Hi everyone I just want to share my recent experience taking the NCLEX RN. Hope it will help those who are about to take the exam.
Sorry for the long story and not good in writing my story. Any questions pls don't hesitate to ask. Thank you and good luck to everyone ... pray and work hard. I know you can make it!
A bit of a background. I took my exam yesterday 4/17/13, and I am an international educated nurse from the Philippines and I'm one of those who applied for NCLEX here in CA bat I was denied too. I was so devastated and thought of going back to the Philippines so I could start my career as a nurse there instead. But, my family was against the idea and encourage me to look for other State that doesn't implement the concurrency thing and that where allnurses greatly help me. I found Texas as an alternate route to taking the exam and I'm am thankful that I did not give up and got my att.
I have read a lot of posts here, maybe I visit this site once or twice a day to see if someone has posted something to either inspire me or get some insight as to how their test was.
Got my att 1st week of Feb and in Texas you only have 75 days of att validity so I immediately scheduled my test and started studying furiously and took many advices from this site, like the pdf file, nclex3500 and NCBSN coz I didnt know their existence till I read those lovely people who shared those review materials that I must say, has done a tremendous job in preparing me to beat the monster, it shudders me to think how could I have made it without those.
I have Saunders 5th edition, Kaplan book (dont have the Qbank 'coz I cant afford it) and pda by Lacharity. I highly recommend Lacharity and NCBSN. They were really helpful. Thank god I bought them on the last 2 weeks of my review. I also watched videos on Youtube like the ecg readings and procedures and they were so helpful as well.
I got the good pop up hours after I took the exam. 75 questions for 2 hours I got my first break on my 74th question. I took the break and gathered myself, wash my face and went back inside and when it was my 75th question before I hit the next button I was praying lord pls give me more question so that I could have more chance of passing this, but God was so great and knows better whats good for me, and the screen went blue and my world started crashing down for I really thought I did the worse test of my life...but God took over and blessed me love and I made it!
yup i got like 30 sata but as i said they became my favorite questions and i kept hoping for more because i felt like theyre easier than the rest type of question.
I am about to start my nursing program this coming fall semester and I can't wait to be a nurse! You mentioned earlier that CA doesn't accept grad from Philippines to take the NCLEX, what do you mean by that?
I am about to start my nursing program this coming fall semester and I can't wait to be a nurse! You mentioned earlier that CA doesn't accept grad from Philippines to take the NCLEX, what do you mean by that?
its not really because ur international but because of cuncurrency issue like ur clinical should be concurrent with theory and they increase the hours of ms and ob concept which has affected all applicants from 2011 to present.
Congrat for passing ur nclex exam. I have been reading ur post and I would like to
Know if u can send me the PDF file to help with my studing I take my exam next week and could use some good tips. My email address is [email protected]
thanks everyone!im happy to share what was shared to me as well :)) i tried sending the pdf file to everyone who gave their emails i hope u got it but if not just pm me here and ill be more than happy to resend it again. go go go nurses!
thanks everyone!im happy to share what was shared to me as well :)) i tried sending the pdf file to everyone who gave their emails i hope u got it but if not just pm me here and ill be more than happy to resend it again. go go go nurses!
Hi!! What did you use for content review? I graduated in the philippines also last 2011 and took my nclex last april 8. Unfortunately was not able to pass it i think i need to refresh my brain again because it has been 2yrs since i was in school. Thank you!!
@pumpkin, for me yes it was very helpful i learned alot from it.
@ mimi, use the saunders comprehensive, it was almost two years since i graduated before i took the exam also so i needed some refresh and saunders was a great choice. and ncbsn after saunders would greatly help u as well
Yah I was look at the study guide a little bit and it really highlighted points that I had trouble remembering like the different positions for different procedures!! What a life saver!
@darrelton i have the blue saunders, is the yellow one better?? The blue saunders is just questions. And i finished it already. did you take the 2013 nclex?
@ pumpkin yes its a life saver and its a relief knowing it fortifies what u already know to the point of mastery.
@mimi, sorry i cant say how the blue one was coz i have the yellow, but to tell u something everything u learned is another step to winning ur license. i had the 4th edition as well but i thought my content wasnt enough so i bought the yellow one. any book will doeven ur ms book from school will be enough but its too much of infos, thats where the advantage of saunders content coz its simplifies everything for better understanding and absorption
i think i need to refresh my brain again because it has been 2yrs since i was in school. Thank you!!
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btw, did you get a lot of SATA's? thanks!