Drove 3 hours yesterday...could not eat...checked into nice suite to treat myself which happened to be across the parking lot from the Pearson center...thought it made sense. It didn't! I stared at the entrance all day and night long wondering "how I would feel when I walked out those doors after the big test...couldn't sleep...couldn't eat...hated the nice room and REALLY hated the Pearson center that I could see from my window all night!
Woke up...peed...couldn't eat again...felt like I was having a stroke...maybe the bird flu...something...maybe going into shock. Walked across the parking lot...checked in like a fugitive (fingerprints, palm scan, picture up against a wall)...peed again...put keys and drivers license in locker...told to put papers in locker too. Did that...peed again. Went into the room...stuffed the ear plugs in my ears...put the head phones over those to keep the sound out...started the tutorial...finished tutorial...thought I'd puke. Started the test and BAM! Didn't know the first several questions...went blank...closed eyes and prayed to the Gods for something...PLEASE GOD something....looked around the room for my marbles...then remembered "they are videotaping me"....eyes back on the test...
Almost two hours later...question 95...WHAT!? I didn't flunk at 75! Still in the game, right? Didn't pass either...*&&^^%%^**...BUCK UP! Every question now is pass or fail...big deep breaths...prayed to every God I know of...at question 118..screen went blank...mind as well...took off the ear phones, pulledsd the plug out of ears...barely got into the bathroom before I peed myself...left with lady smiling saying good luck...whatever.
Drove 3 hours home...still can't eat...surprised I can still pee...but I did...wanted to crawl into bed and sleep...couldn't sleep...kept thinking...PVT...does it work? *&^%...what to do...of course I had to check it out...really started gagging and then....the good pop up came up :-) I ate and haven't peed since!
Seriously y'all, relax, try and eat, do NOT study the day before and DO NOT get a hotel room across the parking lot from the (*&^ testing center! Relax and pray to all your higher powers...breathe...pee...breathe...pee...don't kill a patient and pass!
Good luck to all...need to go call a urologist....new R.N.!!!
It sounds to me like you are more than ready. I got a 70% on my NCLEX predictor and was told by ATI that I was 91% sure to pass NCLEX on the first attempt. I did! You are ready girl!!!! GO FOR IT and have the confidence ... you CAN DO IT! Don't lose yourself inside your head....you will be fine :-) Truly!!!
Haha I'm actually referring to the Kaplan trainers. There's 7 test trainers they give you and tell u that the last two, 6&7 most mimic the nclex. They Also tell u that scoring above a 60% on those means your good to go. I didn't quite meet those standards so I'm looking for some advice on here. For nursing school I had the ATI exit exam and had to pass with a high 80s score to predict passing the NCLEX on the first try and I reached that. It's just since this is my second time I'm getting caught up in my performance based on my scores.
The Kaplan sample questions is what i think is closer to Nclex.....
Hi! Im in the exact same boat as you! I will be taking NCLEX for the 2nd time on the 10th and I finished QT 7 with a score of 59.62%.. Im debating putting it off another week because I am soo nervous!
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Some people have passed NCLEX with a score in the 50s for q6&7. Just make sure you understand the rationales. Good luck!