I passed thanx to you all!!

[mllogy]

I promised myself once i got my results I would post my opinion about the NCLEX on this board because it helped me when others did the same. I am happy to say I passed the NCLEX and I really have to thank this board.

First off, I passed with 75 questions and honestly I felt I had failed. I spent 2 days sick to my stomach with no sleep but in the end when I logged onto Pearsons it had STATUS: PASS. I thought I was seeing things so I refreshed the page to make sure and there it was.

ADVICE:

1. What helped me a lot was understanding the logistics of how the test works. I got a lot of that from this board. If you go in with the understanding that you are starting off passing (50/50 rule) it's a matter of you answering the questions correctly keeping in mind degree of difficulty. The first question is the most important IMO because it determines whether you'll be scoring up (>50%; the degree of difficulty of the questions get increasingly higher) or scoring down the curve (

2. I did Kaplan and used Saunders for review of content. The Kaplan questions IMO are harder than the NCLEX questions but the most similar in terms of structure (Who would the nurse see first, etc). i had a lot of priority, delegation, safety & infection control, and signs and symptom. I had maybe 6 pharm questions (beta blockers, statins, etc) 2 math (mcg conversions), about 8 SATC, and 2 drag and place in order questions.

3. The key to NCLEX: Breathe, pray, and take your time. My strategy was to end at 75 questions. I did but still wasn't sure I passed because I made the mistake of checking some of the answers I wasn't sure of. I left there feeling confident until I checked and found 5 or 6 questions I knew I got wrong and that killed my high. The worst part was that they were EASY questions. I was sure I failed because getting easy questions wrong meant I wasn't performing at even the basic level. Boy, was I wrong. You can't assess what questions the NCLEX considers easy or hard questions so you have to go in there prepared: Spend a good amount of time doing priority questions (who will the nurse see first?), doing delegation type questions (who would you assign the mental health nurse on a medsurg unit?), safety & infection (what type of precaution for this type of disease...airborne, contact, etc) and KNOW signs and symptoms. You better believe these are the beef of the first 75 questions.

After question 75, I assume everything is fair game. Hope I helped a little.

[Walking N2 MyDestiny]

I promised myself once i got my results I would post my opinion about the NCLEX on this board because it helped me when others did the same. I am happy to say I passed the NCLEX and I really have to thank this board.

First off, I passed with 75 questions and honestly I felt I had failed. I spent 2 days sick to my stomach with no sleep but in the end when I logged onto Pearsons it had STATUS: PASS. I thought I was seeing things so I refreshed the page to make sure and there it was.

ADVICE:

1. What helped me a lot was understanding the logistics of how the test works. I got a lot of that from this board. If you go in with the understanding that you are starting off passing (50/50 rule) it's a matter of you answering the questions correctly keeping in mind degree of difficulty. The first question is the most important IMO because it determines whether you'll be scoring up (>50%; the degree of difficulty of the questions get increasingly higher) or scoring down the curve (

2. I did Kaplan and used Saunders for review of content. The Kaplan questions IMO are harder than the NCLEX questions but the most similar in terms of structure (Who would the nurse see first, etc). i had a lot of priority, delegation, safety & infection control, and signs and symptom. I had maybe 6 pharm questions (beta blockers, statins, etc) 2 math (mcg conversions), about 8 SATC, and 2 drag and place in order questions.

3. The key to NCLEX: Breathe, pray, and take your time. My strategy was to end at 75 questions. I did but still wasn't sure I passed because I made the mistake of checking some of the answers I wasn't sure of. I left there feeling confident until I checked and found 5 or 6 questions I knew I got wrong and that killed my high. The worst part was that they were EASY questions. I was sure I failed because getting easy questions wrong meant I wasn't performing at even the basic level. Boy, was I wrong. You can't assess what questions the NCLEX considers easy or hard questions so you have to go in there prepared: Spend a good amount of time doing priority questions (who will the nurse see first?), doing delegation type questions (who would you assign the mental health nurse on a medsurg unit?), safety & infection (what type of precaution for this type of disease...airborne, contact, etc) and KNOW signs and symptoms. You better believe these are the beef of the first 75 questions.

After question 75, I assume everything is fair game. Hope I helped a little.

Congrats!!!:anpom:

Thanks so much for sharing!!

[SupaDrea]

Congrats on passing!

[Tay245, RN]

Congrats and thanks for sharing ur thoughts

[Silverdragon102, BSN]

congrats

[motherof3intennessee]

congrats!!!!

[lamir23]

Congratulations! Thank you for sharing :)

[pinay2008, LPN, LVN]

congratulations.....and thanks for sharing your experience, it keeps the motivation at a high level reading posts like yours.

[BettyBoo706]

Thanks for the advice

[babymaica]

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!! :yeah::yeah::yeah:

[luv'nlife068]

:yelclap: CONGRATS!!!!! :w00t:

And thanks for the advise, really good info. You're a nurse!!!!