How I passed my NCLEX RN :)

NurseD2016

10 Posts

Good Morning,

I am pleased to say that I passed my NCLEX RN this week. It has been a road of depression and this site helped me. I walked last December 2015, I had job offers that I accepted twice thinking that I would pass the test. Took it in April and I was crushed... I have read so many postings and thought I would post my adventure.

I passed at 247 questions, I ran out of time and I thought surely this is it, I failed again. I was so scared it took me days to check, I paid for the quick method on Pearson. I even created a new study plan thinking that I did not pass.

The day after I completed my exam I went on the Pearson site to read the passing rules; it stated that they would grade my last 60 and they would need to be above the passing level and even if one question was below I would fail. So at that point I kind of gave up. So, I guess I did something right because I passed :) For my entire exam, I thought that I had upper level questions, they were hard, hard, hard.

I had everything on my test, SATA, MATH, PHARM, DRAG AND DROP, EKG you name it I had it. I thought I was gonna die, it was the longest 6 hours of my life. The entire time, I could feel my heart racing about to leave my chest.

Here is how I studied... I will not say that I read the entire Saunders because that would be a lie... I did use the Saunders to read the chapters that I thought were my weak point. I did the NCSBN and I paid for the Kaplan Qbank, uWorld and Rn Mastery. I also printed some of the PDF online that I found I also used quizlet, I hired a private tutor on WYzant because I needed a teacher. She taught me how to take a test, break up the question and think about what it was asking me. In addition, I completed the Remar review and Mark Klimek review. Yes, I spent a lot of money and time... I had read that you should use various resources...

So here is what I think helped me the most after wasting all this money and time:

I would say that quizlet, Saunders book and question bank was my best friend. I know that we all will have a different preference..

Helped me pass:

GOD!!!! I prayed every day, I prayed after every few questions on my test. I promised to be the best nurse that I could possibly be to save lives.

God took my boyfriend out of my life, he was a source of stress for me I needed to focus on myself just for a short time.

Saunders book and the questions - I studied by using the test strategies on the evolve site, the private tutor and my Mark Klimek Live review. I completed the entire RN Mastery and the Kaplan Bank scored in the 70's, 90's and 80's. I only studied 4 hours per day as opposed to the 9 hours I studied my first time when I took my initial nclex. I know my labs back and front and sideways. I know what each test means... I only did 50 - 100 questions per day and other than that just read to understand my content.

All in all I think I needed to just relax, enjoy my family and just take a break when I studied. I tried to control my stress and anxiety. All I can say is to RELAX!!!

Again, thank you everyone for posting and helping me to be confident so I took the chance again...