HOPEFLOATS09

Congrats to you! I know you passed! :) now relax...go out with some friends....because you will feel the releif when you get your final results. Bless you. :)

:):):):) I'M A RN! WOOT!

I'm a HUGE ADVOCATE OF THE PVT! This was my second time taking the exam. I took my first last October ended with 265 questions with 30 seconds left to spare on my last question. I had TOTAL anxiety the whole time which unfortunately worked against me. I was told about the PVT. I tried it and was devastated that I went all the way to the cc page. I had my moment of tears, but what pushed me to take it again was the results of my exam. I had all "near passing" and one "above passing" in all my categories. That told me I knew my material, it was the darn ANXIETY. I changed up alot of my study habits such as only studying for 4-6hrs by only focusing on doing questions and I made more time enjoying life besides staying home studying endless hrs a day like how I did the first time. It also helped to talk to second test time takers to help gage me in the right direction. My schedule date to take the exam again was March 31st, one day before the NCLEX was gonna make changes to the exam starting April 1st. I made sure I did not study the day before and used up my time going out the whole day watching a movie, going the the beach, prayed at church, went to the zoo, and window shopped. It was a way to not think about the exam and to also tire myself out by the time i got home at 5:30pm. I went to bed around 10pm woke up at 5:30am and went for a leisure walk for 30mins to get my blood flowing. I ate a light breakfast and kept myself hydrated. By the time i got to the center to take my exam, I was positive and focused. I was still just alil nervous, but the nerves eventually went away. I ended up having 114 questions and ended alil before 2hrs. This time around I left a bit more positive from the center than I did the first time around. I strongly felt the last question I had was correct before it shut off. This time around, I did not do the PVT right away. I wanted to enjoy the rest of my week and weekend. I hesitated many times, and I eventually went to the site and did the PVT one hr prior to the day I had to pick up my results. This time around it did not let me go to the cc page. I HAD THE GOOD POP UP! I kept reading it over and over. I even performed the PVT three times to be sure. I was so happy! I kept it on my laptop before I left to go and pick up my results....AND MY "THIN ENVELOPE" said I PASSED MY NURSING BOARD EXAM! I'M OFFICIALLY A RN! So overall, I TRULY BELIEVE THE PVT WORKS! Actually, I believe its not a trick. This is a NATIONAL BOARD EXAM. ONCE YOU PASS, of course it won't allow you to register under the same license again. :) GOOD LUCK TO ALL YOU WHO ARE STILL STUDYING AND CONGRATS TO THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED! AND FOR THOSE WHO DID NOT PASS THE FIRST TIME, DON'T LOSE HOPE! REEVALUATE WHAT YOU DID THE FIRST TIME, CHANGE IT AND STICK CONSISTENTLY TO YOUR STUDIES. AND DON'T FORGET, ALWAYS MAKE TIME TO HAVE A LIFE ALONG THE WAY. :)

What did you use to study and pass on your second round? I also got 265 on my first and I used Kaplan online course to study for the NCLEX. I did everything it told me to do i don't know what happened. Please, any advice is good. Okay nevermind...I see you have posted your advice. Thank you!

Well, I took the Kaplan review and went all the way to 265 questions! I don't have my results but I tried the pearson trick. It lead me all the way to payment. Most likely eaning I did not pass. I did EXACTLY what the program told me to do: I watched ALL the videos, read the book, did all Question trainers, Q-bank, Alternative questions, and two extra exams they offered after Q-banks. I strongly felt the Kaplan online course was good. It taught me how to answer 'critical thinking' questions. Which i did well on. The problem was, my questions on NCLEX exam was more straight forward with straight forward answers. It was not anything close to how Kaplan's questions were, at least for me. I could not use the decision tree on majority of my questions. I had alot of select all, and priority questions ( i got a 90% on Priority in the Kaplan online course). If your very good with knowledge content, I recommend take the Kaplan online course. The book that comes along with it is pretty vague. If your looking for something that is more comprehensive, then i recommend using the SAUNDERS book 4th edition. Which I will be using really soon and PASS on my second attempt.