Passed NCLEX in 75 questions

[Val_RN]

So Ive been creeping on here for some time and said that I would make a post once I passed the NCLEX so that maybe I could help someone else. Lets get straight to it! I finished nursing school in August and took my boards on January 14 2016. I finished in 75 questions (felt like the majority were SATA and priority) and took about an hour and 10 minutes. As far as studying goes i purchased the saunders nclex rn book and read all the medsurge chapters along with OB and peds. I skipped all the fundamentals stuff because i felt i had a good grasp on those. A friend also gave me some of the Hurst video lectures which i watched all of. Exactly a month before my test date i purchased the kaplan qbank and this i must say, is what helped me the most! If i could only recommend 1 study tool this would be it!! I had quite a few questions that were very similar to ones i had seen while practicing. And the qbanks really got me thinking differently. I would do 75-150 questions per day and after I would go back and look through every single rationale and write down every thing i missed. When i wasnt doing questions i was reading through those rationales or i also used questions off the NCLEX eclassroom app and the NCLEX mastery trial. The day before my test i didn't do much studying honestly i felt like i couldnt learn anything more I tried to relax even though its easier said than done believe me i know!

I was unusually calm the morning of my test and it kind of freaked me out but i went in there and read every question and answer twice and went with what i thought was the best answer. My computer shut off at 75 and initially i felt good about my test but the next day i really started second guessing my answers and panicking! I got my results today a little over a week later and found out i passed!! The advice i can give is dont over do it because you will burn yourself out! It can be done! I felt like the test was easier than i expected so dont let the horror stories scare you because everyones questions will be different. Just pray and believe that God will bring you through it! Good luck and i hope this atleast helps one person sorry its all over the place but i felt like i wanted to share so much:nurse:

*** oh! also make sure you know all the lab values and the illnesses and the precautions that they require that helped me alot too!