I passed, and I have tips!!!

[spirit11]

I want to thank everyone for their support. I passed with 75Q...I thought I failed because I expected the questions to be really hard. I have been a nurse for 10 years and I had to study stuff that I had forgotten.

I want to wish you all the best of luck.

spirit11:smiletea:

[Noahj]

i'll pass along the tips that i can without breaking the nondisclosure i agreed to.

i graduated December 16 and took the NCLEX this past Tuesday. I got 237 questions and like everyone else, i was sure i had failed. I had numerous questions on drugs and a few procedures i have never heard of.

i also took the Kaplan review and had the Saunders book. i honestly only did questions during the Kaplan class. i did a few at home, but most were done at the class. Monday before my test i spent 5 hours doing questions and reading the rationales when i got them right OR wrong. before Monday i hadn't reviewed any questions for 3 weeks.

i also have been working as a GN for 3 weeks and i honestly think that helped me a bunch too.

if i had any advice on questions.....i would really concentrate on infection control (who can share rooms) and priority (who would you see first out of 4 patients). it seemed like i had a ton of those type questions and fortunately it seems like i did well on them.

so without risking losing the license i just got this morning....i can't say much more than that.

also remember on the test that everyone gets a few "trial" questions that don't count. so if you get a few weird things or something about a procedure or something you aren't sure of.......that could be the reason why.

and lastly.....the test is only to judge that you are MINIMALLY COMPETENT. i say that because it isn't like a CCRN or a license for a special field of nursing. if you've passed school, you can pass the NCLEX!!