Hey all! First off, congrats to everyone who graduated this year (and those who graduated in any previous year)!!! My day was May 11th, and it still feels so surreal. Also unreal. Probably because I'm busting my butt studying for this crazy NCLEX thing that's looming on the horizon! In that regard, it feels like nothing has changed haha.
I scheduled my NCLEX for mid-June, because everything else that was available felt too late or too early, and I'm still feeling skeptical about the day I chose. But it's definitely motivated me to keep a decent study schedule going. And if anything, like if I feel super unprepared, I can always reschedule to a later date, but I'm trying to avoid this. I've been using UWorld, trying to do at least 50 questions a day, and then doing questions/reviewing Saunders on 3 specific systems a day, just to brush up on it. I also plan to start utilizing Mark Klimek's audios when I find time to sit and listen. The week before the NCLEX, once my review of systems is (hopefully) complete, I will do at least 150 questions a day. Then, like many others, I will not study at all the day before the exam, and Monday, June 11th is the big day!
That being said, I saw a bunch of other threads for people who were taking the NCLEX during a specific month, so I thought I'd go ahead and do the same for the month of June! I like the idea of us building each other up, supporting each, crying to each other, offering insight or advice or tips that we may know... the list goes on. Anybody taking the NCLEX in the month of June, or even early July? Anybody freaking out like me??? "RN" is so close I can almost taste it! Ahhhhhh!
Hello everyone. I took the NCLEX today. The test shut off at 75 questions. I felt numb, had not idea if I passed or failed. I got about 20-25 SATA, 3 drop down, 2 ECG, 1 picture, few peds, several meds, and no math, no audio. There were couple of questions I had no idea and guessed. I felt the NCLEX questions were easier compared to Kaplan Q-bank questions. After 75 questions blue screen popped up asking if I would participate in 30 min research question which will not affect my test score. Since I finished early, I decided to take the research questions. They were harder. They give you a case scenario following 6 questions related to that case.
I have graduated in May, and prepared for NCLEX for about 3 weeks. First week I did content review, but decided not to continue, because it was impossible to review everything. Started Kaplan. Kaplan Trainers 1-7 averaged mid 60s, Q-bank (did appx 1200 questions) averaged 55, readiness test 73. I did exclusively Kaplan questions, because our school used it and we paid $500 for it. I was thinking about rescheduling it for later date, but decided not to. Because I don't think I will never feel that I am ready. 4 hours after test I tried the Pearson Vue trick, and got the good pop up, fingers crossed.
Finally received my att today. I take the test in a week and a half. Im just ready to get it over with and start working. Luckily I already took the NCLEX for practical nursing so im prepared for it to be horrible lol Good luck to everybody taking the test this month and Congrats to everybody who have passed already. We are all almost there!
I graduated May 19 and am scheduled to test on June 9. We used ATI throughout nursing school and I feel that has prepared me well for NCLEX. I am using Saunders to help prepare by answering 100 questions (or at least a goal of 100 a day until I test. Can't wait until this has passed!
Hi Isimilien04, I too used the Kaplan NCLEX-RN Prep Plus 2018 edition, I don't know what the difference is in the "plus" part though. Does your book allow you to have online access to the practice tests and videos? The online practice tests were VERY helpful, they were very similar to practice questions in the book. When I sat down for my NCLEX (yesterday) I felt very comfortable with how the question were set up, I think the Kaplan book does a great job of teaching you how to break the questions down, and especially how to eliminate incorrect answer choices.
I was averaging exactly the same as you! ((Keep in mind, Kaplan advises a target score of at least 70%, and you're above that! :))
I finished after 75 questions and got the good pop up! ((I hope this is reassuring for you, I think you're right where you need to be!))
Hi guys! the PVT worked for me! For anyone who is currently studying, I highly recommend just practicing questions. I used Uworld and was really happy to see that the format was almost identical to the NCLEX.
hey so I just did a self assessment test and got 60% on it and 64th percentile
which places at at "very high chance of passing"
right now im in the 53rd percentile and 55% correct on question bank, I still have over 1,300 questions to do though.
I was looking at my self assessment and at the beginning out of the first 20 questions i only got 2 wrong, second 20 questions I got 7 wrong so thats like 31/40 - not bad
then I realized i was running out of time and had to rush so i got 21 wrong out of 35.
what I realized is that when I take my time and really think it through, i do better and good thing the NCLEX is 6 hours long.
I am wondering if anyone got the same scores as me as far as statistics go and how they did on the NCLEX
I feel good about it, but im still nervous Ive read the predictor is pretty accurate but my friend got a high chance and failed...
I will update y'all when I test, but until then I need some feedback or tips on how it was for yall
Hey guys!! I just graduated May 16th. I'm taking NCLEX June 11th. I'm only using uworld to study and so far so good! My averages are between 60-65%. I hope to pass with no more than 100 questions, but I'm mentally preparing myself for 200+ just in case.. Lol
should i focus more on priority and delegation? seems like there isn't much on content
The problem is there's literally no way to tell what you should and shouldn't study. I had a nagging feeling that I should review content because I was good at questions and priority etc but terrible when I'd get a question featuring random content. I'm glad I listened to my instincts because my NCLEX was majority teaching and prioritization, which requires content knowledge. I find out tomorrow if I passed for sure or not, but I got the good popup with the PVT and had 75 questions. But I'd go with your gut about what you need to review. So many people told me not to review content, and I'm glad I didn't listen.
Like I said in my earlier post, my 'who do you see first' questions had answers that weren't glaringly obvious. No one ever seemed terribly emergent. And they say to prioritize "Airway Breathing Circulation" in that order, but there were several times where there was an "Airway Breathing" answer and I definitely didn't choose those. That's what I hated about Kaplan; "It's always Airway then breathing then circulation... except when it isn't!" Too many exceptions in their process for me, but it's worked for others. NCLEX is so individualized and unique, so your studying should be as well.
I forgot to update you yesrerday. I did pass my nclex. My license was posted on the state website 24 hours after my exam. So PVT worked for me and I passed in 75 questions!
Just scheduled my exam for the end-ish of June! Congrats to all who have passed so far! Not sure if I'm grateful for the extra studying time or nervous that I have to wait even longer to take the exam!
a day until I test. Can't wait until this has passed!
secondcareer1, RN
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Hello everyone. I took the NCLEX today. The test shut off at 75 questions. I felt numb, had not idea if I passed or failed. I got about 20-25 SATA, 3 drop down, 2 ECG, 1 picture, few peds, several meds, and no math, no audio. There were couple of questions I had no idea and guessed. I felt the NCLEX questions were easier compared to Kaplan Q-bank questions. After 75 questions blue screen popped up asking if I would participate in 30 min research question which will not affect my test score. Since I finished early, I decided to take the research questions. They were harder. They give you a case scenario following 6 questions related to that case.
I have graduated in May, and prepared for NCLEX for about 3 weeks. First week I did content review, but decided not to continue, because it was impossible to review everything. Started Kaplan. Kaplan Trainers 1-7 averaged mid 60s, Q-bank (did appx 1200 questions) averaged 55, readiness test 73. I did exclusively Kaplan questions, because our school used it and we paid $500 for it. I was thinking about rescheduling it for later date, but decided not to. Because I don't think I will never feel that I am ready. 4 hours after test I tried the Pearson Vue trick, and got the good pop up, fingers crossed.