NCLEX In 265 Questions dont worry

[shanae22]

I wanted to blog about my experience taking the nclex to hopefully ease some minds. First off I want give a bit of background. I graduated from a school that passing rate had dropped into the 60's the year before. I was a b and c student. More B's than C's. I graduated in May and our class was offered a free live ati review 2weeks after graduation. I hated ati in school and the live review was a joke to me. I felt like it was too easy. So after completion I did Saunders Comprehensive Review questions online that came with the book. I did a basic review of content and then I realized maybe I should invest in Kaplan since it was highly recommended . I purchased the on demand class which offers question review, content review videos, question trainers, and a bank. My scores ranged from 55-60 on the q trainers and from 58 to 63 on the q banks. I felt like the videos of questions was more helpful than anything because it teaches you how to approach the questions. Kaplan I really wanted to use it to just to help with studying because honestly I didn't know what to expect. I also discovered Uworld 2 days prior to my exam and honestly i wish I would've known about it first the rationales were excellent. I did the lacharity quizlet, and reviewed the 30 page review floating around on this site. I rescheduled my exam twice out of fear and looking at my kaplan scores (54 on my readiness test) i was discouraged. So I took advice from this site and wrote down all the rationales to right and wrong answers. I would review my notes every day. Before test day I couldn't relax I had bad anxiety which is weird for me so I kept studying. I was shocked to get 265 questions because I felt like the test was easy. I finished in 3 hours no breaks. Oh and i literally was going off of 3 hours of sleep because i was so scared. It was way easier than Kaplan and it as really basic nursing I had 30 select all that applies. Maybe like 10 pharm questions which was my fear but they were basic. I had a lot of safety questions. I only received about 5 priority questions. I for sure thought I failed when the end of the exam because I was receiving lower level questions that was so basic, I read numerous blog post saying that if you get lower level questions toward the end of the 265 you might have been unsuccessful that however is false! I studied pharm 3 days before the exam and it was a basic review and honestly most of these meds are familiar. I didn't do the pearson vue trick because I was too scared to see my results. I just prayed everything would work in my favor. I found out I passed when my license number posted on the board of nursing the day before the quick results were available so I was relieved !!! I hope this helps someone who is looking at there scores and feeling like it can't happen or is nervous, relax take a deep breath, pray and you will pass. Sorry for grammar issues

[Ruger8mm]

Congrats on passing. That had to be stressful for you. We had a gal as part of our "inner group" who passed in 216 questions. She was extremely stressed as the rest of us had already taken the exam and passed in 75. I felt bad for her, that's a lot of extra/undue stress.