just found out today MARCH 17,2914 8:00AM that i passed!!! TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY! everything paid-off,. and most of all i'm proud to say it was literally a blood,sweat and tears cause due to financial constraints i can't join any review centers for the review so i have no choice but to do "SELF-REVIEW" and just borrow review material(saunders 5th comprehensive) from my cousin and my used kaplan book (2008-2009 edition) which I'm using in the philippines.. indeed nothing is impossible,. 25%work+75%FAITH=SUCCESS!! keep believing folks..
Congratulations, Kababayan! :) I was looking for recent threads about PVT. What a relief. I also got the good pop-up and reading this thread that you passed made me more excited. Yay! :)
Hi. This is my first time here in allnurses. Anyway, I find it so comforting reading the stories of those who successfully passed the dreaded NCLEX RN exam. I took my first Nclex Rn Exam last June 24, 2013 and unfortunately I failed. So I decided to pause for a while and just continue working as a CNA. By the way, I graduated BSN in the philippines last 2011 and been working as a CNA here in america for a year and a half). My co workers keep on pushing me to retake my exam. This time, it was such a relief that Hospital that I'm working will finance my review with kaplan, the ncsbn fee and re-examination fee. I know that kaplan wants us to aim at least 65% in all q trainers (60% for qt's 6 and 7). But it seems like it's so hard to aim that score. Although I finished my q bank with a score of 68%, still I'm struggling in the q trainers. I've read some thread here that pass the nclex with low scores in kaplan qt's and that gives me hope. But there's a lot too who have low scores and ended up failing. Anyway, my scores in kaplan qt's are the following.
Diagnostic Test: 54%
QT's 1: 59%
QT's 2: 51%
QT's 3: 54%
QT's 4: 51%
QT's 5: 53%
QT's 6: 54%
QT's 7: Will take it This Saturday
Readiness Test: 55%
I also answer La Charity's PDA and I score lower 70% and Higher 85%
Any advice? I appreciate all the help. Thank you. ^_^
Actually I didn't use as much review materials in prepping for my exam.. For the reason that I might get confuse.. So what I did is I just relied on Saunders comprehensive 5th ed.. Read the entire book.. Here's the thing, it is a must that you know the "concept" cause some review materials just teach you how to strategies, and it's not what we just wanna rely on.. I'm not saying strategizing will not help., of course it always will but it should only be a supplementary to answering the question.. Yeah I've used kaplan too (2008-2009 ed) at the later part of my review so I have an idea on how will I answer every question especially in times when I don't know or remember the topic given.. Cause we should all admit it., we don't know everything., there's always this question popping out in the screen which we feel like we haven't encountered at all.. So yeah., and do more practice questions too.. RN pedia is free and easily accessible, used that too ... One more thing we all know we are not comfortable in answering alternate format questions SATA most especially., so dwell much of your time answering bunch of those so you'll feel okay answering it especially during the test proper., best of luck and god bless!
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Congratulations! I am too is from the Philippines, and taking mine very soon, That is inspirational 25%work+75%faith= success.