Passed NCLEX at 75 questions and PVT 2015

Nursing Students NCLEX

Published Oct 11, 2015

_emergency, BSN

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Specializes in Emergency Room.

A history about my NCLEX-RN experience from the past and the lastest.

I took the NCLEX 3 times (Failed twice:( and Passed on my third try:x3:)

Below here are the reviewers i used to prepare myself for the NCLEX.

1st NCLEX attempt: Failed at 220 questions [October 2014]

Reviewers used to prepare:

Saunders 6th Edition (read the whole book and did all the questions at the end of each chapter & reading only the incorrect rationales) *Took notes on my composition notebook writing all Lab values and noting specific signs and symptoms of different diseases. Scores ranged from 70s-90s.

[before the exam i only had 4 hours of sleep due to my anxiety for the NCLEX. Days later...Saw my results & read "DID NOT PASS" on my letter broke down in tears on my drive home:cry:, Cried for about 2 weeks, stressed and avoiding friends/people i knew who passed the nclex, very moody and felt so sad even on my way to work. After 2 weeks, decided to get back on my feet and restart] *Did not do the PVT trick

2nd NCLEX attempt: Failed at 75 questions [March 2014]

Reviewers used to prepare:

Saunders 6th Edition (used the book for references just in case i needed to go back on a certain topic, i'd read about it and take notes)
KAPLAN review course (Purchased the $499.00 review course online. Watched all videos (great content) and answered all of the questions on the QBank provided. Had good test taking strategies if you really understand how to do the strategies that Kaplan provided, questions were challenging and rationales were pretty short and doesn't really explain much. This review course sadly did not help me (it actually confused me especially the strategies since i didn't understand it) but it is very helpful for others in which worked for them) My scores ranged from 40s to high 50s on the Qbanks.
La Charity 3rd edition (The BEST reviewer for prioritizing and Delegation that helped me so much in that area) Would do about 2 chapters a day reading the rationales for the right and wrong questions. Finished all questions but did not do the case studies portion. This book help me understand more clearly in regards to prioritization and delegation. Scores ranged from 40s-70s.

[Had a good 8 hours of sleep. Days later...Got my results & saw "DID NOT PASS" ....AGAIN... from the 2nd time failing, i don't even want to even talk about it .. :blink: ]*Did not do the PVT

3rd NCLEX attempt: PASSED at 75 questions [september 2015]

Reviewers used to prepare:

Saunders 6th edition -used this book again for refrences and to back track on topics i needed to review, memorized the Lab Values (abnormal and Normal) 2 days before my exam so that it is still fresh in memory.
Hurst Review online - Great videos and notes! Review helped me to understand more in content that is direct to the point of the certain topic.
NCSBN (Purchased the 7 week course since i had a full time job but got to complete all questions from the Qbanks. I read all rationales from right and wrong questions. Would do 150 questions a day for 2 weeks to complete the Qbanks. Read all the topics with "asterisks *" on the side of the topic title. I love NCSBN, their practice questions were challenging and rationales were direct to the point and informative. I also used NCSBN to study for my NCLEX-PN and Passed at 85 questions
Uworld (Purchased the 1 month review and SO WORTH IT! Did it for 11 days before my Exam) I wish i knew about this reviewer in the past. Did not finish all the question banks but got to complete a total of 825 questions reading all the rationales. Uworld, would have to be my most favorite nclex practice question bank reviewer just because the rationales were amazing its like your reading the content but its already in the rationales. It was very helpful for me.

[before the 3rd attempt, i focused more on answering questions and only reviewing a summary of content topics. I also prayed day and night to God and asked for his guidance. The day before the exam i tried to memorize most of the Lab values (before sleeping), went out with my boyfriend and had some ice cream and did a little bit of shopping. Had a good 8-9 hours of sleep, got dropped at the testing center, tried to keep calm since being so anxious the previous attempts did not work at all. Had 12 SATA, 1 exhibit and the rest Multiple Choice questions... stopped at 75 questions. I felt sick and walked out the testing center feeling like i failed]

Went home and tried the Pearson Vue Trick , got the good pop-up. Tried the PVT after 24 hours and again got the good Pop Up, 48-72 hours later kept getting the good pop up... i was already feeling a big weight off my shoulders. Called the BON a week later where i applied for NCLEX and was told that i PASSED! so the PVT worked for me :)

ONE OF THE BEST FEELING IN MY LIFE LIKE EVERRRRRR :lol2: :) :inlove: :roflmao: :rolleyes: :geek: