Passed Nclex in 75 questions, thanks uworld!

hello Everyone!

I just want to share my glorious victory to this scary Nclex, how i study to it, and what resources I used.

First of all, I've been out of school for 6 years and a foreign graduate( Philippines). I failed on my 1st attempt with 75 questions, I used Kaplan during that time and was so devastated that I failed the test.

Well, 6 years later, I started working as a CNA in a hospital and decided to finally get back on track and finish my course- to pass the NCLEX. I studied for almost 3 months and dedicated my life to it.

Month 1- I used Saunders and Hurst for content. Both are great resources but I find Saunders to be the most helpful coz you are like going back to nursing school. Hurst is more of a short cut and I recommend it to the fresh grads.

Month 2- I used Kaplan qbank, not for me unfortunately. I was doing 60-70% but the rationales are aweful and vaguely worded. i still stick to it and finished all the questions. I used the Kaplan's lab results as well.

Month 3- Since i wasn't doing well with content, i tried going back to Saunders, but OMG i can't contain the information in my brain! so i researched, and i Find U world.

IT WAS THE BEST PURCHASE OF MY LIFE! FOR 89 DOLLARS ONLY(one month purchase)!

But I wasn't doing well in terms of percentage, Im getting 50-60%. But the numbers didn't scare me, I knew I needed to read thoroughly the rationales. Uworld will give you at least 50 sata and all the difficult questions per 75 questions and i was a good practice for me!

Before the day of the exam, i didn't study and just walk and have fun.

The day of the exam- I was 1 hour early, didn't bring all my notes and tried so hard to relax. I started my test at 8am. AND OMG! THE NCLEX SCREEN AND UWORLD IS THE SAME! IT WAS SUCH A RELIEF!!! on the 3rd question, IT WAS SATA, AND I HAVE 10 STRAIGHT SATAs FOLLOWED BY EXHIBITS! I finally took an unscheduled break on question 50. I puked in the bathroom and cried a little bit. I was thinking why am i getting hard questions?

Went back in, questions 60 to 70 was al multiple choice, and lo and behold 70 to 75 were all SATA! on question 75 i was like " please let me continue on, please!" I shut off I felt like ambivalent about it. "Did I pass or fail?"

I went home, curled up in my couch and was watching Catfish(lol). Got super sick the next day. I didn't do the PVT trick coz it just makes me more anxious.

AND 48 HOURS LATE, I GOT MY RESULT FROM THE BON. I PASSED! I PASSED!!

KEEP YOUR FAITH, YOU CAN MAKE IT