I am now a RN.. some tips!

i passed! here is what i did to prepare:

i studied nonstop since i graduated in december (ok maybe i took a few days off, but not many). first i took a review course my school offered for free and it helped me to single out my weaknesses. however, i was still left confused because i did not have an actual plan to prepare/study for the nclex. so i changed my original test date from january to february, got suzanne's plan on january 1, and used it as my study guide. before taking my exam i was afraid that even after i studied so much for so long i was going to ruin her 100% pass rate, but that is not the case!

btw, to those who wonder if you can do her plan and work full-time the answer is, "yes." in fact, i work more then full-time because i have an additional pt job. having suzanne's plan made the difference because it kept me on track. no matter how little time i had to study (or how many excuses i had not to study), i stuck to the plan and passed with 75 questions!!!

last but not least, i lived on this forum for the past 2 months. i read almost every single post since graduation because many of the good ones provided helpful links, encouragement, tips, and/or techniques. in fact, a few good "i passed" posts were motivating to me this week because i agonized while i awaited my results! in any case, good luck to the rest of you and hopefully this post is of some value!!!

-now a rn in need of a new username (i'm still thinking).