Passed NCLEX-RN Yesterday!!!

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Specializes in Psychiatric, Med-Surg, Operating Room.

Yesterday was the big day for me. I took the NCLEX yesterday early in the morning at 8 AM. Went home and did the PVT and got the "This candidate has previously passed this exam. A new appointment cannot be scheduled" popup. I was relieved but even more relieved when I checked the BON website today to find that I am officially a RN.

So how did I do it?

I took the Kaplan course online which is about $499 but I used a code and it was $449 (this was back in August). I liked the Kaplan course online and I thought it was good. It's not a content review course per se-- for the most part we reviewed questions and test taking strategies. With that said, if you're reviewing questions you are indirectly reviewing the content. I completed all the question trainers--here's my stats

Question Trainer 1: 61%

Question Trainer 2: 71%

Question Trainer 3: 62%

Question Trainer 4: 63%

Question Trainer 5: 70%

Question Trainer 6: 69%

Question Trainer 7: 65%

Diagnostic 68% Readiness test 67%

I only completed 24% of the total Qbank questions with an avg. of 64%. If I had to do it over again I would take Kaplan the course over. The Qbank was helpful. The interface is similar to that of NCLEX which is neat. As far as level of difficulty of the questions, I think Kaplan was a little bit harder than NCLEX. I did read bits and pieces of the Kaplan Course book that is included with the course. It's a nice book with some great charts but beware it's not well organized.

I also used Saunders Q & A Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination & the LaCharity book. If you want to do questions and brush up on content I strongly suggest the Saunders book. I did not finish it--but I read about 60% of the text. I liked the LaCharity book, but like Kaplan I felt the questions were more difficult than NCLEX itself. But it definitely helps to do priority and delegation questions.

As far as the NCLEX goes, I passed with 75 questions. I had several SATA. I would definitely recommend memorizing the infection control mnemonics (e.g. MRS. WEE, SPIDERMAN, etc). My advice is to do as many questions & read the rationales esp. for the questions you got wrong. I had only a couple of med questions on there, no calculation questions. Overall, NCLEX in my opinion was pretty straight forward. Good luck to all future test-takers!!!

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Medical-Surgical.
Yesterday was the big day for me. I took the NCLEX yesterday early in the morning at 8 AM. Went home and did the PVT and got the "This candidate has previously passed this exam. A new appointment cannot be scheduled" popup. I was relieved but even more relieved when I checked the BON website today to find that I am officially a RN.

So how did I do it?

I took the Kaplan course online which is about $499 but I used a code and it was $449 (this was back in August). I liked the Kaplan course online and I thought it was good. It's not a content review course per se-- for the most part we reviewed questions and test taking strategies. With that said, if you're reviewing questions you are indirectly reviewing the content. I completed all the question trainers--here's my stats

Question Trainer 1: 61%

Question Trainer 2: 71%

Question Trainer 3: 62%

Question Trainer 4: 63%

Question Trainer 5: 70%

Question Trainer 6: 69%

Question Trainer 7: 65%

Diagnostic 68% Readiness test 67%

I only completed 24% of the total Qbank questions with an avg. of 64%. If I had to do it over again I would take Kaplan the course over. The Qbank was helpful. The interface is similar to that of NCLEX which is neat. As far as level of difficulty of the questions, I think Kaplan was a little bit harder than NCLEX. I did read bits and pieces of the Kaplan Course book that is included with the course. It's a nice book with some great charts but beware it's not well organized.

I also used Saunders Q & A Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination & the LaCharity book. If you want to do questions and brush up on content I strongly suggest the Saunders book. I did not finish it--but I read about 60% of the text. I liked the LaCharity book, but like Kaplan I felt the questions were more difficult than NCLEX itself. But it definitely helps to do priority and delegation questions.

As far as the NCLEX goes, I passed with 75 questions. I had several SATA. I would definitely recommend memorizing the infection control mnemonics (e.g. MRS. WEE, SPIDERMAN, etc). My advice is to do as many questions & read the rationales esp. for the questions you got wrong. I had only a couple of med questions on there, no calculation questions. Overall, NCLEX in my opinion was pretty straight forward. Good luck to all future test-takers!!!

Yeahhh!!!!!! It is time to celebrate! *wine

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Specializes in ER, Public Health, Community, PMHNP.

congrats on passing i just ordered my lacharity book

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Congratulations for passing the nclex...it's so nice to read success stories from you guys and I love reading it. It also encourages me to do better in my self-review because soon I'll be taking mine too. I took nclex before and sad to say, I failed. I am hoping that I will do better next time and I know I will. Thanks for posting stories like yours, it keeps me going. :)

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I took mine today..stopped at 79 lots of prioritization, immediate response, 6-7 SATA, and meds..2 or 3 are unfamiliar drugs..no calculations..at the end some psyche questions..do you think I passed?!

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Congrats on passing!

Can someone please direct me or email me info on the infection control mneumonics it is definetly a weakness of mine! Thanks in advance!

Email is [email protected] thanks!

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Congrats on passing!

Can someone please direct me or email me info on the infection control mneumonics it is definetly a weakness of mine! Thanks in advance!

Email is [email protected] thanks!

@nurse1123: Here are the mnemonics (for your reference):

Infection Control Mnemonics

Transmission-based Precautions: ADC

A - Airborne

D - Droplet

C - Contact

AIRBORNE PRECAUTION

My - Measles

Chicken - Chickenpox

Hez - Herpes Zoster (Disseminated)

TB - TB

Private room

Negative pressure with 6-12 air exchanges per hour

UV

Mask

N95 Mask for TB

DROPLET PRECAUTION

think of SPIDERMAN!

S - Sepsis

S - Scarlet fever

S - Streptococcal pharyngitis

P - Parvovirus B19

P - Pertussis

P - Pneumonia

I - Influenza

D - Diptheria (Pharyngeal)

E - Epiglottitis

R - Rubella

M - Mumps

M - Meningitis

M - Mycoplasma or meningeal pneumonia

An - Adenovirus

Private room

Mask

Hope this helps! Goodluck to you and God bless!

CONTACT PRECAUTION

MRS.WEE

M - Multidrug resistant organism

R - Respiratory infection - RSV

S - Skin infections

W - Wound infections

E - Enteric infections - clostridium defficile

E - Eye infections

Skin Infections:

V - Varicella zoster

C - Cutaneous diptherias

H - Herpes simplex

I - Impetigo

P - Pediculosis

S - Scabies, Staphylococcus

Private room

Gloves

Gown

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:yeah: congratulation.
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Congrats! I hope you celebrated lots and lots. :)

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congrats!!!!!! i just took my exam yesterday and its really horrifying....... i hope i will passed..... got 265 questions.... 24 SATA... lots of infxn ctrl and prioritization and diagnostic procedure with leadership and management and 5 computations..... i have 99% faith in God and I have only 1% confidence..... :crying2:

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