Nclex in 5 days so stressed! help!

Benedict983 · Jan 27, 2015

Ok. Arguably 85% of the people who take the NCLEX will pass. People scoring 50%-70% on practice questions through NCBSN, Silverstri, and Kaplan all tend to do well.

npham82, BSN, RN · Jan 27, 2015

Hello. I complete understand where you are coming from. I will give you my scores from Kaplan and hope it eases your anxiety

Q4 - 55%

Q5 - 57%

Q6 - 62%

Q7 - 58%

Sample test1 - 74%

Sample test2 - 52%

Sample test3 - 80%

I took my NCLEX yesterday and attempting to use the decision tree in each question but it felt like most questions went from step 1 to step 5. Test ended after 149 and found out today that I passed.

Believe in yourself and think through each answer choice before deciding. I would put down an X for any answer choice that I eliminated and wrote why before deciding on the answer. I went through 3 erase boards. The test center said "most people don't usually need more than 1 board"

Jramil · Jan 27, 2015

first let me start by saying CONGRATS! I know how much we all want it and strive for it. I get so happy when I hear someone has passed I can only imagine when I see my own pass. im going to need a few boards myself. Your scores are helping me with the anxiety I am currently having. I wanted to ask you a few questions i'm sure people and friends have asked you a bunch...

1- did you receive a lot of select all that apply (they freak me out I always miss one or add one)

2-did you only use Kaplan to study?

3-did you have to google words you didn't know while doing the question trainers? I don't want to feel like im cheating lol

Thank you so much!!!

Jramil · Jan 27, 2015

first let me start by saying CONGRATS! I know how much we all want it and strive for it. I get so happy when I hear someone has passed I can only imagine when I see my own pass. im going to need a few boards myself. Your scores are helping me with the anxiety I am currently having. I wanted to ask you a few questions i'm sure people and friends have asked you a bunch...

1- did you receive a lot of select all that apply (they freak me out I always miss one or add one)

2-did you only use Kaplan to study?

3-did you have to google words you didn't know while doing the question trainers? I don't want to feel like im cheating lol

Thank you so much!!!

npham82, BSN, RN · Jan 28, 2015

first let me start by saying CONGRATS! I know how much we all want it and strive for it. I get so happy when I hear someone has passed I can only imagine when I see my own pass. im going to need a few boards myself. Your scores are helping me with the anxiety I am currently having. I wanted to ask you a few questions i'm sure people and friends have asked you a bunch...
1- did you receive a lot of select all that apply (they freak me out I always miss one or add one)
2-did you only use Kaplan to study?
3-did you have to google words you didn't know while doing the question trainers? I don't want to feel like im cheating lol
Thank you so much!!!

1- did you receive a lot of select all that apply (they freak me out I always miss one or add one)

I received several. There were times where I was receiving them back to back. I noticed that I would get a recall type question after a SATA so I figured I didn't answer it correctly. haha They can be hard but all I can say is to just treat them as a true or false question. If you feel that it is a false, mark it false and move on.

2-did you only use Kaplan to study?

No, I also used ATI casually since it came with my school. I also used the LaCharity Prioritization, delegation and assignment book (only like half).

For ATI, I didn't take seriously because after doing all the questions, I remember the answers.

I passed NCLEX on my 2nd attempt so going through ATI assessments, I remember a good amount of the answers.

3-did you have to google words you didn't know while doing the question trainers? I don't want to feel like im cheating lol

Yes, I googled words or drugs that I didn't know but I attempted to limit it or at least only look to confirm my answer.

Jramil · Jan 28, 2015

Thank you so much! all that matter is that you passed! I will let you know if I get the good pop-up. Trying to stay positive. I plan to go over the classification of the basic medications this weekend and memorize those really well since I don't have time to go through all of them. hopefully it helps me with process of elimination. I also want to do the select all the apply for Saunders and pray for the best is all I can do at this point! thanks for the help!

Jramil · Jan 28, 2015

I hope you are right lol! im horrible at select all that apply I always add one or forget one.

npham82, BSN, RN · Jan 28, 2015

Try your best and the most important thing is trying to get a lot of higher level questions right.

FuturePMHNP, MSN, RN, NP · Jan 28, 2015

Don't stress yourself out too much. Your program prepared you for the NCLEX and I am sure you will do just fine.

Jramil · Feb 3, 2015

Hi everyone thank you so much for everything. I took my test yesterday and got the "good pop-up", checked this morning and I passed!!! im so happy!!! Thank you for the advise and positive vibes!!!