question after question (I rarely studied at home). Did the Kaplan review during that time also. So many factors go into how many hours one needs to study. I set a goal of at least 100 Saunders questions a day about 2 months out. The Kaplan videos I set a schedule for how many I'd do a day.

It was one of the weirdest exams I've ever taken!! Put in the study time and believe in yourself. ;-)

Good luck!!