June 2009 NCLEX Support Group

[kristin1213]

i will retake my nclex on june 27 and i really need to pass this exam. good luck to all !!!:typing

[Aprilnewgrad]

Im studying lab values right now and my books vary in their values. For example, Hct is 40-48 for females in Kaplan book, while Saunders is 35-47. What gives? How will I know what lab values are correct for the Nclex? I would hate to fail my exam because I studed the wrong values. Please help!!

[smile2009]

Lippincotts is 37-47

[JBeneBSNRN]

I took NCLEX-RN yesterday morning... I had 23 SATA's, 1 drop and drag, 3 calculations, a bunch of medications, and prioritization. I had around 243 questions... I lost track because I was getting so nervous and losing hope. I sat there for 5 hours and 57 minutes. It was torture! I've been told the theory on SATA's being upper-level questions, most of mine were in the beginning and then they started to become less and less. My last 2 questions: one was the drag and drop, and the last I believe was priority. Any thoughts? I feel about 99.8% sure that I failed. I used Kaplan and got a 63% on my readiness and averaged a 59% in the Qbank. However, I felt that when using the "decision tree" I had TONS of questions that went straight from step one to step five. Which was extremely frustrating!

Congrats to everyone who passed! :redbeathe

[Little_Mouse]

To Aprilnewgrad,

For the lab values, I studied Saunder's values, but I really believe that if you will be tested on lab values, the exam will give you a very obviously wrong answer (e.g. pt iwth 125 mg/dL for sodium..obviously too low, or 155 which is obviously too high)...I really doubt they would give a lab value that is 1-5 points off (unless maybe it's lithium or digoxin)....Personally, what I did was I studied at least the rough estimate (e.g. Na+: 135-145, Ca: 9-10.5)., because even in hospitals, normal lab values vary.

MHgirl:

Like someone before has said (maybe in another thread) everyone is different. The number of questions you get varies by each person, but just because you got a lot of questions does not mean you failed, it just means that the computer needed to ask more questions to sense a "pattern" (if you're above or below the baseline). My boyfriend's sister took NCLEX last year and took all 6 hours to answer all 265 questions. And you know what happened? She passed! And now she has a job in a very good hospital. :)

[Little_Mouse]

Oh and by the way, my average qbank score was 58%. I got a 66% on the readiness test, but ranged from 50%-61% on the question trainers.

If you haven't checked out this thread, I recommend it:

https://allnurses.com/nclex-discussion-forum/your-average-kaplan-241496-page3.html#post2359246

A lot of people shared their Kaplan scores and everyone was different, even with the number of questions they got on NCLEX, but they seemed to have all passed.

[blf982]

i took my boards on the 1st. does anyone know what day the BVNPT (CA) is processing???

im starting to get REAALL anxious!:chair::sofahider

[whippoorwill]

I took the NCLEX-PN today and it shut off at 90 questions.......I am soooooooo glad that is over!!!!!

[d.martin]

Hi guys--I just got the results back and I passed!!!!!!!!:D:D I tried the Pearson trick and it worked for me. Good luck to everyone else that is taking it

[SBT85]

I just found out I passed!!! I'm so happy....woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a relief; the stress is over :) :)

[Lovely_RN, MSN]

I did it! Just got my quick results and I 'm no longer Bx_RN2B I'm Bx_RN!!!!!!! All praises to God, it's been a loooooong time coming!!!! :dancgrp:

[smile2009]

I did NCLEX PN yesterday. had 86 qstns and am soooooo worried because i dont think the pearson trick is working for me!!!! am thinking i failed! oooh God! i started checking hours after the exam, it didnt let me but after several hours it let me go all the way to confirm cc. uuuggggh. any hope?????

[smile2009]

has anyone done the trick and didnt work for them??? am so frustrated