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!
Congrats on passing the NCLEX!! Would you mind sharing with me the pdf file you used to study? I'm trying to get a head start on my NCLEX prep. My email is [email protected]. Thanks so much.
@darrelton so in the yellow book is it just pure questions or no? Because in the blue saunders book it's just pure questions [/quote']
i think you have the Q and A review. the yellow one is a comprehensive review. it has questions at the end of each chapter and comes with a cd with question.
i think you have the Q and A review. the yellow one is a comprehensive review. it has questions at the end of each chapter and comes with a cd with question.
Oh okay!! Thank you so much!! So it would be better if i have the yellow one too rather than this blue book :)
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 yet.
A bit of a background. I took my exam yesterday 4/17/13, and i am an international educated nurse from the Phillipines and Im 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 phil. 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 doesnt implement the concurrency thing and that where allnurses greatly help me. I found Texas as an alternate route to taking the exam and im am thankful i did not give up and got my att.
I have read alot 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 at 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. highly recommending 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!
sorry for the long story and not good in writting my story. any questions pls dont hesitate to ask. thank you and goodluck to everyone pray and work hard i know you can make it!
asldc BSN, RN :)
Kabayan, congratulations. I'm happy for you. Il probably follow your step before waiting my school next year for my med surg and ob. I have questions, how long did you process your application in Texas? Do they need local license? Do they have cgnf? I do appreciate your answers.
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!
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.
Kabayan, pls share your PDF file. I just passed my nclex-pn here in Cali and wanted to try Texas for rn while waiting for my school next year. [email protected]
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.
Is that mean if I take maternity theory on 3rd term then I should have the clinicals as well at the same time? Is that what it means? How many more hours? Can u please give me more info. My cousin graduated at Tarlac state university last week, she's US citizen, and she's applying for the exam here. i hope she get accepted. Please need info
@darrelton Would you mind to share the pdf file with me as well! I graduate in May and have been so nervous about the layout if the new NCLEX! My email is [email protected]
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Hi Darrelton,
Congrats on passing the NCLEX!! Would you mind sharing with me the pdf file you used to study? I'm trying to get a head start on my NCLEX prep. My email is [email protected]. Thanks so much.