I am a 31 year old married mother of a 9 year old from Virginia. I graduated with my BSN on 5/6/2016, recieved my ATT 5/12/2016 and I am signed up to take the NCLEX 5/25/2016.
Just so you other Mamas/Wives/Students out there know it is HARD BUTYOU CAN AND WILL FINISH NURSING SCHOOL.
My school emphasized how hard it is and put the FEAR OF GOD in us regarding the dreaded NCLEX. So naturally I am a complete HOT MESS in regards to anxiety. It is out the roof and there is a constant looming feeling hanging over my head..but I am trying to "just keep swimming" and doing my best to stay positive. But.. you guys know how that works..
My school has a mandatory Kaplan class (waste of time, all she did was read questions with rationales). The next week I took the Hurst Live Review and completed all of the extra videos last week. I have been studying ever since and I am using UWORLD, Kaplan Question Bank and Trainers, NCLEX Mastery and Hurst Questions.
Okay now to the point of this post....I just wanted to share with you guys an awesome resource. I always get on here (obsessively at times) and read all of the encouragement and tips and tricks so I thought I would share one of my own.
I have created a Quizlet "class" with all of the NCLEX information you could possibly need (Lab values, mnemonics, key points, etc...) It is free to sign up and all you have to do is click the link below and request to join. I have put all of the information I have found throughout others postings on allnurses into study sets of online flashcards and thought I would share them with the oodles of other stressed out people on here!
Good luck to anyone studying, I KNOW WE CAN DO IT..
Also if anyone else is using stuff and wants to know percentages (b/c I am always googling to read how other people are doing) PLEASE SHARE YOURS TOO AND IF YOU HAVE TAKEN NCLEX AND PASSED OR NOT, I would love to chat about what we like/don't like about different study resources.
My current stats:
UWORLD percentage = 63% 84th percentile.
Hurst Question Trainers so far = 79/125 questions and 82/125 questions
Nclex Mastery:62% with less than half done
Kaplan QBank percentage: I have only done one set with 75 questions @56% (I hate Kaplan)
Kaplan Diagnostic Test (taken before graduation)= 60%
Kaplan RN Readiness (taken one week after graduation before ANY studying)= 64.4%
How are these scores compared to ya'lls?
If you have any other useful tips and tricks please share them. If you have taken the NCLEX recently....PLEASE let us overly anxious basket cases know how it was! You remember what it was like before you took it
Also please feel free to ask me ANY QUESTIONS you may have. I will check this post OFTEN since my entire life solely consists of studying right now.
I will also update if I pass or not and some helpful tips after I take the exam! Plus final scores on all of the above before going to take the NCLEX.
I have accepted everyone who requests. I am currently studying as well so it won't be instantaneous. I accept as I see them and will get to it if you have requested to join. Please be patient.
Congrats on passing :) I take my NCLEX in about 2 1/2 weeks. I took the Kaplan course and I just started the qbank. Do you suggest that I purchase QBank too? I keep hearing so many great things about it and I really want to be successful the first time - one and done !
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). The next week I took the Hurst Live Review and completed all of the extra videos last week. I have been studying ever since and I am using UWORLD, Kaplan Question Bank and Trainers, NCLEX Mastery and Hurst Questions.
SWimbish, BSN, RN
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I have accepted everyone who requests. I am currently studying as well so it won't be instantaneous. I accept as I see them and will get to it if you have requested to join. Please be patient.