Passed NCLEX-RN with 75 questions

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Specializes in Skilled Rehab Nurse.

On Friday 1/8, I took the NCLEX-RN and I just found out today that I passed! I wanted to share a bit about my experience in case it could help someone else. I got very few select all that apply questions. So when other people on these boards tell you that the number of select all that apply questions does not matter, they are correct. Regular multiple choice questions can also be higher level questions. I started to notice that I was getting several questions about the same topic and worried I was getting these questions wrong. I did actually feel myself starting to panic at this point (I am not normally prone to test anxiety). I took some deep breaths and just tried to concentrate on answering the questions. My advice is not to worry about why you're being asked similar questions. Concentrate on each individual question and come up with the best answer. If you think you did terribly, that may not necessarily be the case. I felt numb when the test shut off at 75 questions and the survey questions started. I felt like I had not even remotely demonstrated competence. It was a tough few days waiting for the quick results (I refused to try the inaccurate PVT trick), but I was thrilled to find out first thing this morning that I passed.

As far as test preparation goes, we had a 3-day live review as part of our program. I also did the questions from the Lippincott book. I did some questions from Lacharity, all of the NCLEX Mastery RN ap, and several hundred from UWorld. I graduated in mid-December and took the test less than a month later.