I've been on this site for awhile, stalking every post ever about the NCLEX. Lol. I took the test today, Saturday 6/21/2014 at 8am. I finished at 9:40am at 85 questions.
As soon as I got in my car, I kept refreshing PearsonVue website over and over for about 7 minutes for it to FINALLY say "Delivery Successful" and I tried the trick.
I got the good pop up. I understand how people are nervous and skeptical about the trick. I'm now in their shoes, wondering, hoping, and praying it really does ring true in meaning I passed NCLEX.
It takes a whoooooole lot of energy to think negatively, so I'm going to think positively and think I passed and stalk my BON site for RN by my name come Monday. Lol. :)
If anyone is wondering what I used to study, here goes:
---Kaplan QBank (I did about 300 questions) Poor effort, I know. But I tried my best.
---Q trainers (QT#1 58% and QT #6 67%) Lousy, I should have done more, but hey.
---Hurst Review book that I borrowed from a friend. (I did not attend the review) I read about 78% of the Hurst review book.
---NCLEX Mastery App for iphone. I did ALL the quizzes and about 100 of the comprehensive questions.
My studying has been lack luster but I did do some form of questions every day. Every single day. Also, I'm a prayer and a firm believer in the Lord above. I believe he had me covered and deemed successful before I even started my nursing school journey. I just took a breath, closed my eyes, and prayed after and during each question.
If I were to give any advice on which avenue to study, I would whole heartedly recommend Kaplan. The whole thing. Do all the Kaplan Qbank if you can, Do all the QTrainers if you can, Sample Tests, all of it. In my opinion, the NCLEX looked exactly like a Kaplan test. Do Kaplan, read all rationales and do questions every single day. The NCLEX Mastery App is awesome too. I would do about 30 questions before bed each night.
Saunders or any book that has comprehensive content would be good. I can't say beat into your brain every single disease ever, bc the NCLEX is a bit random, but definitely learn from the rationales from the plenty of questions you should be answering! :)
Hope this info helps someone. I could NOT sleep last night. At. All. I just laid there. Smh. I prayed. I did jumping jacks. I watched tv. I scrolled Facebook and Instagram. I tossed and I turned. I kept running facts through my head of what to remember and lab values and what librium and other psych meds' side effects were. I was just so wired. So I felt a little weird this morning--most likely due to no sleep. I showered, prayed, ate scrambled eggs with cheese, toast, and a full glass of water. I got to the testing center at 7, studied lab values and psych meds (My trouble area) til 730, and went inside. The rest was/is history. Lol.
Please send up a prayer for me that the PearsonTrick goes in my favor like it does for everyone else!! Lol.
Good luck to everyone and congrats to those who has already jumped & cleared this NCLEX hurdle!
The only meds I studied were the ones listed in Hurst and the ones that I missed from Kaplan questions. I felt like I had about 10 med questions on my exam. They were either straight forward or I had no clue what it was. It's ok. The goal isn't to get a 100, just to pass. And I felt likeHirst book helped bc it gives you all the core content. Doing questions and knowing strategies are awesome, but you essentially have to know what the heck the question is mentioning. So I would read a section in hurst, do Kaplan questions on that topic. Etc. Until I ran out of time, then I just hit QBank and Trainer 6. And NCLEX Mastery App before bed. About 40questions before sleep consumed me.
I'm in the same boat. Took mine on 6/21/14 at 2:00. I got 75 question's and keep getting good pop up hope that means we passed(then I can quit obsessing)
Jaime - are you talking about the questions in the Kaplan strategies book??? I'm using that also. How do you feel those questions prepared you for NCLEX or compared to NCLEX questions!?!?!!! I take my test in 1 week!!!!!!!
ChelCM -yes that's the book I used I found it to be very helpful. I also used the strategy of picking out the topic and asking my self does each anwser make sense. And most of the time I could get it down to 1 left and sometimes 2. Hope that helps. And use phone apps nclex mastery was a good one.
Also, the PVT worked for me, but I'm sure that can be deduced from my recent posts. Lol. I just forgot to formally mention it. I got the "good pop up" 10 mins after my exam on Saturday 6/21/14. My name was on my states's board of nursing site today, Monday 6/24/14 around 1pm.
I just enrolled in Kaplan On Demand and seeing posts like yours inspire me and my wife who are getting our REVIEW MODE - ON once again. Congratulations and Good Luck!
Good deal! I loved Kaplan. I got discouraged a little with my low QTrainer and QBank scores, but you really learn and take from the rationales. The Nclex lay out looks JUST like Kaplan. It's blue and everything. That really relaxed me. It's a familiar screen, you've seen for weeks now. LaCharity PDA book helped also with thinking critically about who you would see first. But I've only did 3 chapters in that book.
Thanks for the congrats!!
Good luck to you and your wife. I'll be sending up a prayer for you guys!!
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Hey Dibs,
The only meds I studied were the ones listed in Hurst and the ones that I missed from Kaplan questions. I felt like I had about 10 med questions on my exam. They were either straight forward or I had no clue what it was. It's ok. The goal isn't to get a 100, just to pass. And I felt likeHirst book helped bc it gives you all the core content. Doing questions and knowing strategies are awesome, but you essentially have to know what the heck the question is mentioning. So I would read a section in hurst, do Kaplan questions on that topic. Etc. Until I ran out of time, then I just hit QBank and Trainer 6. And NCLEX Mastery App before bed. About 40questions before sleep consumed me.