Passed NCLEX with 7 SATA & 95 questions

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Hey everyone!

I'm here to share about my experience with the NCLEX-RN. I took it yesterday, 8/29 and got my results this morning, and I couldn't be happier!

I was a bit delayed in receiving my ATT.. I think there are only 2 other students from my graduating class who haven't taken the NCLEX yet. But I refused to let that discourage me. Once I finally did receive ATT, I signed up for 1 month of Uworld and already had the Mastery App, so I began using those. I also learned that my Saunders book had online questions so I began going through those as well. I'm not going to lie, at first I wanted to go through all the content and refresh my mind on all of the different topics, but that was taking way too long. I started doing nothing but practice questions and reading every single rationale, regardless of whether I got the answer wrong or not. THIS IS THE KEY. Uworld was great with regards to rationales, I highly recommend it to anyone who's preparing for the NCLEX. & like others have said, it is set up just like the NCLEX so that decreased my anxiety a bit.

Fast forward to the day of the exam. I have problems with anxiety and this was something I really needed to work on. My school has very high passing rates and a lot of my classmates shut off at 75 questions, so when mine kept going past 75 those feelings of anxiety started to creep in. I started to compare myself to others, wondering if I was going to fail, etc... so once it went to 85, I decided to take a break and go to the bathroom to disconnect. I splashed some water on my face and took some deep breaths and told myself to stop it. When I came back in, I answered 10 more questions and my screen went blank. Relief flooded over me. When I was walking to my car, it was sprinkling and I just walked really slow and enjoyed the rain and was just SO happy that it was over with. I know it's hard, but try not to have a meltdown, because it can be the difference between passing or failing. & at that moment I think if I had continued to freak out and not brought myself back down to reality I wouldn't be telling you that I passed right now. At the end of the day... passing is passing!

You will never feel like you are ready. You will always want more time to study. If I could give one word of advice, it would be to take it as soon after graduation as possible. I wish I would have been able to, since we were required to take a live HESI review the last week of school. The concepts were still fresh in my mind and 3-4 weeks of doing practice questions for me was more than enough. If you keep pushing the date back because you feel like you want more time, there will never be enough time! You just need to stay dedicated and get into that "I'm going to pass NCLEX" mindset and stick to it! You made it through nursing school, there should be no reason why you can't pass NCLEX! Good luck my future fellow RN's (& PN's)!!!