Passed nclex rn at 75 on first try

Published Dec 15, 2014

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Just like many others on here I can not stress to you how much this site has helped through out the nclex journey. I made a promise to pay it forward and contribute my knowledge and experience through this whole process. The passed 6 months has been very stressful to say the least. A little background about me I was born and raised in California but attended college in the Philippines. It was actually from the website around 2 years ago that i found out about the whole concurrency issue happening in California so I mad sure to do some research and keep myself updated. It did hurt to know that I wouldn't be able to work in my home state but having lived in Texas as well It wasN't hard for me to make the decision to just move back to Texas and just have my family relocate with me! Once that was settled I started to look up all the steps required for me to apply. Thank god I found some very informative threads here! The follow are the steps I did for the application process.

1. Applied with ERES and had my school send in my TOR this took around 8 weeks. When it is approved they'll email you and inform you that they have forwarded the info to whichever BON you are applying for.

2. I sent in my application to the tx bon. There website has a tab where you can search the status of your application. So you can keep track of everything you need to complete and see exactly when those requirements were received.

3. Applied to get my fingerprints This took me two months cuz i had to do it the old fashion way and it kept getting rejected so i had to do the name search. That alone took one month.

4. I did the nursing jurisprudence test thats required by the tx bon

5. Registered with pearson vue

6. Waited for my att the scheduled for the closest date which was dec 10

what i did to prepare:

1. Kaplan i enrolled to the whole course. Their questions are really challenging but thats what really helped me. Their videos were boring though. Qbank score 63% qtrainers qt1 72, qt2 68 qt3 63 qt4 56 qt5 67 qt6 71 qt7 67

2. Saunders nclex reviewer 6th edition

3. Kaplan basic book and course content book

4. Exam cram

5. Quizlet

6. Youtube for procedures

7. 35 page study guide

i stuidied for 5 months for 5-6 hours for 5 days and took the weekends off to relax my mind so i wouldnt get overwhelmed. Two days prior i stopped studying and relaxed my mind and eased my tension my watching funny movies. The day of the test i was feeling great till it stopped at 75 then i started to break down and cry. Over 50% of my test was sata some came right after the other i got a bunch of drag and drop some meds and one calculation. After 24 hours i did the pvt trick and got the good pop that was the first time i smiled after 24 hours haha. The next day i paid for the quick results and found out that i passed! I really am thankful to my family and friends for the support