passed NCLEX 3rd try .U WORLD

[vtii]

i am finally a registered nurse. i know that post like these encouraged me during my hard time so i am going to write one. you can do it guys!!

first time: only did nclex mastery, did 50 questions a day. needless to say, i deserved and earned that fail.

second time: did kaplan did all the question trainers and most of the q bank. kaplan helped me to slow down and think through the question. how ever content was me weak point the whole time so this was not helpful. kaplan didnt work for me because i was very weak in content and i didnt read the 200 page content book they give. if you are solid on content and just need exam strategy then kaplan is great.

third time: U WORLD SAVED MY LIFE: before i used u world , i did a 3 day content review called Life savers. this was a helpful refresher course as 6 months had passed since i graduated. 4 weeks before my test date i started doing Uworld. the rationales were extremely detailed which is what i need because i was weak in content. i did 100-120 questions a day. i wrote down every single rational. i didnt do questions on sundays i just read over the rationales i wrote down. by my test date my average was 54% and i had only 200 questions left.

NCLEX dAY: nclex screen looks just like Uword. i immediately realized that i was not nervous because i was very comfortable looking at that screen. i didnt feel like i was taking NCLEX i just felt like i was doing a Uworld round of questions. for my test specifically i dont know if every one agrees, but on every single question that came up, i remember thinking oh i wrote that down, or i remember reading that in the rationales. there was no question that i was completely clueless on. even the prioritization question, even the safety question. i knew enough content to know when a patient is potentially at risk. i had 10 question that i counted that were asking the same thing as u world questions, not word for word but how many different ways could really ask what color is the sky. at 75 questions i knew the computer would shut off and it did. i knew i passed. and i did. when i got back to my car i looked at my u world notes and i couldn't stop laughing. over 10 questions right there. it took me 4 full weeks and 4 Sundays of reading over rationals. i studied 4-6 hours a day took saturday off completely and sis 2-3 hours on sunday just reading rationales and googling more information. maybe the stars were just perfectly aligned for me on NCLEX. but i thank GOD i am a Registered nurse. i know for a fact that my success was because of u world

NCLEX TIP: on exam day READ THE RULES! DONT WRITE ON YOUR WHITE BOARD TILL AFTER THE TUTORIAL PLEASE!!!!!!!! THEY CONSIDER THAT CHEATING.

[sjnurse08]

congrats! My sister and most of her classmates used UWORLD as a study guide and passed the NCLEX and they had a 100% passing rate! best of luck to you and your career as an RN!