Passed NCLEX, 75 questions, 4th attempt

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Specializes in cardiac ICU.

After an arduous journey of daily prepping and 4 attempts at NCLEX, I have finally passed it at 75 questions.

I wanted to extend a word of encouragement to those that have tried and failed NCLEX: Don't give up and don't ever give in! You will pass!

What did not work for me the first 3 attempts was my method of study and a choice of resources.

I used the following:

* Kaplan - full review, 2 times. Kaplan was good at Priority, Assessment, Delegations, Decision Tree and Maslow hierarchy. It was not good at questions and expensive.

* Lippincott - I think I got a 2014-2015 edition. It is a good book but is cumbersome to work with. It also has online portion that really needs an update.

* NCSBN Learning EXT - subscribed to 3 times, 5-week each; It was the money worst spent! Their question bank is nowhere near the format of real NCLEX and was least helpful.

* NCLEX MASTERY - mobile app and online access - the BEST RESOURCE at $29! It has about 1600 questions with comprehensive rationales; lots of SATA questions - I did about 1300, about 30-50 per day.

Initially I thought I'd have it on my Android phone only, but ended up studying online on my Mac. This is what worked for me the last time. Their questions were almost identical to what I have seen on NCLEX. This one is what I highly recommend. (I have no financial or otherwise vested interest to promote this)

* Medscape Online subscription to Nurses - Free resource with lots of info on conditions, treatments, pharmacology, research, etc. - a great daily read! You can switch from MD to RN to Pharmacist mode.

Lastly, I am going to scan my notes, combine them with my online notes at Evernote and give them away to anyone, who is interested or needs it.

Best of luck to all NLCEX test takers!

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Hi RUmedic.....

thanks for your post - most helpful and will follow you advise. I am taking the NCLEX- RN for the 3rd time in May - I hope i pass - its so expensive and heart wrecking when I login and pay to get the quick results. If you have them notes - I would be gratefully appreciative of them. Thanks again:)

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Specializes in cardiac ICU.

No problem! I will PM you the link to Evernote notes once I scanned everything into the cloud.

I am sure you will pass this time!

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thanks so much

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RN or LPN congrats :)

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Specializes in cardiac ICU.

RN, thank you very much!

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Congrats I'm waiting my 45 days and will be testing for the 3rd time. Thx for sharing your experience. I would love to pass this exam and put this behind me. If you don't mind I would like your notes as well.

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Specializes in cardiac ICU.

Sure thing! I am going to scan and upload in the next couple of days and will send you PM with the link.

Best of luck to you!

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About to take my boards also. Was wondering if I could get a copy of your notes. Much appreciated

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Can you please send me the link. Thank you

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Congratulations !!! Please share your notes with me as well.

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@RUMedic thx s million.

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