GOT THE POP-UP!! Took NCLEX-RN for 3rd time today...

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Hello everyone!

I am thankful to God that I received the pop-up. Though I still have to wait to receive the official results, it brings a load of relief. This was my 3rd time taking it and hopefully my last. Thank you all so much for you inputs on what to study and what helped you. It has certainly helped me much. I will keep you updated within 48hrs!!!! :yeah:

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YAY Congrats! I took my NCLEX today and also got the pop up! I hope I really did pass!!!

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do u have any advice?? im taking mine for the third time on 12/16...

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do u have any advice?? im taking mine for the third time on 12/16...

Hi Murphyal,

I did lots of questions! I studied for about 2 months. Know your content and practice your critical thinking skills. I used Saunders Comprehensive Review 4th Edition, Saunders Question & Answer 4th Edition, and Kaplan. I took the Kaplan online review, which provides you the Qbank and the 7 Question Trainer tests. I used Saunders for the review for content and did questions from Saunders. However, I do believe that Kaplan was what enabled me to tackle the NCLEX questions. The Kaplan questions are MORE similar to NCLEX style vs Saunders. I highly suggest to take Kaplan or at least invest in the qbank.

Hope that helps! Message me if you have more questions :)

PS.. I didn't know if you were replying to me or to the OP oops!

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CONGRATULATIONS 2 our 2 Nov RN'S:nurse::bow:

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Well, first time I really didn't prepare. Second time I studied the Saunder's cd because I was reading that doing more and more questions will help. And I even used the Kaplan book from a friend who took the course. And didn't pass. :down:

This time, I bought ExamCram practice question book, the blue one. And almost completed it in a week! There are like 5 sections and each one has 250q's. Than I got the PD&A by LaCharity and almost completed that one, studeied it the next week.:up: So, I prepared two weeks, but remember, its my 3rd time taking it! Than, few hours before my test, reviewed over labs, infections precautions (MMR, varicella, etc.), disease (hypo-hyper thyroid, addison's, cushing's, diabetes,etc.) and to be honest I was basically tested over all of it. :yeah:

I knew my stuff when I was taking it. But there was some tricky ones that I had no idea. But I really did feel more prepared this time. After 1 1/2 hour, it stopped at 75 and I knew I got the last question right, thanks to the LaCharity book. I'd be happy to help out if you have any more questions!!! Good Luck!!!

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And also, I prayed! God can do so much and He has done His part!!

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i was just wondering about xam cram.. did u do the cd? questions keep repeating so it's taking me so long to finish pass1,2 and 3.. i havent tried the simulatd part yet..

and btw, congratulations! :yeah:

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I did the book first. The cd's rationales didn't help much because I couldn't find them. So I read the book front to almost back. Than, at night, I'd do the pretest one of 80 q's. But, doing the book brings more critical thinking, than you check the back to check and read rationale. The cd wasn't much help to be honest unless you went through the book militantly.

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I tested last thursday nov 12... it was my second.. It took me a while to recuperate from failing my first NCLEX RN.. I felt like I lost my self...

I graduated march of 08 from the Philippines and officially and legally set foot in this country august of of the same year.. Boy oh boy, so many changes so many adjustments.. my mind and body was effed. finally, adjusted a bit before the year ended and got a job at local retail store.. that went well, praises from my boss but deep inside I felt like a slave to their trade.. but all is fair, at least I have a job... months pass I sort of lost track why I came here in America for and that was to become a nurse. Hanged out with the wrong set of dudes. co-workers and psuedo-friends. my girlfriend for four years broke up with me.. which was admittedly my fault. I can't believe the racial tension here in central valley CA.. its in the air especially in the workplace.. its funny cause I thought thats been dealt with a long time ago.

yes I know cry me a river... its just drama people but it happens and I feel like I had to put my two cents in. :twocents:

anyway, I finally scheduled my test last may 28 and failed. I studied purely the Kaplan book. and I swear I thought it helped me a lot with test skills. what I didn't know was my content had faded quite dramatically already.

