GALPN57 18 Posts Specializes in MED SURG NURSE. Has 6 years experience. Jul 20, 2007 Go to ebay,type in excelsior college or college network study guides.Lisa arends CD's are the ones with the picture of the nurse,they are around 9.99 each,very thorough.She has a good reputation with all the nursing groups I have joined.Also go to yahoo groups.com and join the nurs ing groups.A lot of info there and they have files with notes and some practice exams you can access for free.Saunders NCLEX review book and Q&A books are helpful.Good luck with all your studies and God bless:welcome:
LEN-RN 164 Posts Specializes in Med-Surg, LTC, Rehab, HH. Has 4 years experience. Jul 22, 2007 Saunders CD and LisaArends CDs are the best.
LEN-RN 164 Posts Specializes in Med-Surg, LTC, Rehab, HH. Has 4 years experience. Jul 22, 2007 Saunders CD and LisaArends CDs are the best.
txspadequeenRN, BSN, RN 4,373 Posts Specializes in ICU, PICC Nurse, Nursing Supervisor. Has 20 years experience. Jul 25, 2007 you seem to be experienced at the ec thing so i have a question. after you pay and register for a concept , you have to wait a couple of days before you can go online and register with the testing facility. now is there a long wait at the testing centers that you have noticed. are you having to wait weeks to test or are you finding you can pretty much test when you want.. just trying to get everything in place here . i'm a planner and fixin to pay for nc1 (today) . i'm studying for nc3 right now. i have the chancellor's study guide. i read through that, take one of the ec practice tests, then read from the kozier's text in the areas where i still need work, then take the second practice test. that worked for me very well for nc2, at any rate. i'm almost done with the study guide for nc3, so i'll be doing my first practice test soon. i'm testing july 31st. :)
Editorial Team / Moderator Lunah, MSN, RN 33 Articles; 13,748 Posts Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CNE, CEN, CPEN, TCRN. Has 15 years experience. Jul 25, 2007 I've been able to get the dates I want, for the most part -- usually within a day of my desired date. But for NC3, the time I got wasn't what I wanted -- 5:15 p.m. Ugh! Right during rush hour. So I'll just go early and go to a nearby coffee shop before my test time. :) I prefer to test around one-ish or so ... that way I miss rush hour both coming and going!But yeah, it hasn't been a problem so far. I'm testing in the northern Virginia/DC-suburb area, so I imagine it's a fair representation of a metro-area testing center.
txspadequeenRN, BSN, RN 4,373 Posts Specializes in ICU, PICC Nurse, Nursing Supervisor. Has 20 years experience. Jul 25, 2007 i hear ya about the traffic. i just looked up my closest testing center and it is about 50 miles away in the big city (between ft worth and dallas) . so i definitely want to by-pass that madness... well thanks for the info . i'm paying for nc1 today and hopefully will get my eval from ec soon, so i can pay to enroll and get registered for ec3i've been able to get the dates i want, for the most part -- usually within a day of my desired date. but for nc3, the time i got wasn't what i wanted -- 5:15 p.m. ugh! right during rush hour. so i'll just go early and go to a nearby coffee shop before my test time. :) i prefer to test around one-ish or so ... that way i miss rush hour both coming and going!but yeah, it hasn't been a problem so far. i'm testing in the northern virginia/dc-suburb area, so i imagine it's a fair representation of a metro-area testing center.
Editorial Team / Moderator Lunah, MSN, RN 33 Articles; 13,748 Posts Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CNE, CEN, CPEN, TCRN. Has 15 years experience. Jul 25, 2007 If you arrive early, call or go in to the center and ask if they have any open seats -- every time I've gone, I've gotten in early. For my A&P test back in May, I arrived at least an hour and a half early, and called from the parking lot to verify my appointment time. The person said I could come anytime before because they had open seats, so I showed up upstairs two minutes later. :) He was like, "Wow, guess you were close by." Ha ha!The security at these places is a little disconcerting at first -- you first read a written notification that you'll be fingerprinted, photographed, and then audio and video-recorded while testing. You have to put everything but your photo ID in a locker, and the only things you can take into the test room with you are your ID and that locker key. You also have to remove your watch -- even non-special, normal watches. They get your digital signature, your fingerprint, and your photo. Then you walk over to the test door where the test proctor-person sits, and you have to do your fingerprint again before walking into the door. They give you an whiteboard and a pen for notes, and they seat you at a machine and start your test. When you're done, you raise your hand and they have you come out, give them the whiteboard and pen, do the fingerprint again, and then you're finished. While you get your things from the locker, your test score page and test score breakdown page print out.The first time I tested, I was so nervous/shaking I couldn't get the fingerprint reader to work, before AND after testing. I'm such a spaz sometimes! :) The Pearson people are very nice and professional, though.
txspadequeenRN, BSN, RN 4,373 Posts Specializes in ICU, PICC Nurse, Nursing Supervisor. Has 20 years experience. Jul 25, 2007 thanks for the heads up , cause i would probably pass out thinking they were trying to arrest me with all the fingerprinting...lol i don't think i had to go through that much when i took the nclex. anyway i do alright on this test . it may just shoot my test taking ability if i fail the first test..know what i mean.if you arrive early, call or go in to the center and ask if they have any open seats -- every time i've gone, i've gotten in early. for my a&p test back in may, i arrived at least an hour and a half early, and called from the parking lot to verify my appointment time. the person said i could come anytime before because they had open seats, so i showed up upstairs two minutes later. :) he was like, "wow, guess you were close by." ha ha!the security at these places is a little disconcerting at first -- you first read a written notification that you'll be fingerprinted, photographed, and then audio and video-recorded while testing. you have to put everything but your photo id in a locker, and the only things you can take into the test room with you are your id and that locker key. you also have to remove your watch -- even non-special, normal watches. they get your digital signature, your fingerprint, and your photo. then you walk over to the test door where the test proctor-person sits, and you have to do your fingerprint again before walking into the door. they give you an whiteboard and a pen for notes, and they seat you at a machine and start your test. when you're done, you raise your hand and they have you come out, give them the whiteboard and pen, do the fingerprint again, and then you're finished. while you get your things from the locker, your test score page and test score breakdown page print out.the first time i tested, i was so nervous/shaking i couldn't get the fingerprint reader to work, before and after testing. i'm such a spaz sometimes! :) the pearson people are very nice and professional, though.
KrisRNwannabe 381 Posts Jul 31, 2007 I just got back from taking NC3 and I got a C. kinda bummed, but at least I passed. I got a 79% on the practice test so I thought I would get at least a B. I didn't think the practice helped very much on this one. I have never gotten a C before so this feels weird. Oh well! onto NC4
Editorial Team / Moderator Lunah, MSN, RN 33 Articles; 13,748 Posts Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CNE, CEN, CPEN, TCRN. Has 15 years experience. Jul 31, 2007 Which practice test did you take -- was it the EC one? I took the first EC practice test last week and got a 79; took the second one today and got an 83. I'm testing tomorrow. Yikes! Hoping for a B, at least ... eeep.
rnlately 439 Posts Specializes in LTC, Acute Care. Has 6 years experience. Jul 31, 2007 My nclex experience at pearson was the same; so when I start taking nc I shouldn't have a problem.
