I just took the NCLEX - PN, my thoughts.

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I feel like burning most the LVN review books I bought as they did me no good what-so-ever on the NCLEX. The questions I got came out of left field. Stuff that wasn't taught in school like post mordum care for jewish men and questions about the Buhdist faith. I couldn't believe the questions I got. It felt like I guessed at half the questions. What a terrible feeling I have now. I have went threw the ENTIRE Saunders LNV review book and cd TWICE, that's 6,000 questions, as well as the kaplan review book, "lvn made easy", and the mosby cd. Total review questions and rationales done exceeded 8,000. Yet it didn't help me at all. Yes I read the rationales for ALL the questions/ answers. The NCSBN.ORG review was the only thing that helped me as the questions were similar to the NCLEX.

The VAST majority of question were priority questions. I had learned all the tricks to answer these in the Kaplan book. Only one big problem....the priority questions in kaplan are a complete joke (very easy) compared to the actual NCLEX ones which were brutal.

My computer shut off at 85 and I am positive I got the 85th question wrong because I looked it up when I got home. I hear if the computer stops at 85 and you miss the last question ...you most likely failed if you weren't doing so hot. I wanted to throw up when I left the testing center.

So hear I sit and have to wait 3 weeks to get result in CA. I will start checking the LVN board website next week, but I have a bad feeling my name won't be up there and I will have to take the NCLEX again.

Specializes in Knuckle Dragging Nurse aka MTA.
I just took my NCLEX today, I almost pass out. I stop at 160 something. Mostly priority and fallow up ? I'm very nervous now that I know for sure I have to wait 4 weeks to get the result since I'm in CA. I just can't get over it. :confused: Hopefully, I can sleep tonite. I feel exactly like BigB. The NCLEX Saunders book didn't help and same as DelMar's.

How did you feel while you took the test and after? I felt ok, but not great, while taking it. I walked out of the testing center thinking "What the hell did I just do it there." Not because I knew I failed it, but because I had no clue if I passed or not. Classmates called me up and asked if I passed and I just didn't know. The day after I took it I started to think I failed. I looked up a couple of questions I had only to see I answered those few wrong. This was enough to get me feeling blue so I stopped worrying about it. It is too late to worry now, I just have to wait. It's been 8 days now and I have been feeling better about my chances of passing. I have a plan B and C if I don't though, and I recommend others have a plan in order in case they fail. It lessens the shock.

hey bigb

im holding up just fine..actually this sucks..im scared to recieve my results..i guess you and i will be getting them around the same time..i hope this doesnt ruin our holiday break..or our new year..:crying2: ...well i got my fingers crossed and you will be the first to know..good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!! keep in touch and please dont let this stupid test get to you..you can take it again and again..so dont worry ok..and have a safe holiday..hope to hear from you soon.:rolleyes:

Specializes in Knuckle Dragging Nurse aka MTA.

Thanks for the kind words. I am taking your advice and not thinking about the test much. I do enjoy coming to this website and offering info to people in need, and I like the support system here. Yes, I bet we both recieve our results within days of each other. I will keep everyone posted.

Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
Thanks for the kind words. I am taking your advice and not thinking about the test much. I do enjoy coming to this website and offering info to people in need, and I like the support system here. Yes, I bet we both recieve our results within days of each other. I will keep everyone posted.
Please keep returning to this site. :)

It is always beneficial for positive, helpful people (such as you) to hang around this place!

I have a question.......but, first, I'll say that I took my boards in 1974, before the NCLEX ever came into being.

But I'm wondering why schools don't touch on some of these things that students say are on the tests but not in their textbooks?

Don't schools have access to old Nclex tests? I was just wondering about that.

Specializes in Knuckle Dragging Nurse aka MTA.
I have a question.......but, first, I'll say that I took my boards in 1974, before the NCLEX ever came into being.

But I'm wondering why schools don't touch on some of these things that students say are on the tests but not in their textbooks?

Don't schools have access to old Nclex tests? I was just wondering about that.

