NCLEX-RN 2014 (Passed on 2nd Attempt)

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Hello all. Just wanted to share my experience in hope that it may help you. Failed the nclex-rn on my first attempt with 75 questions. I thought that my mind was still fresh from nursing school, so all I did was review some content for about 2 weeks. I was a nervous wreck the day of the test. I did not take my time and bombed it. I was devastated for a while. Took a month off from studying.

I decided to enroll in Kaplan on demand. Watched a few videos and told myself that there was no way I was going to watch them all. I'm just not that kind of learner. But I did hear that the videos are very helpful. Did all the qtrainers (twice) and finished the qbank. My scores were: diagnostic-66 and readiness-58. Qtrainers were from 53-64%. Finished the qbank with 64%.

I read the Kaplan rn course book from cover to cover. Read over the pharm section 3 times. Sometimes used Saunders as a reference. I read this study guide [COLOR=#003366]https://allnurses.com/attachment.php?...7&d=1310076980 about 20 times. Wrote all the labs on flashcards. Studied the notes that I took from all of the Kaplan rationales. For 3 weeks I did 100 questions a day. Read every rationale. Prayed 2-3 times a day.

The day before the test I asked the good Lord to help keep me remain calm. And he did. I had a nice breakfast, went to the gym, went to the theater to watch a film, came home and prepared a nice dinner. Read over the study guide and went to bed early.

Test day: nice breakfast, push-ups and sit-ups. Was pretty calm walking into the exam. TOOK MY TIME reading the questions and answers. Passed with 89 questions.

My advice: be dedicated to your study, eat healthy, exercise and pray.

Best of luck to all

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P.S. I didn't bother with the Kaplan decision tree.

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CONGRATULATIONS!

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Thank you!

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Congrads phill

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Thank you

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Congratulations!

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Congratulations Phil25!!

By the way, could you share what kind of tests you had.. like maybe SATA, or infectious ds, cardio.. i will be taking my nclex on feb 10.

Thank you!

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Congrats happy for u :) did u find out any similarities between Kaplan and nclex question ?

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@ chesca19 and Nikki

thank you for congratulating me. On this 2nd exam I had a lot of SATA questions, several meds and towards the end I was drilled with priority questions. I had 1 chart and a couple of nursing theory questions. It was strange bc I did not have 1 single med calculation and not 1 diagram. Very little OB/Peds. Keep in mind that every test is different. I heard they take questions from a pool of about 3000 questions.

Kaplan & Nclex: to be honest I didn't think the questions were similar. But I do believe doing Kaplan questions everyday, reading the rationale and taking notes was KEY! Kaplan questions definitely helped me with priority questions along with safety and infection. By doing the questions I was able to see a pattern.

Be diligent with your study plan. It's a sort of hell but all worth it in the end. Maintain your brain cells and keep yourself healthy(food, exercise and sleep).

Hope this helps

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Thank you for your advice Phil25!!!! I'm doing saunders.. and Kaplan..

Hope to call you colleague soon!!!

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Congrats! :D

Thank you for sharing your experience and your study guide!:)

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