I just want to praise the LORD for all of his wonderful blessings and prayers answered and I want to thank everyone on here who prayed for me and talked to me.
I took my NCLEX-PN the first time Thursday morning at 8am and I really thought I wasn't going to have a good day. I only slept 4-5 hours the night before and I had a bad head cold that I could hardly hear anyone because my ears were so stopped up. I prayed the entire time while I sit myself in that chair getting ready to take it. I started writing down everything I could remember on that board before I even started and the woman came in there after 5 mins and said that I needed to start my test or it would kick me out. I started going for the tutorial and I could feel my heart RACING. After my first question, I got a SATA. I just had a feeling the entire time that I would only get 85 questions. After 1 hour and 30 minutes, the computer shut off and I thought the test was too easy because I could only think of about 8-10 that I honestly didn't know. I called my fiance to pick me up and I told him that I knew I had failed, but deep in my heart I knew I had passed. I looked on the WV board last night before I went to church to see if my license had been activated and it was! I jumped up and woke up my fiance and told him the great news! GOD IS SO GOOD!
I had 2-3 infection control, 8-10 SATA, 2 med calculations, 8-10 drugs [got the same question about the s/s of one], LOTS of priority, and 4-5 delegation.
The reason the NCLEX was easy for me is because I used KAPLAN QBANK and HURST REVIEW. I live by those two because if it wasn't for the combination of those two I wouldn't have passed. Also, SPIDERMAN and other mnemonics really came in use. The questions on Qbank were harder than the NCLEX and knowing your information is key. I studied almost every single day for almost 3 months and it would range from 5-9 hours a day. If you do not know your content on NCLEX then you will not pass because I only used my ABCs twice and the rest of it was all knowledge based.
I never got wrapped up in my score on Qbank either. I had completed 96% and I had 58% [that is doing the questions that you missed with the unused questions]. Two days before I took the NCLEX, I scored a 44% on one of the Qbank tests with questions I had never used which had caused my Qbank score to drop from 59% to 58%. I focused on the rationales and not my score. I did use Saunders for the CD and I ranged from 50-75% on 100-question tests. When studying drugs, I learned the endings and the common side effects with the patient teaching [that came from Exam Cram].
The main reason I passed is because of PRAYING. I fasted, prayed hard, and gave all my thanks to my Lord. Based on scores some say I wasn't ready, but if you have the Lord on your side you don't have to worry about scores!
so i just took the nclex pn today i seriously still feel like i am going to vomit. i know they tell you and prepare you for the test to just shut off at any moment, but i absolutely still panicked. mine shut off at 85 questions and i was like "wait i am not done." i was the last one to start and the first one to finish. i took the test in 1 hour. i had quite a few sata, a lot of priority, half the test was meds, and a lot of if you were doing a conference about such and such disease what would you include. i am absolutely terrified. i hurried out of the room when it was done. i didn't even pay attention to that stupid survey they do at the end. my sheer panic was setting in. i was trembling when i got into the car. it was so traumatizing that i can't even remember any of the questions i got. i guess i just blocked it from my mind as soon as the comp shut off. *sighs*
Some brilliant soul posted a series of mnemonics about infection control sometime ago. I'll pass it on because it's the only way I was able to correctly answer infection control questions on NCLEX!
AIRBORNE
My - Measles
Chicken - Chicken pox
Hez - Herpes zoster
TB - Tuberculosis
DROPLET - Just remember SPIDERMAN
Sepsis
Scarlet fever
Streptococcal pharyngitis
Pertussis
Parvovirus B19
Pneumonia
Influenza
Diptheria (pharyngeal)
Epiglottidis
Rubella
Mumps
Meningitis
Mycoplasma
Adenovirus
CONTACT - Remember MRS. WEE
Multiresistant drug organisms (MRSA, etc)
Respiratory infections (except those listed previously)
Skin infections
Wound infections
Enteric infections (C. Diff., etc)
Eye infections (conjunctivitis)
SKIN INFECTIONS - Remember VCHIPS
Varicella
Cutaneous diptheria
Herpes simplex
Impetigo
Pediculosis (lice)
Scabies
Remember! Persons on airborne precautions must be in a negative pressure room and the door must be closed at ALL times! Persons on droplet precautions can have their room door open, however.
I just got home from taking the Nclex-PN.........I want to vomit! I had no math on my test at all and that is a strong point for me. The test asked things I never heard of before. I made it thru nursing school with a 4.0 and now feel dumb as a box of rocks. SOOO many SATA questions. The test shut off at about 85. I'm scared to death. I have everything riding on this, I need the license to get a job.
Has anyone else had no math? I gather that everyone feels like a deer in the headlights.
KAYBDT6, BSN, RN
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CONGRATS!