My N-CLEX exprience

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Dementia.

Hello, I have been pretty much a silent observer since 2008. I love this site! I wanted to share my N-CLEX experience.

For starters, I had been an LPN since 2000. I continually took classes when I could and worked full time until it was time to actually "bridge" or "progress" in the ADN program.

My college offered a Kaplan Review class. It lasted 4 full days. I attended all 4 days and I took notes. Kaplan Review really helped me with some areas I was weak in. The last time I studied maternal/pediatric health and Med Surge was in 1999. Kaplan really helped me identify and then study the things I had forgotten (there was a lot by the way). I also found a few helpful sites on you-tube (Khan Academy and Michael Linares) that I would watch to update my brain. Kaplan has a large test question bank and they recommend doing at least 800, I did 500 questions. I also have a Lippincott N-CLEX review book and I read all things in it about maternal/pediatric health and all the endocrine information that is in the front of each chapter.

I took my test July 8th. I ended up answering 78 questions before the test shut off. Of those I would say 1/4 to 1/3 were multiple multiples. I had no math problems at all, no diagrams, one EKG question, quite a few delegation and 3 chart questions. I got my results the next day by 1130 am.

I passed :)

Congratulations. Your determination and hard work surely paid off. Continue to SHINE in your Nursing career.

Wow, you are an inspiration to the rest of us. Very happy you stuck it out and now are a registered nurse. I hope to be one too soon. :-)

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