Officially an RN...thank you, everyone!

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So I'm a lurker...I have a login ID but rarely posted. However, I always go on this site to hear words of encouragement (from ppl who post needing it and I read their replies) and its somehow helped me get through this dreaded exam.

Three days before, I was literally...going crazy. My palms wouldn't stop sweating, I got nauseated doing my Kaplan exams, I couldn't sleep, etc. Can you imagine the day of?! I scheduled mine at 2pm but that just gave me the morning to panic even more and even throw up right before I left my house. So for the last couple of days, I prayed like no one has ever prayed before. I went on this site to calm myself down. I threw up again. :chair:

Strangely enough, on my way to Pearson testing center, I was calm....very calm. Took my test and zoomed through it (uhh...I thought I failed 'cause I was being given easy questions with the same diseases), finished in an hour and left the center. As I roamed around the parking lot, I took out my phone, checked the Pearson Vue trick and got the GOOD pop-up. I practically bawled in the parking lot.

Two days later, my name was up on the BRN! And yes, I threw up again. :sstrs:

Anyway, just wanted to thank everyone here who replied to other people needing encouragement and words of wisdom. You guys don't know how helpful it is to us lurkers as well. :D

If anyone's curious, I took the Kaplan course for a month, then the second month I studied the Kaplan book, did the QBank and QTs, read the Priority book by LaCharity. Just those. Nothing else. My husband told me to avoid using other materials 'cause it'll confuse me even more, and he was damn right. I know some people are not fans of Kaplan because they're mostly strategies, but I found it VERY helpful because it condenses so many of the things we need to learn into chapters that are easy to access. The Therapeutic Procedures chapter saved my life....I had 6 questions on nursing procedures I had to order from start to finish! What the heck, right?!

So there ya go! That's my lil story and I'm proud to be among the rest of you nurses AND future nurses!

P.S. I stopped at 75 questions, had 5 audio questions, 6 "place in order", 5 SATA (thank GOD!), and the rest were typical multiple choice questions. =P

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So I'm a lurker...I have a login ID but rarely posted. However, I always go on this site to hear words of encouragement (from ppl who post needing it and I read their replies) and its somehow helped me get through this dreaded exam.

Three days before, I was literally...going crazy. My palms wouldn't stop sweating, I got nauseated doing my Kaplan exams, I couldn't sleep, etc. Can you imagine the day of?! I scheduled mine at 2pm but that just gave me the morning to panic even more and even throw up right before I left my house. So for the last couple of days, I prayed like no one has ever prayed before. I went on this site to calm myself down. I threw up again. :chair:

Strangely enough, on my way to Pearson testing center, I was calm....very calm. Took my test and zoomed through it (uhh...I thought I failed 'cause I was being given easy questions with the same diseases), finished in an hour and left the center. As I roamed around the parking lot, I took out my phone, checked the Pearson Vue trick and got the GOOD pop-up. I practically bawled in the parking lot.

Two days later, my name was up on the BRN! And yes, I threw up again. :sstrs:

Anyway, just wanted to thank everyone here who replied to other people needing encouragement and words of wisdom. You guys don't know how helpful it is to us lurkers as well. :D

If anyone's curious, I took the Kaplan course for a month, then the second month I studied the Kaplan book, did the QBank and QTs, read the Priority book by LaCharity. Just those. Nothing else. My husband told me to avoid using other materials 'cause it'll confuse me even more, and he was damn right. I know some people are not fans of Kaplan because they're mostly strategies, but I found it VERY helpful because it condenses so many of the things we need to learn into chapters that are easy to access. The Therapeutic Procedures chapter saved my life....I had 6 questions on nursing procedures I had to order from start to finish! What the heck, right?!

So there ya go! That's my lil story and I'm proud to be among the rest of you nurses AND future nurses!

P.S. I stopped at 75 questions, had 5 audio questions, 6 "place in or

der", 5 SATA (thank GOD!), and the rest were typical multiple choice questions. =P

Congrates wahoooooooooooo u made it......Can you plz tell me about lacharity book . which edition and isbn no. of this book. I went to barnes and nobel book store and they don't have it. thanks in advance.

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Congratulations!!!We are pround to hear some good news!You beat the new Nclex thank God,now is our turn,I'm taking mine on 25 April .

Did you had also a lot of pharm or infection control?

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:cheers::ancong!::hpygrp: You've done it. Thanks for the tips and good luck in your future endeavors.

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GOLD2010 - The Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment: Practice Exercises for the NCLEX Examination (Paperback) by Linda LaCharity (isbn: 0323065708) I found it at a Borders =)

Bulinutza78 - oh i forgot about those! lol I had about 4 meds that I'd never heard of so forget THAT; and my SATA was all infection control PLUS regular multiple choice questions. Good luck on your exam! Management of care is gonna be raised so study LOTS of those...the LaCharity book will help with practice =)

winsome08: THANK YOU!!!

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Congrats!!!:yeah:

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:ancong!:

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First of all CONGRATULATIONS!!! Must feel so great to have that monkey off your back!

I have a question, I just finished the kaplan in class review and Im now doing the online stuff. I'm reading different things of course. Im trying to take my test between 6-8 weeks from today. Im looking at their syllabus that fits certain timelines. Says about 50 questions a day etc. Now it says to start with the QT first, 4, 5, 6 and 7 and then the Qbank. I see the trainers are like 150 questions, I want to concentrate on the 50 i feel liike that would work for me timing wise. So do I suspend the test after 50, come back the next day do another 50 till I reach 150 so that would be 3 days for each qtrainer?

I see some folks says to do 6,7 which is closer to the actual nclex closer to the test date, the last few weeks? What would be your advice and I do have the lacharity book as well, it is awesome.

thanks

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does the LaCharity book have CD?

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Mine didnt come with a cd, just went and looked at it, dont think it does.

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congrats!!

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congratulations

:dancgrp::dancgrp::dancgrp:

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