NCLEX-PN tomorrow at 3pm and terrified

scoobydoo32, RN · Jul 29, 2007

good luck, i just took mine in weds and found out yesterday that i passed:monkeydance:. the computer shut off at 203 questions. i thought for sure i failed. take ur time and i'll say a little prayer for u.

NNNikki · Jul 30, 2007

Thanks for your prayers and congratulations! I took my test today and only had about 85 questions. I don't have a CLUE how I did. :confused:

cjm65 · Jul 30, 2007

Thanks for your prayers and congratulations! I took my test today and only had about 85 questions. I don't have a CLUE how I did.

Well, I know how you feel. I took my NCLEX-PN on 7-26 and SWORE I failed it, I was so sure I failed it I went on my state's website and printed out the forms to REPEAT the NCLEX....my computer stopped at 85, and I PASSED... Let me tell ya, the 28 1/2 hours of waiting to find out was murder.... Good Luck! :idea:

NNNikki · Jul 30, 2007

Thanks cmj! Wow, you found out in 28+ hours? Inquiring minds wanna know how you managed that one?? :confused:

I'm embarassed to admit it, but I've already tried to seek out my results online even though I know they couldn't possibly be there yet! Talk about insecurity!:sofahider

My test consisted of only one calculation and that was a total input addition problem, so I was thankful for that. However, I was concerned about all of the Check All that Apply questions! Ugh! Those really suck! :down: I must not have done well on those, as they kept popping up!:uhoh21:

Also, priority care and assessment questions were plentiful. I only had one cultural question regarding the Roman Catholic belief. :whew:

Anyway, thanks again for the support~:wink2:

Nikki

cjm65 · Jul 30, 2007

I live in WV and every day at 3 pm they update the site, that is how I found out I passed.....I also had the check all that apply questions and they are nasty....Just keep in mind that from what I understand that the PRIORITIZING questions are higher level questions, and if you are good at the prioritizing questions, we were told that they are very important to the exam....Trust me, I was sure I failed....It was that bad! How long will you have to wait to get your results??? (I am praying for you and crossing my fingers!) Good Luck!! Carla

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I had quite a few cultural questions (at least 5), like 11 IV calcs, a lot of drug questions of drugs I had never heard of (I must guess well...lol), and a couple of DISEASE questions of diseases I had never heard of before also....It was a hard, confusing, and terrible test IMHO...:smiley_ab

NNNikki · Jul 30, 2007

From what I can tell, in WI here, you only have to wait about 2 business days, however, I'm not sure if that starts today or yesterday when I took the test (considering yesterday was a Sunday)???

Hopefully I will know by Tuesday or Wednesday, but I can't help but check already:behindpc:

Thanks so much again for chatting via forum with me...I'm up early in the morning biting my fingernails (figuratively speaking!)

Nikki

cjm65 · Jul 30, 2007

If you registered online with www.pearsonvue.com/nclex , you can go to your page with your login name and password and it will let you know when you can get your results, if they are there yet. I luckily have a state that sends ours to our state board which updates every weekday at 3 pm, so I didnt have to pay the 7 dollars and something to get my quick results. (but IMO, to know if you passed what is

scoobydoo32, RN · Jul 30, 2007

Thanks for your prayers and congratulations! I took my test today and only had about 85 questions. I don't have a CLUE how I did.

i'm sure u did fine just keep thinking positive. keep me posted

starbabyfive · Jul 31, 2007

out of curiosity...did you use an nclex pn book while you went through the program itself or just when you were preparing for the test itself??

if any of you did use a particular one throughout your program...i'm all ears. my first day of school is aug. 1. counting the hours...........

cjm65 · Jul 31, 2007

out of curiosity...did you use an nclex pn book while you went through the program itself or just when you were preparing for the test itself??
if any of you did use a particular one throughout your program...i'm all ears. my first day of school is aug. 1. counting the hours...........

personally, my first half of school i concentrated more on the studies that my teachers had laid out for us, because if you are like me, i was 41 when i started school, it is an adjustment phase, and i just concentrated on learning and understanding the material, not just memorizing enough to ace tests. when the second half of school came around, and i was more comfortable and understood the terms that i was studying, i had purchased 2 different programs i would practice on from springhouse on cd rom:

1. medical surgical nursing made incredibly easy;)

and even though i was in lpn school i purchased the cd rom

2. nclex- rn review made incredibly easy.

i never did purchase saunders, kaplan, etc. the last 3 weeks before my nclex, i did go online to www.learningext.com and enrolled to their online study plan, which is from ncsbn (the makers of the nclex), and it is a very thorough review, imo. it is all a matter of whatever you feel that you need to do...

any program or book is a help i am sure though....

during your program, you will better know for yourself what your weak areas and your strong areas are, and you can adjust accordingly to your weakness and know what to work on more. hope this helps! good luck in school !

scoobydoo32, RN · Jul 31, 2007

out of curiosity...did you use an nclex pn book while you went through the program itself or just when you were preparing for the test itself??
if any of you did use a particular one throughout your program...i'm all ears. my first day of school is aug. 1. counting the hours...........

good luck. i suggest to first concentrate in your school work because believe me it will be overwhelming. then when u get familiar with the terms and kowledge about nursing then start practicing nclex.because it is no sense to study something that u dont yet have a understanding about.