My life went rock bottom I swear. I cursed at anything and everything. But basically, like the nursing process I ADPIE my life and picked up the pieces it took 5 months to set my mind right because I felt like I lost everything dear to me, my ex, my mom, ( who is disappointed at me) and most importantly, my future which depended on that one test. I answered 261 questions and ran out of time by the way.. ( results came in the mail 2 weeks indicating I had "near the passing standard on most of the categories.)

After 5 mos, I dealt with my problems head on. I called my ex up since she would not reply to my emails. And set things straight between the both of us. the sweet words of I forgive you flowed out of her lips. I was relieved. My guilt had eaten me alive for so long thinking I deserve it. but then I could only hold so long coz I have my whole life ahead of me still. Talked to my mom wo went home to the Philippines because she had too much "stress" living with me here. And set things right with her too. As for my Job in the retail store, I changed my availability to work only three days a week so I can dedicate the rest to review, reflect and pray.

I scheduled a test last nov 12 thinking I was ready to rock and that I was locked and loaded and ready to pull the trigger. Truth is the NCLEX RN test still kicked my butt, but i was kicking its but too along the way. Unbelievably, after my studies prayers I still answerd 257 questions. can you believe it? all my friends did it in and average of 75-100 and passed. Mine stopped at 257 with 13 minutes left. yes I was there for 6 hours hanging on to dear life. I could remember I thought I had answered the last 2 questions right. but of course like the whole test, I really could not tell if I was right. I felt happy though. But like all of you hear still in the back of our heads we have our doubts.... the wait is killing me.

the only thing that made me stop thinking about it was the Manny pacquiao vs Miguel Cotto boxing match. My boy won, at the back of my head I hope I won too.

however, It was to my dismay, that when monday came, I checked my name on the CA BON verification site and could not find it there. I wanted to throw up. Memories of the stuff that happened to me flooded in and I swore i had the symptoms for a severe anxiety attack. I was hearing war drums in my head.

Before I conclude my thoughts on my recent exam I started looking at the internet for threads like these. Boy I wish I found this a year ago. Who ever platinum user is, he is a genius. This helps so much. A whole international community of nurses and their thoughts. Wow. So many happy so many heartbroken stories too. It just feels like home and I found it very therapeutic to read.

anyway, thanks for reading this far if you are reading. thank you. My main question is I realized that last wednesday, it was veterans day, the friday after my test was a furlough day for CA BON they do not update on weekends. And then so I checked yesterday. My name wasn't there. its been three days, does that count? Then I found out about this "trick" I tried it and I got the good pop-up (couldn't re register) Now, I know that's supposed to be a good thing, but all my friends that have passed the RN test had their names up in two days. some even claim they saw their name on a saturday even when it said on the site they only update mon-fri. So anyway, I don't know what to think anymore. I'm sorry I wrote such a long comment. I just felt like sharing. any comments?

much love to all future and present nurses. I love this profession and I am excited to be a part of it.

diegs..

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I'm sorry to hear about your struggles. But in the end, if you receive the pop-up, according to this blog, it means you passed. I try not to compare to others (classmates & friends), because everyone has a different situation. For example, each time I kept hearing about my classmates passing on the 1st try, I became more and more sad. Because I knew I worked hard in school and they did not. But I cannot think like that. Than, hearing aboow how they passed at 75 q's when I failed at 265. It can be very disheartening.

But, I had to focus. I had ot focus for my family and myself. To be able to move forward. I believe this NCLEX has nothing to do with real nursing. I have told another person, its like that movie, Saving Private Ryan. Where you dont' really want to be on that boat because you know when it opens, you either gonna get killed, injured, or trampled on by your own men tryine to escape. I guess my long point is, we go through training (nursing school), to face the enemy (nclex), and even though neither really relates, its the outcome that matters (staying alive and moving forward)...

We cannot let this eat up our minds and hearts. Believe me, I've been there. But we need to beat it at its own game. I'm happy to hear you got the pop-up. Keep us all updated! We are here for each other!!!

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