Passed on first try with 75 Qs!

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Hi all,

I'm happy to say I passed NCLEX in 75qs, first try! I graduated from a Canadian nursing school and wrote in Ontario, just got my results today. I wanted to share the resources that I used. I used Hurst online review for core content, which is an amazing resource (including the Hurst practice exams), as well as UWorld questions (did about 500 Qs from UWorld), and also some Kaplan practice questions.

I tried 'NCLEX Mastery' app questions, but quickly found that the UWorld questions are much better in terms of that higher-level thinking and actually closer to what I saw on my NCLEX. UWorld also gives the best rationales I ever saw anywhere! I would strongly recommend UWorld and Hurst review.

On the actual NCLEX, I had one EKG, one nutrition question, a lot of SATA which were tricky at times, and a lot of priority questions.

I memorized all American lab values because some students from my program said they saw only American, while others saw both SI and conventional values.

If you have qs, please ask.

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Congratulations on passing!!!! I take my test July 7th and I am super nervous.

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Your logic doesn't work. You said you changed from NCLEX to UWorld questions because they matched the exam questions better - you knew this before you did the exam???

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If you dont mind me asking, what were your scores n Uworld? Ive been getting 60-65% and im taking my nclex next month.. Im nervous and i feel like my scores were too low. Please help..

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Your logic doesn't work. You said you changed from NCLEX to UWorld questions because they matched the exam questions better - you knew this before you did the exam???

No, unfortunately I had no magic crystal ball to tell me what type of questions to expect on NCLEX the day of my exam. However, I settled for the next best thing, which is my experience writing HESI in school, reading about the type of questions I can expect to see on NCLEX (like in the Kaplan book), and hearing from grads who have written NCLEX.

The Nclex mastery app has a lot of questions at the comprehension/recall level of knowledge. NCLEX tests you on Application of knowledge, and Analysis (analysis being the highest level). UWorld delivers questions at these high levels. I read reviews on UWorld beforehand as well, and decided to try it, and really, Nclex mastery paled in comparison. Also, I just had that "feeling", like an intuitive feeling that UWorld questions were the type of questions I'd see on NCLEX, and I wasn't wrong.

So in a nutshell, I did my research beforehand, and then I went with my gut feeling.

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If you dont mind me asking, what were your scores n Uworld? Ive been getting 60-65% and im taking my nclex next month.. Im nervous and i feel like my scores were too low. Please help..

I had 67% and it stayed there, no matter how many questions I did. I've also heard through grapevine that others passed NCLEX with much lower scores, ie in the 50s. Don't be nervous, continue to practice and gain that confidence that you can pass. Best of luck to you!

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