Passed NCLEX in 75 questions!

[n1wgmp]

Hey guys,

I just found out that I passed my NCLEX! I took it, the computer shut off at 75, did the Pearson Vue trick, got the good pop up, then 48 hours later found out I passed!

I took Hesi's all throughout school, including the exit which we had to get a 900 to graduate. To me, the Exit Hesi seemed very different from the NCLEX, granted the NCLEX was still difficult but it seemed easier than the Exit Hesi to me. NCLEX was very straightforward and Hesi just seemed to have more "tricky" kind of questions.

Just some things on how I studied..

I know a lot of people do the Hurst & Kaplan and all those, but I didn't. I had 1 Saunders Comprehensive book that I skimmed through, reading only the red alerts. I bought the NCLEX 10,000 when first in nursing school, and did some questions before the NCLEX. Probably about 60 questions a day for a week.

But! I did something that I don't see people often doing to prepare for the NCLEX...I studied what we learned in school!

To me, wasn't the whole point of nursing school to prepare you to be a nurse? And the NCLEX is what determines if you get to be a nurse or not...

Granted, throughout nursing school I took VERY good notes in every class. I would sit close to the front (mostly because I'm blind as a bat ha!) and listen very intently and try to understand everything the professors said, asking questions anytime I did not understand.

These NOTES are what I used to pass my NCLEX as well as my Exit (got a 1062). Like I said before, I had the Saunders book and I also had the green Hesi book (skimmed through as well, mostly for the Hesi Hints) that I briefly went over, but to me knowing the content of my notes was what really helped me. Yes, I also did some NCLEX questions, but to me, if you don't know the content.. you can't answer the question.

Of course throughout the progress of nursing school, you're going to forget things you learned in Pedi/OB or Med/Surg but if you have those notes from your classes...Study them!

Just another option to think about when studying for the NCLEX, for the people who don't necessarily "learn" from doing thousands of NCLEX questions (such as myself.)

:)

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

I just found out that I passed my NCLEX! I took it, the computer shut off at 75, did the Pearson Vue trick, got the good pop up, then 48 hours later found out I passed!

Congratulations!