January 2008 NCLEX support thread

Took NCLEX-RN today, and for all those people who told me that the LPN test was harder....you lied! I had the min questions for the PN test 4 years ago and passed, left the test feeling ok; this time I had close to 160 q and felt like there were a LOT of things I didn't know. This wait is going to kill me it feels like...

Took the test this AM. The CD I made for the ride there definitely helped lessen the anxiety. I also brought my iPod and had to pull it out in the waiting room at the test center--the anxiety level in the room was HUGE--full of at least 10 nurses-to-be plus other test takers. Well, guess what, that level of anxiety is NOT helpful. So, I transported myself to la-la land until my # was called.

75 questions--2 math, 4-6 SATA, lots of prioritzation, and random questions. I feel like I knew a lot of the answers, and on other questions, I used my test-taking skills.

2 days until I find my results posted on the BON website.

Go pugmama! I have my fingers crossed for you!

I took the NCLEX RN 01/10/2008 I used the full six hours and the computer shut off I completed 215 questions. Has anyone ever passed who ran out of time?

Please Help if you can!

Took NCLEX-RN today, and for all those people who told me that the LPN test was harder....you lied! ...

I heard a rumor about that months ago, and chose not to believe the rumor-monger. I'm glad I did, because you are right. I took the LPN exam so I could work during the summer before my last quarter of nursing school. It was easy as pie for me. The RN was a doozy. I still think I did okay, but it was hard.

Hi all,

I've been a lurker on this board since December, not much of a poster, just like to read others. I really enjoy reading the number of questions asked on individual's tests and hearing their results. Figured I'd throw mine in for everybody else. I took the test on Wednesday, January 16th. I got my quick results 48hrs later on the testing website, results not posted on BON yet in Washington. My test shut of at 75, lots of calculations and SATA. I've been just sick the last few days waiting for the results, and i PASSED!!!! What an amazing feeling of relief. Congratulations to all that have passed, and all that have attempted and fallen a bit short. Good luck to those who have yet to go!

Nurses Rock!!!!!!!

:innerconfhey everyone ,i am scheduled to take the mighty nclex rn on 25th january i.e. exactly a week from now.i have been working hard for the past 1 month but no matter how much i prepare or study i just dont feel its enough.its like an ocean of information and facts out there.i finished with saunders and am doing the kaplan question trainers now .done 4 q trainers till now and my scores are

trainer1-61%

trainer2-63%

trainer3-65%

trainer4-63%

i am not able to get consistent score above 65%.and my most difficult area is meds.no matter how much i study these meds there are still hundreds of meds which i havent even heared of.i am even toying with the idea of rescheduling the test, but then i also think that its better to finish up with the test coz even if i study for another one month i would be still in the same situation.would like to get some opinion from u guys.

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to let you know that I took the NCLEX yesterday 1/17, and found out this morning that I PASSED!!! :balloons:

I had 75 questions, mostly priority, 7-8 SATA, 2 math, several teaching, and lots of meds!! I hate meds!! I guess you can miss every med and still pass the NCLEX, lolol. I found what probably helped me the most was not being nervous about it. For some reason I never got nervous. I felt that I'd done what I could do to prepare, I went in there as if I owned the test. I took my time on the questions, usually narrowing it down to 2 choices and then used what I knew from Kaplan to figure out which one was the right answer. I was given a white board when I went in and I used it to write down my lab values that I knew, because I have a tendency to start mixing numbers up when I see a question, I forget the values. I never panicked during the test, just systematically answered questions. I think doing all the practice questions helped a lot for me, it got me into the testing mode.

Thanks for your support here, and good luck to everyone waiting to take it.

:ancong!:what source-books/reviews did you use to do questions??

I used the Kaplan book for ideas on how to test, the Saunders book for general info etc. and the Lippincott CD (that's in the book) for practice testing. I liked Lippincott because I could pick what areas I wanted to study (from one to all of them), and also pick the number of questions I wanted. It was a little more user friendly than Saunders CD. I liked the breakdown of the lab values in Saunders, it was a lot easier than looking them all up in my Mosby's manual.

There's really no way to know all the info that you'll be tested on. If you've got a good understanding of the nursing practices and how the body works etc, you can figure out the answers. It really wasn't as bad as a lot of the books make it out to be. I practiced with the Kaplan tester, and was getting in the mid 60's with each test, and then reviewed all the tests as well.

HTH

Good luck to you all taking the the NCLEX this month. I go sit on Jan 26. I am so nervous. I've been doing questions on the NCLEX3500 CD and I'm averaging around 78% in each section. I don't know what else to do. For the past 2 weeks I've just been studying Any advice?

I passed!! My credentail number was actually on the state DRL website in less than 48 hours! yeah!!:w00t:

wow, I'm soooo excited, I didn't even know you were done, yeah!!!!!!!! Remember me?? I haven't been around as much, you know how ns is! I am in third semester. But congrats to you, MISS RN! Heather