March 2008 NCLEX support group

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A thread for all those in March who are planning to take the NCLEX offering both support and any hints or tips that help

Good luck to all :D

Specializes in Cardiac/Telemetry.
I just found out i failed. I went up to 81 qtns, i felt sure i was giving the right responses,

thinking through the responses ABC, MASLOW Nursing process, all that good stuff. but i guess i did not do it. :o This was my 1st attempt. I graduated may 07, makes me think i waited too long. Anyways, i have gone thru the grieving process & am now re-organizing my self to go back ASAP. I never took any review class of any kind, i used the Q.T kaplan, and some ATI dvds/never read the books. Any ideas anyone?

Good luck to the other march testers.

Aww, honey. I'm so sorry to hear that. *hugs* The only thing I would say to do differently this time is read all the books and rationales, but try to stick to one or two books. Don't take too much on; that might confuse you instead of benefit you. Also, take a break for maybe a week of not thinking about nursing to give your brain a rest, and then get back to it. Maybe try Suzanne's program. See if that helps you out. :) Good luck! *hugs again*

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:zzzzzHello everyone! I have been silently roaming on this site for a very long time and find it AWESOME!!!

My problem is that I am scheduled to take my NCLEX-RN on March 25, and I just now started studying....yes I take full responsibility for not studying until now..and my att expires March 27...ughhhh...WHY I didn't try harder when I knew my life depended on this...I constantly kick myself in the butt...thinking about this!!! Not only that I just received a job offer at "MY DREAM HOSPITAL"...so now I am continuing to beat myself up!! The last time I really studied was in Oct-Nov for HESI...I scored high (above 1000, but it was luck...because I really knew maybe less than 10 questions for sure!!!) and then after that I have been working and doing everything but nursing.....needless to say my journey through nursing has been difficult and trying...I have been waiting forever to start nursing...but because of so many problems...I have not been able to start....now when things are finally looking up...and a job offer beginning this summer...I messed it up again....!!:cry:

After reading about how everyone has been studying for months...I feel STUPID....VERY STUPID...discouraged....sad...and worst...a failure in everyones eyes! I feel like what is the point of studying now...might as well let that job offer go to.... hmmm...I'm not asking for sympathy...because this was all caused by me:angryfire...but please if anyone has anything that you could share with me...I will be so thankful. I try to pray...but I know that God already did what he could for me and I messed up....

I have the new saunders...which I just started...I was reading on GI and I felt overwhelmed...theres no way I can cover this in 2 weeks...I also borrowed money for Kaplan Online..and doing the Qbank now...the only book I know is the HESI book...I studied that book inside out for almost a month....but now since I haven't touched anything nursing related for 3 months I can't remember anything....WHERE DO I START with only 2 weeks left????? PLEASE if anyone has any inspirational stories or anything that you would like to share....PLEASE share with me....I will continue to try my hardest...but I know it is tooo late....:bowingpur

Sorry for this long and boring post,,,thanks for taking the time to read it!!!!:zzzzz

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Specializes in OR CHN.
:zzzzzHello everyone! I have been silently roaming on this site for a very long time and find it AWESOME!!!

My problem is that I am scheduled to take my NCLEX-RN on March 25, and I just now started studying....yes I take full responsibility for not studying until now..and my att expires March 27...ughhhh...WHY I didn't try harder when I knew my life depended on this...I constantly kick myself in the butt...thinking about this!!! Not only that I just received a job offer at "MY DREAM HOSPITAL"...so now I am continuing to beat myself up!! The last time I really studied was in Oct-Nov for HESI...I scored high (above 1000, but it was luck...because I really knew maybe less than 10 questions for sure!!!) and then after that I have been working and doing everything but nursing.....needless to say my journey through nursing has been difficult and trying...I have been waiting forever to start nursing...but because of so many problems...I have not been able to start....now when things are finally looking up...and a job offer beginning this summer...I messed it up again....!!:cry:

After reading about how everyone has been studying for months...I feel STUPID....VERY STUPID...discouraged....sad...and worst...a failure in everyones eyes! I feel like what is the point of studying now...might as well let that job offer go to.... hmmm...I'm not asking for sympathy...because this was all caused by me:angryfire...but please if anyone has anything that you could share with me...I will be so thankful. I try to pray...but I know that God already did what he could for me and I messed up....

I have the new saunders...which I just started...I was reading on GI and I felt overwhelmed...theres no way I can cover this in 2 weeks...I also borrowed money for Kaplan Online..and doing the Qbank now...the only book I know is the HESI book...I studied that book inside out for almost a month....but now since I haven't touched anything nursing related for 3 months I can't remember anything....WHERE DO I START with only 2 weeks left????? PLEASE if anyone has any inspirational stories or anything that you would like to share....PLEASE share with me....I will continue to try my hardest...but I know it is tooo late....:bowingpur

Sorry for this long and boring post,,,thanks for taking the time to read it!!!!:zzzzz

OMG! 2 weeks left? Best thing for you to do is take on practice tests everyday, familiarize yourself with the questions and rationales. Reading the comprehensive review probably won't do you any good since you have a small amount of time left. Good luck!

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Specializes in Cardiac/Telemetry.

feb/mar/april 2008 nclex

test takers calendar

february 1

msjkm - you passed! congratulations! :yeah:

ava'smomrn - you passed! congratulations! :yeah:

february 7

heartjulz - passed! :yeah:

march 3

jaloc - passed! :yeah:

caring102 - awaiting results...

march 4

gwafuh - awaiting results...

brwnsuga83 - keep on trying! :icon_hug:

nicu_nurse2b - awaiting results...

rnofcare - awaiting results...

kstone5 - keep on trying! :icon_hug:

[color=olive]march 6

littlenursemom - awaiting results...

