PASSED IN 60 - WALKED OUT CONFIDENT

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I took my NCLEX a few days ago. It shut off at 60, and I left KNOWING I had passed. I was just waiting on the email!

I had 60 questions, 21 select all, 1 exhibit question, NO audio/hot spot/math...

I used UWorld for over a month. I did a MAXIMUM of 75 questions a day. One day I only did 50, and one day I only did the NurseAchieve CAT exam (which shut off at 61 questions) and no UWorld questions. I bought the package with 2 assessments - on the first test which was 2 weeks before my exam I got borderline, and on the 2nd one 1 week before my exam I got very high.

I wanted to share because I don't ever hear people discussing my experience. I didn't use anything else. I walked in feeling somewhat confident, but prepared myself to feel depressed after thinking I had failed. I did not feel that way whatsoever. There was only one question where I had no idea what the disease was. Other people led me to believe I would be guessing on every question. I was so confident in myself afterward, and found out 36 hours later that I had passed.

I am BSN, RN!!

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Specializes in Med/Surg, LTACH, LTC, Home Health.

Congratulations ????! I know how you feel.? Ten years ago on June 16th, I walked out of Pearson Vue feeling the exact same way because the computer shut down at 75 questions. I was so naive that I didn’t know that people actually failed at 75 until my friend failed hers. Thank God I passed. Anyway, you have another reason to celebrate. Happy Fourth!!

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On 7/4/2020 at 9:37 AM, ForTheKids said:

I took my NCLEX a few days ago. It shut off at 60, and I left KNOWING I had passed. I was just waiting on the email!

I had 60 questions, 21 select all, 1 exhibit question, NO audio/hot spot/math...

I used UWorld for over a month. I did a MAXIMUM of 75 questions a day. One day I only did 50, and one day I only did the NurseAchieve CAT exam (which shut off at 61 questions) and no UWorld questions. I bought the package with 2 assessments - on the first test which was 2 weeks before my exam I got borderline, and on the 2nd one 1 week before my exam I got very high.

I wanted to share because I don't ever hear people discussing my experience. I didn't use anything else. I walked in feeling somewhat confident, but prepared myself to feel depressed after thinking I had failed. I did not feel that way whatsoever. There was only one question where I had no idea what the disease was. Other people led me to believe I would be guessing on every question. I was so confident in myself afterward, and found out 36 hours later that I had passed.

I am BSN, RN!!

That is amazing Congratulations to you!! I am just starting my journey and happy to have found this as I will undoubtedly look into utilizing this resource in the future when the time to test for the NCLEX is upon me!! Congratulations again!!

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On 7/4/2020 at 5:17 PM, BSNbeDONE said:

Congratulations ????! I know how you feel.? Ten years ago on June 16th, I walked out of Pearson Vue feeling the exact same way because the computer shut down at 75 questions. I was so naive that I didn’t know that people actually failed at 75 until my friend failed hers. Thank God I passed. Anyway, you have another reason to celebrate. Happy Fourth!!

This is amazing!! Thank you for sharing your experience! ?

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Specializes in Med-Surg/Tele, New to SICU.

Hi, CONGRATS! Was UWorld the only study resource you used?

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On 7/5/2020 at 5:34 PM, aspiringNP88 said:

That is amazing Congratulations to you!! I am just starting my journey and happy to have found this as I will undoubtedly look into utilizing this resource in the future when the time to test for the NCLEX is upon me!! Congratulations again!!

Thank you so much for your kind words! Good luck on your new journey, you will be in my position in no time ?

4 hours ago, sonida said:

Hi, CONGRATS! Was UWorld the only study resource you used?

Thank you! I also listened to about 7 out of 12 of Mark Klimek's lectures. They helped me on at least 2 questions.

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Just stopping thru to say CONGRATS!

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Congratulations! Did you feel that the questions you got were somewhat surface-level questions about diseases or very detailed and got into the nitty-gritty? Taking mine in a week and I'm super nervous! I've been using UWorld only as well

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Specializes in RN.

I need your confidence LOL! CONGRATS! UWorld is my best friend right now and I take the boards in 9 days so I'm a hot mess over here with anxiety.

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17 hours ago, NurseBlaq said:

Just stopping thru to say CONGRATS!

THANK YOU !!!

11 hours ago, madisonlong17 said:

I need your confidence LOL! CONGRATS! UWorld is my best friend right now and I take the boards in 9 days so I'm a hot mess over here with anxiety.

LOL! I love it! You sound like me. You will totally kill it! Good luck to you!!!

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