Hello nurses and future nurses! I always wanted to write a forum on here about my experience with nclex. I would come on this website everyday for advice or studying tips since I started LVN school back in 2012. So I finally got the chance of taking my boards yesterday 8/5/15 and decided to write my experience and what I used to study for this test. I been holding off on this test for 2 years! I was going through a lot **** so my plans on becoming a nurse was on hold.
Fast foward to 2 yrs later, I decided I needed to make a change in my life and get on a better path so I made a promise to myself this year I was determine to take this test and finally become a lvn!â˜ºï¸ So I took off of work for about month to dedicated my studies since I forgot everything I learned from school which i graduated in 2013 of October. I signed up for hurst online review which was great for content and that is what I needed. Plus the review was pretty easy to follow with the study guide that would go with the lecture videos on every topic u needed to cover. Other materials I used was Kaplans nclex pn strategy and practice review 2014-2015 book was a good tool for how to identify what the question was asking you. Also it helps you how to eliminate Between 2 answers. All in all I thought it was a good book to prepare for the test since Im really bad at test taking. Through lvn program I mostly maintain a C in all my class and was hardly getting A's on my tests. Mind you I struggled through nursing school. I had to take the school exit exam the (Hesi) twice! The first time I hardly study for that and that I was my fault but I made sure the second time I study really hard and I made sure to pass! Another book I used that I thought helped me the most was the prioritize delegation and assignment by Lacharity. This book is a must when taking a the nclex. I know this book is used mainly for RNs but there are good amount of questions for lvns and it help me on delegation and who to see first. I did questions everyday about 50-100. I used saunders online questions through evolve. Those help me with knowingt content as well.
A week before my test I quit trying to review content due to the fact there was just too many things to learn and I can only retain so much. I didn't really go over maternity or Peds that much but I wish I did since I saw a lot of questions on them on nclex! Lol but anywho so I ended up just using Lacharity kaplan and do 100 questions until my test. On the day of my test I felt uneasy. I didn't feel ready I was scared that I wasn't prepared enough and that I would fail so I broked down crying like 30 minutes before my test. I got myself together prayed and pretty much ask God to give me the strength to get through this test whether I take all 205 questions or stop at 85 questions which is the minimum u can get. Once I got in I was less nervous...I knew I had no choice but to go through with it and pass!!! To my surprise I took the whole 205 test and used the 5 whole hrs! Lol I will tell u this...I felt like I did not know one single thing on that test and it was getting harder every question I got! I had 25 sata questions and a good amount of priority of who to see first and maternity and peds. Only got 2 or 3 math and No put in orders or hot spots. There were a good amount of psych questions and a lot of safety and infection control too. After I was done I really felt that I failed big time! So like everyone who has taken the test I tried the pearson vue trick anyways. After 5 min of trying to register...I got the good pop up! ðŸ˜ðŸ˜I probably did it like 10 times yesterday and today I checked twice and still got the good pop up. I wnt be able to find out officially until I get it in the mail since california doesn't have the quick results. So to be honest you can never be ready for nclex. It's imposible trying to study for every single thing. It's not gonna happen and you just need to believe and have faith in yourself to pull through! Trust in the lord and you will succeed! It worked for me and I can honestly say with out him and the support of my family and friends that helped me along the way I wouldn't be able to go through with this. I will post up another forum once I get my official results! Good luck to anyone who is preparing for this exam!
Moonshadow76
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Congratulations! That is great news!