NCLEX befuddled

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I took my NCLEX this morning. Expected the routine 75 questions and was rudely surprised by 259! To prepare for NCLEX, I took Kaplan and did their entire Qbank and all their Qtrainers with all %'s in the high 60's (one even a 72), read Saunders AND listened to Hurst audios.

Since I'm in CA., I'm not going to bother trying the "Pearson trick" because it sounds bogus. I find myself wondering why in God's name they can't just straight up tell you the day you take it! How annoying.

Anyway, just venting a bit and keeping my fingers crossed. What's done is done and I know I did the very best I could. Can't figure out what I could possibly have done differently or for that matter how/what I'll study IF I have to re-take.

Yes, it'll be a memory soon! And then I can fret over what's yet to come. I read your little blurb at the bottom of your last post and appreciate how you specialize in 'pulling pts back from the light'. I was pulled back from the light when I was a teenager and that's what got me into this nursing mess to start with!!

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IN RESPONSE TO "DSPN"s question:

After 24 hours from taking your NCLEX, you go back to the Pearson Vue site (where you originally pay for & schedule your exam) and attempt to sign up to take the test again. If, after entering your credit card and hitting "submit" you get a message that says "our records indicate that you have recently scheduled this exam. Another registration cannot be made at this time", then that means you've passed. OR it allows you to pay again which would mean, well, you'll be sitting again to take the test :(

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Just some interesting info you might find helpful. I decided to do a little research after seeing a few of these posts recently. I hope you did well on your exam.

https://www.ncsbn.org/1216.htm

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It's official! I passed! My RN license # from the BRN just appeared... (tested on Tuesday and it's Friday morning....so, approx. 48 hours here in CA.) He-he-he.

Thanks to everyone on this site for their words of encouragement, it really helped me calm down and have more patience........

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It's official! I passed! My RN license # from the BRN just appeared... (tested on Tuesday and it's Friday morning....so, approx. 48 hours here in CA.) He-he-he.

Thanks to everyone on this site for their words of encouragement, it really helped me calm down and have more patience........

Congrats! :D

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Congrats.

I took my exam on Thursday and I had my results Friday.

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XNavy corpsman

What a great feeling, eh? Such a relief! I've been on cloud 9 all day....need to get ready for an ACLS class, then resume & job hunting!! All sounds easy after what we've been through!

Congrats to you too!

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only taking the NCLEX in March using ATI any one have anyother suggestions for prep material

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This is what I did with regards to the NCLEX. All through Nursing school the instructors kept harping on 60 seconds per question to prepare me for the test. The school had someone come in and do a 3 day seminar on taking the NCLEX. They stressed breaking down each question and answers in a way my school never showed us. When I finally sat for my test, I took my time and averaged around 90 seconds with each question. I knew that at this pace I would not have enough time to finish all questions but I did NOT care. If I did not know what the question was asking, I looked at the answers and you can sort of guess what the disease was they were asking about. Then I went back to the answers and eliminated the two that did not make sense. I then went back to the question and reread paying attention to key words that would separate the two answers I had left to choose from. Now this worked for ME. My test ended at 75 questions. Using this method made the test rather simple and I am a very poor test taker!

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63Tedbear: I can only tell you what I did and I had success when NCLEX day came. I really feel like I went overboard and probably could have done less, but here it is: I took an in-person Kaplan class which was 4 days, about 6 hours a day ($400, but I figured I'll re-coop that investment with my new job), also listened to Hurst Audios and used the Saunders book. I'd flip-flop between these to help "mix it up". I graduated on Dec 19, 2014 and began reviewing right away, took the Kaplan 1st week of Jan., and the NCLEX on Jan. 26. I basically dedicated as much time as humanly possible to all the above mentioned tools. I made sure to maintain sanity and took walks and breathers every hour or so, which really helps me to retain the oodles of info.

Bottom line with all this?---No one can retain the amount of info that they can potentially ask you about so you just prepare yourself as good as possible in order to have the confidence needed to get through that one last hoop. Practicing really hard, mind warping (Kaplan) questions trains the ole brain and I highly recommend that!

Good luck to you! If I did it ANYONE can ;o)

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