2015 NCLEX-PN

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Specializes in Reconstructive Plastic Surgery.

Helloo fellow futures nurses! Throughout my whole nursing program I always checked in here reading other stories and tips. So i decided to tell you guys my experience and what helped me! I took my NCLEX-PN January 6th...a day before my birthday lol I stopped at 105? After I passed 85 I took a break because I felt like I would be taking it for while. I had 8-9 SATA, 1 Picture selection, 3-4 Drag n Drop and 1 client report assessment. Most of my questions were mainly priority selections. Anywhoo, I did the whole PVT trick and I got the good sign! I'm still not convinced till I see the actual letter but everyone is telling me congrats lol For those of you who have crazy job and family schedules and need ways to study conveniently I found some tools to help! I worked two jobs while studying for the NCLEX-PN and needed to find a way where I can always have things to study with. Here's a list of my studying material:

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NCLEX - 3000

Main Menu - NCLEX-PN Review 3000 - Institutional Version

My ending average score was 76% But when I started I did horrible lol So don't feel discouraged if you have a low score in the beginning. After doing a lot of practice test it helped me built up my test taking skills. This goes the same for the Saunders questions too.

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Saunders Comprehensive Review

I used this for mainly the diseases or just to look up something I knew completely nothing about lol

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Exam Cram - There is two versions one for review and one that has all questions. I bought one and my friend bought the e-book for the questions one so we shared. If you guys need help with pharmacology I highly recommend the Exam Cram review book. It's straight forward with specific adverse effects r/t the medication. When you receive the book it comes with a tear out cram sheet that has all your nursing basics in all topics and a CD with practice test.

Since I was always on the go I used alot of phone Apps. I have Android but I'm sure iPhone has some kinda of variation of it. Here are the apps:

NCLEX- PN Mastery

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nclexpn.hlt&hl=en

I used the lite version which is free but the paid one is 29.99. Since I bought the exam cram book I didn't want to spend that much. They have picture images of certain procedures and different mnemonics. And they do also have a RN version.

Ultim8 NCLEX-PN

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ultimateapps.nclexpn&hl=en

This one is awesome! I love the flashcards and they have really thorough rationales. The questions remind me of Saunders and NCLEX 4000...very lengthy and wordy.

NCLEX(PN&RN)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jquiz.nclex&hl=en

The questions that were on here were similar to those on the Exam Cram so I just used this if I couldn't bring around the book. The questions get repetitive so I suggest to bookmark the question as you mastered it on the top right corner. This also gives you access to flashcards from other students as well.

In conclusion, it's all about being confident in yourself! I use to not be great at test taking because I would overlook the question or think wayy too much. In my nursing program it took me 3 times just to pass the HESI exit exam! The way I looked at practice testing is don't focus too much on the numbers. If you get it wrong then you get it wrong but read into the rationales and refer back to the book so you understand why you missed it. And don't forget ABC, Safety and Maslows! Well hopefully these tips helped and good luck to everyone taking it this year! :)

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Good luck !!! I just took mine this morning and tried the trick and got a good result as well. Really hoping that it still works! Good luck again to you!

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This is awesome!!! I to was one that checked this site often throughout my nursing program and I finally decided to get an account. I will be testing soon and I'm currently studying nclex pn 3000, saunders, exam cram for meds, and I just purchased the full version of the nclex mastery app and I'm loving it so convenient. A lot of my friends who tested stated they had majority priority questions as well. I'm considering renting out the LaCharity Priority Delegation and Assignment book just to make sure I'm good in that area .. Congrats to both of you !! í ¼í¾‰í ¼í¾‰í ¼í¾‰ I can't wait to celebrate when my time comes !

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Did u have ecg and comptation

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Well good luck to you! Just relax and try not to over think it. (Easier said than done, trust me I know) but just study and I am sure you will be just fine! 😊

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Good luck to you! It sounds like you prepared well. I will be taking mine in a month! (:

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Specializes in Reconstructive Plastic Surgery.

Good Luck to you too!!

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Specializes in Reconstructive Plastic Surgery.

Good Luck!! ;)

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Specializes in Reconstructive Plastic Surgery.

No I didn't have any ECG questions or any med equations

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Specializes in Reconstructive Plastic Surgery.

Thanks! Good Luck to you too!! This wait is killing me... it's been two weeks and I've done the PVT trick so many times lol I just checked the BON to search for my name. I'm sooo tempted to just go to Sacramento lol

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Thank you and congrats they nclex mastery is really awesome and the nclex pn app, the lippincott 3000 is also good thank you for all of the suggestions

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Thanks! Good Luck to you too!! This wait is killing me... it's been two weeks and I've done the PVT trick so many times lol I just checked the BON to search for my name. I'm sooo tempted to just go to Sacramento lol

did you pass..? How long did you wait for your results!?

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