My road to Nclex success

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First of all i would like to thank God, my friends and family and of course all every body here on allnurses. I'm a foreign grad so I started by registering with CGFNS for evaluation of my transcript. then I had to take the TOEFL exams even though all my education was in english including textbooks. The BON I registered needed me to take it because the country i had my education from was not part of the countries they exempt from the english proficiency test. I took the TOEFL test and scored 90 which was higher than the minimum required score of 82 so I became eligible to take the Nclex after submitting my application together with my FBI and BCI checks. I registered with pearsonvue and after about 7 weeks i received my ATT from My BON. I scheduled and took the exams on August 10, 4days before my birthday. the computer shut down after 210Q I felt good because I thought i was very sure of my last question. I got home tried the trick and it took me straight to the CC page. I felt like I sword had be driven through my heart. but I put myself together after 3days and started studying again registered with pearsonvue and submitted another application to my BON in about a week I received my ATT and CPR. my CPR showed that I was near passing in 4 areas, above passing 3 areas and and below passing in one area.I did not want to wait too long so i rescheduled to take it again on september 27. 47days after my first attempt. I used the same resources i used the first time solving and reviewing more questions.On the test day I got to the center 30 mins before my appointment time. After 75Q the computer shut down. i got the good pop up after doing the PVU trick, got my quick results 48 hrs later and today I received my Official results from the BON

resources i used

Kaplan (did all the question trainers and sample test). good resource for answering questions

Saunders 5th edition( solve 1000+questions) good resource for content

and for those of you in Ohio I also used Mark klimek Nclex RN review class. (this class really helped me a lot.

I hope this long story of mine will encourage some you preparing to take the exam any time soon. You can make it if you made it through nursing school. All the best

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hi congrats on passing the nclex

i am the same as you but i failed the nclex twice already. used kaplan on demand and saunders on the second take thou. what are your scores on your second take of kaplan? would you suggest me to take another review material or go with saunders and kaplan too.

thanks!

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Congratulations. Well, that cheers me up :) I am a foreigner myself and about to take my exam (3 days left). I am extremely nervous and feel so unprepared although I have been studying for months. Any thoughts?

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hi congrats on passing the nclex

i am the same as you but i failed the nclex twice already. used kaplan on demand and saunders on the second take thou. what are your scores on your second take of kaplan? would you suggest me to take another review material or go with saunders and kaplan too.

thanks!

you can add hurts to your review materials the video sessions helps a lot. i will also suggest u read the test taking strategies in your kaplan book and use the strategies in solving questions to master them. my kaplan scores were

QT1-52

QT2-55

QT3-57

QT4-53

QT5- 67

QT6- 66

QT7- 68

readiness test 67

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Congratulations. Well, that cheers me up :) I am a foreigner myself and about to take my exam (3 days left). I am extremely nervous and feel so unprepared although I have been studying for months. Any thoughts?

thats how i felt too but i think studying for months is okay that is if you are good on the contents and also good at using the test taking strategies. the strategies actually helps you to choose the right answer if you are not familiar with what the question is actually asking and also helps with SATA questions

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Did you feel like your study questions were as hard as the nclex exams questions?

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Did you feel like your study questions were as hard as the nclex exams questions?

yeah especially the SATA questions

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Good.. As long as they are not harder... ;)

Thank you for your reply. Keep me in your thought this Saturday. I will post how it went afterward.

What country are you from originally?

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Good.. As long as they are not harder... ;)

Thank you for your reply. Keep me in your thought this Saturday. I will post how it went afterward.

What country are you from originally?

Keep praying and also make sure u know ur lab values well. I’m originally from Ghana

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Hi!

I am originally from the Ukraine and I am going to take the NCLEX for the first time. Everything from CGFNS is approved. But I don't feel very confident as I heard that many American student failed 2nd and even the 3rd time having great preparation. If to take into consideration that they overcome through 2-4 years of the Nursing school and English is their native language. Oh! What should I count for if I never visited any college in America and English is my second language. Do you think I should try anyway?

I am a new here and I would be appreciated for any piece of advice.

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Lolashine:

I am from Germany and know exactly how you feel. I feel the exact same way and my exam is in two days. I think it doesn't matter what other people say or do on the exam even if they are english speaking. Because even in your country are people who don't pass right away. I agree the NCLEX is a pain in the ... But we eventually get through this although our native language. Is a different one. As long as you put lots of work,dedication and love into it then I believe we should be fine. Maybe it takes two or three trials for us to pass. But then at least we know where we are standing and what area we need to work on or focus on.

I would say: go for it!

Wish me luck Saturday and I will let you know how it went.

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Hi!

I am originally from the Ukraine and I am going to take the NCLEX for the first time. Everything from CGFNS is approved. But I don't feel very confident as I heard that many American student failed 2nd and even the 3rd time having great preparation. If to take into consideration that they overcome through 2-4 years of the Nursing school and English is their native language. Oh! What should I count for if I never visited any college in America and English is my second language. Do you think I should try anyway?

I am a new here and I would be appreciated for any piece of advice.

I understand how you feel before I took mine some people tried to discourage me telling me how people who had their nursing education here struggle to pass the exam. I don't think there is anything different from what you were taught in your country and what is taught here except for some cultural things related to nursing. to tell you the truth i did not see anything different form what i was taught in nursing school and what I learnt whiles preparing for this exam. what I would advice you do is master how to use the decision tree and how to descriminnate between answers especially with prioritization questions. If I was able to make it You can also make it. All the best

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