i'm not a native american and i have only been to nursing school for one year. i had a really hard time to understand every medical term in english. i had to translate it and understand it by my mind. i'm just so very thankful for god's grace to me! amen!
ok, so i took my test yesterday morning. it took me about 5 hours to finish 250 questions. i wasn't expecting to get so many in a roll!!! when the question went to 75, i was praying in my heart---"god, if it's your will for me to take the test a little big longer, please give me the endurance for it.". so i clicked next, it goes to 76!!!! then it kept going going going. . .i thought i'm gonna have to take the entire test. i asked to go to bathroom three times. i was the only one left in the testing center. . . it was kinda discouraging, but it's ok. i knew i need it so much no matter what it takes! so the last one is a pharm question, i had no idea what's the med. . .i just picked one that makes sense for me. . .then the screen went black!! bam!!!!:eek: i felt numb and just couldn't believe it's over. . .i was ready to take 265 questions!!!
i went to starbucks and got the internet there. and of course, i did the pvt trick. . .my hands were shaking so bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my goodness!!! the good pop-up jumps out!!!!!!!:loveya::loveya: i literally stoped my heartbeat and almost cried in starbucks. i did the pvt trick again, again and again. . . always the good pop-up!!!!!!!!! so i think i passed the test. . .even though i'm not 100% sure. . .i'm gonna do the quick result on monday to make sure this is real.
i only used saunders and kaplan to study for the test. i read the whole saunders except the meds and i used kaplan online course. i think both of them are helpful. saunders gave you the foundation of knowledge and kaplan helps with the critical thinking (which i was awful at).
i didn't get any high grade in kaplan actually. . .my q-bank everage is only 51% and my readiness is 54%. the highest grade i got is 62% and most of my grades is between 50-60%. i also got some lower 50%. the lowest i got is 37% and it was only two weeks before the test. . .ugh!!! it was very painful for me. another thing i was doing everyday is telling myself i can do it! i won't just let it go! i'm gonna beat the monster down!!!
so i want to encourage all the people who are still preparing for the test. . .just be confident about yourself. never never give up until the last moment. be consistent with your study and make sure you are comfotable with all the questions and content.
studying+understanding+praying=how i passed the test
p.s: i didn't get a whole lot sata questions. maybe about 30. . .i was very discouraged because of this. i thought i'm gonna fail the test because i only got 30 sata. and i got about 10 maths, 15 meds, 30 infection control, a lot prioritization and some random questions.
:eek: i felt numb and just couldn't believe it's over. . .i was ready to take 265 questions!!! 
Zazak
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Congratulations ))) i hope 1 day i will pass the Nclex-rn exam too ))))