NCLEX 2013 Advice

[QtSueBee]

I took my NCLEX on May 30th and felt like I completely bombed it! My test shut off at 75 questions and I thought to myself there was no way I passed this exam with 75 questions. I did the pearson vue trick and got the "good pop up". I was still a mess and convinced I failed. I was literally in a depression for 48 hours. Today I just found out I passed! I'm a firm believer in the PVT. People who deny the trick are most likely in denial because they were led to the credit card page. The system automatically knows to not let your register for another exam if you passed. Also, why would Pearson Vue tell you about this trick. They don't talk about it because it's all about money. They want you to pay to see results. But I still didn't feel confident until I saw my results.

For study advice, Hurst Review was awesome!! I got questions on the exam that were literally out of the core content of Hurst. If you think you're going to open all of your med/surg books and study every drug and disease process, you're making a horrible mistake and setting yourself up for failure. Do TONS of practice questions and get the basic core content down!! When you take the exam, focus on the question on the screen and stop worrying if you are in higher level questions. I did that and got horrible anxiety during the exam. Your only priority is to answer each question to the best of your ability by using your nursing judgement. I only got 7 SATA! When you walk out of that exam you will feel depressed and feel like you failed it horribly. But don't assume anything until you try the PVT and see your results. For study tips, focus on infection control and nursing priorities/triage! Good luck and BREATHE!

[NAM123]

Those who already took NCLEX.. did you think the questions were more like Kaplan or Saunders? I feel like kaplan is harder and saunders is more basic.. what do yall think?

[12hrshifts]

I felt just like the OP when that screen went blue after #75. I actually thought, "OMG...I've failed this so badly they have shut me down already". lol. Fall back to your basics of NCLEX style testing and rely on your education foundation.

Plus, everyone's test is sooooo different. Just like the OP had few SATAs...I had tons. You just never know what your draw is going to be. Believing you worked really hard the last few years in nursing school is what kept me going during the test...of course, with lots of prayer.

[newnurseFL2013]

I just took the NCLEX and passed with 75 questions. To me, the questions were very basic like Saunders. I also took the HURST review and my Q-scores were 88,89,89,97,94,87.

[i<3u]

I just took the NCLEX and passed with 75 questions. To me the questions were very basic like Saunders. I also took the HURST review and my Q-scores were 88,89,89,97,94,87.[/quote']

Wow, like Saunders!? I did pretty well on Saunders and thought the questions were fairly easy.

[i<3u]

I just took the NCLEX and passed with 75 questions. To me the questions were very basic like Saunders. I also took the HURST review and my Q-scores were 88,89,89,97,94,87.[/quote']

& Congrats, too!