My NCLEX experience......I think I passed!

Nursing Students NCLEX

Published

I have been reading a lot of threads on here to prepare myself for the NCLEX and figured I would share my experience to hopefully inspire others in our shoes!

I finally took the NCLEX yesterday and for me it was a crazy experience with the questions that I got. Without going into details I had my first SATA at question #7 and remember thinking OMG! Half of that test must of been SATA's for me, and the rest was prioritization and even more prioritization's. I had a few med questions, and I think that you really needed to know your meds to answer those questions. The same goes for the few lab questions that I had too. I expected a lot more med questions then I received, but I'm not complaining with the few that I had. There were a few psych questions and very few OB questions. I did have a few questions with answers that just didn't make sense so it was easy to eliminate those. I could tell that I must of been doing well at one point because there were questions with topics that I never even heard of, and it must of took me a few minutes to figure out what they were getting at, sheesh! Then I went back to the SATA's and prioritization loop :sarcastic:

I remember reading somewhere on here that if you have a lot of SATA's and prioritization questions, then you are doing well so that helped calm me down a bit while I was taking the test. The computer shut off at 75 questions after 2 hours and the survey screen popped up!! So I was literally in tears at that point and couldn't focus on the silly survey because I had a feeling that I passed and had tears of joy. The personnel there must of thought I was crazy with my smiles and tears! :D ...I was checking for the PVT as soon as I left the building like a mad women and got the good pop up, so now I am just waiting on the official results on the BRN's website. Hopefully it won't take to long because the suspense is driving me crazy!!

I prepared by studying for two weeks straight on top of the 4 day Kaplan classes. I also used the Saunders and Lippincott's book, but found the Kaplan book and content lectures to be really helpful. Kaplan was very dry for me and was really hard to focus at times, and now that I think about it I didn't use the "decision tree" with a lot of the questions. BUT I took all 7 of their Q trainers and used 60% of their Q Bank which helped me review the content that I was weak in which was a lifesaver in the end for me.

I think that success on the test requires a combination of knowing the content and how to really adapt yourself to the NCLEX style of questions.

Well that is my 2 cents, and nothing is official until my name is posted on the BRN's website but things are looking really good! :)

Hang in there peeps and it will all be over before you know it! Now it is time to find that elusive New Grad job which is stressful and exciting at the same time. :bugeyes:

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Congratulations!

Up Vote Up Vote ×

congratulations ! please can u tell when did you graduate and what was your score on kaplan q bank? and q trainer?

GOOD LUCK TO FIND A JOB!!

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Congratulations welcome to the nursing field.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Thank you so much for the support!! I am super excited and relieved to finally be at this point after Nursing School. Nothing is set in stone yet until my name is on the BRN's website, but it is looking really promising. :)

I just graduated in Dec 2012, and wanted to take the NCLEX asap while everything was still fresh (plus I want a job!)

My Q trainers ranged from the mid 50's to the mid 60's. My Q banks started out to be high 50's and low 60's...but as time went on with practicing hundreds of questions my Q banks were in the high 60's to the low 70's. I would review each test and go over the questions that I missed and reviewed the content so I had a clear understanding of the material. Looking back I feel like the Q trainers were much harder than the NCLEX questions, but it was helpful in reviewing the content. The Q bank for me was more similar to the NCLEX with their prioritization and delegation questions and of course the SATA's, ugh

Good luck, and you should be fine. Please let me know if you have any more questions!!

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Thank you so much for the support!! I am super excited and relieved to finally be at this point after Nursing School. Nothing is set in stone yet until my name is on the BRN's website, but it is looking really promising. :)

I just graduated in Dec 2012, and wanted to take the NCLEX asap while everything was still fresh (plus I want a job!)

My Q trainers ranged from the mid 50's to the mid 60's. My Q banks started out to be high 50's and low 60's...but as time went on with practicing hundreds of questions my Q banks were in the high 60's to the low 70's. I would review each test and go over the questions that I missed and reviewed the content so I had a clear understanding of the material. Looking back I feel like the Q trainers were much harder than the NCLEX questions, but it was helpful in reviewing the content. The Q bank for me was more similar to the NCLEX with their prioritization and delegation questions and of course the SATA's, ugh

Good luck, and you should be fine. Please let me know if you have any more questions!!

Congratulations on passing! I hope I'll pass next month. I'm using kaplan too.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Congrats!!!!!! All the best in your nursing career.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

It's official, the PVT trick worked and I my name is on the BRN website today!! Woohoo!!

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Congratulations! I'm concerned b/c I'm doing well on my cumulative practice tests through NCLEX 4000 and Saunders, but I don't do very well on SATAs.....I fear if I get a lot of SATAs, I'll fail the NCLEX. Any thoughts from anyone on this? Does it just mean I'm more likely to have over 75 questions, but still likely to pass the NCLEX due to the fact I can prove above 50% proficiency on nursing topics? I'm okay with that, just curious if I still have a decent chance at passing if I'm not super strong on SATAs....thanks.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Hurst said that they believed you could not get any alternate formats right and still pass in 75 since you have 15 questions that don't count, I guess they figure those 15 will be an alternate format.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Congratulations!! I got my first SATA on question 4 and I swear to the Lord up above that I had over 20 SATA. It was one right after another! lol

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in cardiac-telemetry, hospice, ICU.
Congratulations! I'm concerned b/c I'm doing well on my cumulative practice tests through NCLEX 4000 and Saunders, but I don't do very well on SATAs.....I fear if I get a lot of SATAs, I'll fail the NCLEX. Any thoughts from anyone on this? Does it just mean I'm more likely to have over 75 questions, but still likely to pass the NCLEX due to the fact I can prove above 50% proficiency on nursing topics? I'm okay with that, just curious if I still have a decent chance at passing if I'm not super strong on SATAs....thanks.

Boxcars- I had the same feelings going into my test. My experience was that the SATAs that I got in the exam were much easier than the ones I had been seeing in my studying. I actually think I was doing better on those than some of the bizarre off the wall multi choice questions. I did pass last week with 75 questions

Good luck

Up Vote Up Vote ×
+ Add a Comment