Have you taken the NCLEX RN in the past two years? If so please complete this short survey

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Specializes in School Nurse and PRN.

Have you taken the NCLEX RN in the past two years?

Please help us out by answering these questions:

1. What kind of student were you (4.0? Barely Passing...etc) BSN? Associate's? LPN->RN?

2. How long after graduation did wait to test?

3. How much time did you devote to hard core studying?

4. Did you pass/fail?

5. First time taker? If not how many times have you taken the exam.

6. How many questions did you get and how long did it take you?

7. How did you study? (specific resources?)(did they help?/waste of time?)

8. Did you find the exam easier/harder than you expected ?

9. If you used questions banks, which ones and what were your scores/percentages?

10. Recommendations to decrease anxiety pre/post test?

11. If you could only give a upcoming test taker one piece of advice what would it be? (Can be anything!)

12. Other recommendations/anything else to include?

Thanks for your time!

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Have you taken the NCLEX RN in the past two years?

Please help us out by answering these questions:

1. What kind of student were you (4.0? Barely Passing...etc) BSN? Associate's? LPN->RN?

Associates RN, 3.5

2. How long after graduation did wait to test?

2 months

3. How much time did you devote to hard core studying?

40+ hours a week

4. Did you pass/fail?

failed first time

5. First time taker? If not how many times have you taken the exam.

2x

6. How many questions did you get and how long did it take you?

First: 75, second: 253

7. How did you study? (specific resources?)(did they help?/waste of time?)

Hurst online, kaplan review.

8. Did you find the exam easier/harder than you expected ?

harder

9. If you used questions banks, which ones and what were your scores/percentages?

I forget

10. Recommendations to decrease anxiety pre/post test?

Dont work too much, dont do too many questions at one time trying to plow through the bank

11. If you could only give a upcoming test taker one piece of advice what would it be? (Can be anything!)

Dont lose faith

12. Other recommendations/anything else to include?

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Specializes in NICU.

1. What kind of student were you (4.0? Barely Passing...etc) BSN? Associate's? LPN->RN? 3.5 BSN

2. How long after graduation did wait to test? 5 weeks (took 4 weeks for ATT)

3. How much time did you devote to hard core studying?5 weeks (150 questions/day)

4. Did you pass/fail? Pass

5. First time taker? If not how many times have you taken the exam. First and only

6. How many questions did you get and how long did it take you?75 questions, 1 hr.

7. How did you study? (specific resources?)(did they help?/waste of time?)Kaplan Q Bank

8. Did you find the exam easier/harder than you expected ? Easier than the hype I built in my head

9. If you used questions banks, which ones and what were your scores/percentages? Kaplan 60s nd 70s

10. Recommendations to decrease anxiety pre/post test? Read previous thread

11. If you could only give a upcoming test taker one piece of advice what would it be? (Can be anything!) Read previous thread

12. Other recommendations/anything else to include? ​Nope

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1. What kind of student were you (4.0? Barely Passing...etc) BSN? Associate's? LPN->RN?

BSN, 3.2

2. How long after graduation did wait to test?

7 months

3. How much time did you devote to hard core studying?

35+ hours a week

4. Did you pass/fail?

Pass yes

5. First time taker? If not how many times have you taken the exam.

Yes one time

6. How many questions did you get and how long did it take you?

265 and 6 hours

7. How did you study? (specific resources?)(did they help?/waste of time?)

UWORLD, NCLEX mastery, lacharity: UWORLD was my main tool

8. Did you find the exam easier/harder than you expected ?

Questions were simplier than i expected

9. If you used questions banks, which ones and what were your scores/percentages?

UWORLD 54 percent, NCLEX mastery 62 percentage, lacharity 63 percent

10. Recommendations to decrease anxiety pre/post test?

Pre-test; i watched 300 to get amped up, post; did the pvt

11. If you could only give a upcoming test taker one piece of advice what would it be? (Can be anything!)

Never go full balony

12. Other recommendations/anything else to include

Tell youself you're already a nurse and the only thing you need to do is prove it to a computer.

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1. What kind of student were you (4.0? Barely Passing...etc) BSN? Associate's? LPN->RN? BSN - 3.7

2. How long after graduation did wait to test? 2months

3. How much time did you devote to hard core studying? first time I didn't really study at all. 2nd time I spent about 3 hours a day.

4. Did you pass/fail? Yes -2nd time

5. First time taker? If not how many times have you taken the exam. 2x

6. How many questions did you get and how long did it take you? 106 (first) 75 (second)

7. How did you study? (specific resources?)(did they help?/waste of time?) UWORLD, QUIZ-LET WAS REALLY ALL I USED - and yes it helped!

8. Did you find the exam easier/harder than you expected ? Easier

9. If you used questions banks, which ones and what were your scores/percentages? varied

10. Recommendations to decrease anxiety pre/post test? I don't get test anxiety so I don't really have any advice for that.

11. If you could only give a upcoming test taker one piece of advice what would it be? (Can be anything!) make flash cards of the different body systems and study those like crazy.

12. Other recommendations/anything else to include? Be a travel nurse!

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1. What kind of student were you (4.0? Barely Passing...etc) BSN? Associate's? LPN->RN?

3.4 BSN

2. How long after graduation did wait to test?

1.5 months

3. How much time did you devote to hard core studying?

Almost everyday. 5-6 hours long.

4. Did you pass/fail?

fail

5. First time taker? If not how many times have you taken the exam.

Once

6. How many questions did you get and how long did it take you?

122qs, 2hrs 15 mins

7. How did you study? (specific resources?)(did they help?/waste of time?)

Ncsbn, passpoint... definitely taught me things nursing school never taught us... expanded my knowledge, but didn't really helped me during the testing...

8. Did you find the exam easier/harder than you expected ?

In retrospect, it was both hard and easy. When i reflect back, some questions were extremely easy, I just didn't answer them appropriately.

9. If you used questions banks, which ones and what were your scores/percentages? ncsbn, odd 40s (like twice), avg 60-70%

10. Recommendations to decrease anxiety pre/post test?

I'm getting a prescription for medications. But usually, eat a good breakfast, breathing techniques, sleep well the night before. Don't study the day before.

11. If you could only give a upcoming test taker one piece of advice what would it be? (Can be anything!)

Take your time in reading each question and reword the question to guide you to the right answer. Use the process of elimination.

12. Other recommendations/anything else to include? Nope

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