Passed NCLEX 06/04/2015 and Pearson Vue trick

[Friskee, BSN, MSN]

Hi everyone! I always frequent this site and never contribute to anything so here it goes!

I passed NCLEX on June 4th. I referred to this site for people's opinions on study material and I received a lot of great help. I took the exam almost a month post graduation. I wanted to take the test sooner but I messed up on my ATT info, thus had to wait.

What I used to study: ATI was intertwined all throughout our nursing program. Post graduation, I attended the ATI live 3 day review because it was included in our tuition. The teacher was amazing and it was helpful. After attending this review I decided that I was good on my content so I was just going to do questions. I had a old version of Lipincotts Q &A (paid 1$ on amazon for it,) Saunders, Lipincotts alternative item format (GET THIS BOOK) and Lacharity. Honestly, I only used Lacharity for the definition of prioritization and the three level definition it gave. Otherwise I never touched it.

I also did questions from Prep U (included in nursing school) and old ATI practice exams.

How I put it all together: So I set a goal to do 4000 questions by test date. I did a minimum of 150 questions a day and looked up things that really stumped me or I did not remember. I did not do 150 all at once, I would not have retained anything. I divided it up throughout the day, pretty much whenever I felt like doing questions.

Out of all of these resources I would have to say that Prep U was the BEST! The type of questions they ask are very similar then NCLEX (NCLEX for sure is easier than a level 8 with Prep U.) Also, using the Alternative format item book= do it. I recieved 35 m/m, 7 drag and drop and 2 picture labeling questions. I feel I would not have been able to survive those if it was not for that book. All of the other resources were good, but just for the questions. I would have to say that I only got one question on NCLEX that I had no idea what it was.

PEARSON VUE TRICK: It worked for me and other students from my class that took NCLEX around when I did. I did the trick 1 hour after the test, and it worked. I kept doing the trick (esp 24 hours after) and it never changed (I used a card with not enough money in case it did try to charge me.) Later on the day I checked the continental testing site (use this if Illinois resident, free and comes up before Pearson) and i had a big fat PASS on the site. I did pay for my quick results the next day but yes it also said PASS!!!

Ok that is all I have!! Good luck future nurses!

[bspellen]

Thanks for the post! I will definitely use prep u.

[LVNmas15]

According to the Pearson vue trick I failed my exam. The majority of my question set was SATA. So SATA have no bearing on if you pass or fail because they are not necessarily high end questions. I am going to prepare and take it again. I am still waiting on my letter from the board. I had the maximum amount of questions possible. So far the PVT has worked for everyone in my cohort......... I'm beyond disappointed in myself. But this isn't not going to stop me from success.

[Aotufale]

Congratulations. I just started using prep U and it and after doing 450 questions my mastery level is still 2.90 í ½í¸©. Exam is in one month and I don't know if I wuld ever get to the level 8 questions. How long did it take you to get to level 8?