[color=sandybrown]march 7

felixfelix

march 10

futurnurse

deetonia

march 17

camill3

march 25

faith.00

march 28

wishiwereanurse

march 29

susie496

march...

orca

april

igmirnor

ethemon

janina08

chosenchocolate

mave

(hi guys! just wanted to make this to keep track of who's taking when. i based these on the previous posts. let us know when you'll be testing so we can add you to the calendar, or if you rescheduled, and let us know how you did in the exam also! good luck to all of us! :p)

just wanted to update the list. :)

eta: good luck to littlenursemom who took her nclex on 3/6 and to felixfelix who took his 3/7!!! god bless!!!

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Specializes in med/surg/tele/neuro/rehab/corrections.

Does your school know if you passed or flunked? How does the school know it has a 100% pass rate? How do they find out about NCLEX test takers?

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
:zzzzzHello everyone! I have been silently roaming on this site for a very long time and find it AWESOME!!!

My problem is that I am scheduled to take my NCLEX-RN on March 25, and I just now started studying....yes I take full responsibility for not studying until now..and my att expires March 27...ughhhh...WHY I didn't try harder when I knew my life depended on this...I constantly kick myself in the butt...thinking about this!!! Not only that I just received a job offer at "MY DREAM HOSPITAL"...so now I am continuing to beat myself up!! The last time I really studied was in Oct-Nov for HESI...I scored high (above 1000, but it was luck...because I really knew maybe less than 10 questions for sure!!!) and then after that I have been working and doing everything but nursing.....needless to say my journey through nursing has been difficult and trying...I have been waiting forever to start nursing...but because of so many problems...I have not been able to start....now when things are finally looking up...and a job offer beginning this summer...I messed it up again....!!:cry:

After reading about how everyone has been studying for months...I feel STUPID....VERY STUPID...discouraged....sad...and worst...a failure in everyones eyes! I feel like what is the point of studying now...might as well let that job offer go to.... hmmm...I'm not asking for sympathy...because this was all caused by me:angryfire...but please if anyone has anything that you could share with me...I will be so thankful. I try to pray...but I know that God already did what he could for me and I messed up....

I have the new saunders...which I just started...I was reading on GI and I felt overwhelmed...theres no way I can cover this in 2 weeks...I also borrowed money for Kaplan Online..and doing the Qbank now...the only book I know is the HESI book...I studied that book inside out for almost a month....but now since I haven't touched anything nursing related for 3 months I can't remember anything....WHERE DO I START with only 2 weeks left????? PLEASE if anyone has any inspirational stories or anything that you would like to share....PLEASE share with me....I will continue to try my hardest...but I know it is tooo late....:bowingpur

Sorry for this long and boring post,,,thanks for taking the time to read it!!!!:zzzzz

Welcome to the site

All I can suggest is practice as many questions as you can and make sure you understand the rationale to the ones you get wrong.

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Just finished nclex a couple of hours ago. It's a strange test. It's probably harder than anything you had in nursing school....i think I passed, but we'll see...took me 2 hrs to do 75 q's.

Go slow. You are your own worst enemy for the first 10 minutes of the test, if you're feeling a bit nervous. Do not let yourself race thru the first questions...you'll find a groove.

Got a ton of priority q's. 3 calcs. 2-4 meds. Did I mention priority?

I kinda feel that saunder's didn't prepare me as well as I would have hoped, although I definitely needed a refresher. I will keep this book as it's a great overview, but the test was definitely more in-depth than the review book. the kaplan review book strategies probably saved me on about 8 or so questions. I'm glad I re-read it last nite. If it turns out I didn't pass, I will definitely know how to study for round 2.

it's NOT the hardest test I've ever taken, but it's in the top...3.

finally, I can do a mind dump on disappearing twin syndrome, etc.

good luck everyone. you can do it....don't let all the freaking out on this board get you too anxious.

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Specializes in OR CHN.

I finally got my results, and I failed *sigh.

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I finally got my results, and I failed *sigh.

sorry to hear that you failed, how did you prepare for the NCLEX?

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Tomorrow, tomorrow I love yah tomorrow, its only a day away...well my NCLEX test is tomorrow on saturday at 1pm and I am crapping.

I will be playing my bob marley cd's to calm me down and relax me, most likely the "three little birds" song, and eat well in the morning and about an hour before I go in I will eat some chocolate to give my brain some energy.

Wish me luck!

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Specializes in OR CHN.
sorry to hear that you failed, how did you prepare for the NCLEX?

Read Kaplan and Saunders on my own, good luck on your test tomorrow!

I'm not sure if I'm going to retake it again, maybe after another year or so. I'm not sad about it or maybe the gravity of the situation hasn't dawned on me yet, c'est la vie.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Psychiatric.

hi everyone,

i have been reading this thread for awhile but have never really posted anything. i am taking the nclex on 3/12/08 and i am so nervous. i took the kaplan complete and have done all of the qbank questions and the q trainers. i have a cumulative score of 63% on the q bank. some days i do really well on the q bank questions and other times i may get a 50%. i have 65% or better on the q trainers. i am so nervous even though i should feel prepared. any advice or words of encouragement would be greatly appreciated.

carmey

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