That is a very good question. I can't speak for other schools, but my lvn program was the only one I know of that made the students take 10 "exit exams" after graduating, before they would send in our application to the lvn boards. These were, more or less, your typical school exam based on the different body systems (cadriac, neuro, ortho, etc etc). The tests were a nice review , but didn't help at all on the actual NCLEX. I felt my school let me down in preparing for the NCLEX, because we never practiced any priority type questions. If I hadn't of bought the kaplan book or the ncsbn.org online review I KNOW for sure I would of failed the NCLEX. The tests in school were nothing like the NCLEX.

Specializes in LTC.

Most of the tests at my school contained very similar questions to those found on the board; i.e. all the choices were right, but we had to choose the BEST best answer. Boy, did we grumble at the instructors for how "messed-up" those tests were, but they consistantly told us "Well, that's what you're gonna find on the boards." I don't think most of us believed them until we actually sat for the exam! :lol2:

We also had to take a practice NCLEX-PN at the computer lab; they wouldn't let us graduate until we did.

While I was taking the the test I felt like I was guessing a lot because I didn't know that I would have so many ? on priority. I have a bad feeling when I got out of there. I was with 2 of my other friends who were taking the test the same day too. One of my friend stop at around 120 questions and my other friend was similar to me. We have a similar ? A lot of priority and fallow up ? I wonder why my other friends didn't get much of the priority ? I don't know is it a good sign or a bad sign having so much of these priority ? I heard some ppl said that if your questions is getting harder at the end that mean you are doing good and most likely pass, but if you have repetitive ? that mean you are doing something wrong. I'm so worry cause I'm not sure are my ? repetitive or not. I just want my result back ASAP. I can't wait anymore. HOPE WE ALL PASS, that will be our BEST X-MAS GIFT. :wink2:

I have a question.......but, first, I'll say that I took my boards in 1974, before the NCLEX ever came into being.

But I'm wondering why schools don't touch on some of these things that students say are on the tests but not in their textbooks?

Don't schools have access to old Nclex tests? I was just wondering about that.

Schools do not have access to old NCLEX exams. The exams are comprised from a pool of thousands of questions.

Thanks commuter,

I recommend you take it on december 28 for a couple of reasons. First, the longer a person waits after graduating to take the NCLEX, the lower the pass rate is. I believe the stats are 80% pass rate if taken before 4 months of graduating, 70% after 6 months and 40% after 1 year. Second, we tend to forget nursing things after being out of school for awhile.

I studied for 3-4 hours a day myself. I did about 8,000 review questions before taking the NCLEX. I took the test 4 months after graduating from LVN school, but started reviewing very lightly 10 months before the my NCLEX. By very lightly I mean doing 20 questions from the Suanders review book/ cd a day.

During the month before my test date I was doing 200 review questions a DAY!! from 4 review books. To be honest, waiting another month to take mine wouldn't of helped. Saunders didn't help me much at all. It didn't help because it didn't adress priority-type questions. Which patient to see first. What is the most immportant to report.. etc etc. I had about 50 questions like this.

I highly recommend kaplan and the ncsbn.org online review. They are the closest to the actual NCLEX, and helped me the most. Even if I didn't pass, I will do the online review again. I still have to wait at least 8 more days to get results.

If taken with 26 days of graduation, it is 84.6%. If taken 27-39 days it is 80.5 days. If taken 40-62 days, it is 72.4 days. If taken 63-1565 days (4 years) it is 44.6%.

Specializes in Knuckle Dragging Nurse aka MTA.
If taken with 26 days of graduation, it is 84.6%. If taken 27-39 days it is 80.5 days. If taken 40-62 days, it is 72.4 days. If taken 63-1565 days (4 years) it is 44.6%.

Hmm , so it was 120 days after I graduated before I took the nclex....so I have a 44.6% cance of passing. Great , that is EXACTLY what i needed to hear as I am stressed to the max already, thanks.

BigB-

I took mine almost exactly 90 days after graduation, after rescheduling twice because I did not feel ready. I realized I probably would never feel ready, and could not stand having the test looming over my head anymore, so I just went ahead and took it, while praying alot. I passed. I don't think alot of people take the exam within 30 days of graduating, because your application cannot be sent in until your last official day of school, and then it takes forever for them to process it and send your ATT.

Repeat after me: I know I passed, I know I passed, I know I passed....

Maureen

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