I take the NCLEX-RN Monday, and for some reason I still don't feel prepared. People say not to study the day before, but I still need to tighten up some areas. My wife is sort of "treating" me to a relaxing atmosphere. I am taking it in Columbus, and we are spending today and tomorrow down there.
I've been through Kaplan. I have earned 56% on the RN Readiness, and I took QT5 over again (it had been 2 months) with a 74% and I took QT7 with a 60%. Friends of mine who took Kaplan and passed told me that they thought Kaplan was harder.
I did 3 pretests on NCLEX RN mastery app and got a 75%, 70%, and 64% (last one was really rough).
I am just freaking out because I still have to look over a lot of drugs and my weakest link seems to be Physiological adaptation and Health Promotion. I am usually pretty good on Management of Care issues and Psych (which is funny because I do not like Psych nursing )
Check in is at 3 pm, and I think we are leaving around 1 pm.
Even when I try to do something to relax I get this nagging feeling in my head that I need to at least look over my drug cards and just skim through material.
Maybe someone can help me out with an issue that will help with health maintenance. Most of the questions I miss are OB questions. I know what to do with unreassuring FHRs. What I have problems with specifically is "put in priority which patient you will see first" when it relates to OB. How do you determine that when all 4 are in labor and there are no evident complications (like there are no symptoms of placental abruption, no prolapsed cord, etc)? Please don't laugh - my wife and I don't have kids and in my OB rotation I mostly was in the nursery. I mean do you go by the effacement/dilation? Contractions? Presentation?
Yes I am freaking out about this! I need to find a way to relax about it.
It's like a huge weight is lifted from my shoulders now. 239 questions but I tried to stay focused even 5hough it started to become mentally exhausting.
I paid for the quick results at 10 am. I am so excited!
I would get there an hour early, sit in your car jam out, mentally prepare for the test, and then go over some note cards to get into testing mode! You'll do fine! just took mine last week and passed!!!
Larry, I am also from Ohio area and graduated a few weeks ago. Currently waiting on my ATT. A few questions for you. Did you send in a paper application to apply for your license or use their new online system? How long did it take to receive your ATT? Also, would you mind commenting on this post when the OBN posts your license as active? I have heard it's taking longer than the 3 business days for licenses to become active. Just trying to figure out how long the whole process is going to take. Thank you!
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Update :
I PASSED!
It's like a huge weight is lifted from my shoulders now. 239 questions but I tried to stay focused even 5hough it started to become mentally exhausting.
I paid for the quick results at 10 am. I am so excited!