Passed NCLEX

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Hello everyone!

I recently took my NCLEX RN exam for the first time and passed with 75 questions. I hope I did at least, according to the PVT trick. I wanted to share my experience because reading these always made me feel better.

I was intimidated at first because several of my classmates took theirs right after graduation. Which is fine, to each their own. I wanted to take mine when I felt prepared. You will never feel prepared but once you start getting more questions than right on a practice test, that's a good sign. At least that's how I took it. I really didn't keep up with scores that was a headache.

Materials I used: PDA, Hurst, Tons of Questions.

I read my Hurst packet over and over. Then when I felt confident I did questions until I wanted to puke! I would wake up at 8am only to be up and alert. Then I had breakfast and got into study mode. So from about 10 am- 10pm I was non-stop. Of course every now and then I would take a break. But you have to keep at it.

Weird thing is, I did not feel nervous leading up to the exam. But once I got to the testing center, my heart was racing.

I had 75 questions

17 SATA

3 Put in Order

3 Meds

4 EKG

4 Exhibit

No math

Rest where Priority, Delegation

When I came across a question I did not understand, I closed my eyes took a deep breath and re-read the question. The test is not hard. I was waiting for the difficult questions and actually felt horrible that I didn't seem scared. I know some people have mentioned where they had no idea what NCLEX was asking. But in my opinion its basic nursing.

If you completely have no idea of the answer then ask yourself:

what would a safe nurse do

if I could only do one thing for this patient

Also, have faith in yourself. I wrote my name,RN,BSN and hung it in my room to remind myself every morning of who I was. Pray if you believe in a higher power, I did.

The morning of my exam I did a few questions to get into study mode. Had lunch and drove to the testing center 1 hour early and they were nice enough to let me in. I just wanted to get the test over with.

Good luck everyone! Study hard it will pay off :)

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Congratulations

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Specializes in Psychiatri.

Congrats! I'm currently using Hurst right now myself and what's helping me as far as my studying goes is telling myself "if there's only one thing I can do for my patient what would I do" - really looking at it with new eyes from a safety perspective. I test soon, so I'm praying for a good outcome. Thanks for your story and again congrats RN! :)

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Congrats RN - on your awesome accomplishment. :roflmao:

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What is PDA?.....and what does SATA stand for?....

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.
What is PDA?.....and what does SATA stand for?....

PDA= priority delegation & assignment a book by Linda LaCharity

Often useful to prep for NCLEX RN

SATA = select all that apply, an alternate format type of question that appears on the NCLEX-RN & NCLEX-PN. People assume this is a higher level cognitive question when in fact there are easier/lower level SATA and more difficult/higher level SATA questions. Despite urban legend more alternate format questions is not indicative of difficulty or candidate performance. ( this is thoroughly explained in the NCSBN FAQ)

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Thank you.....

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Thanks Charnsuka!

Exactly, its amazing how you start looking at questions differently.

Good luck, you're going to do great :D

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Specializes in CARDIAC.

Yes more SATA is not indicative of passing I had less than 10 and got the good poop up ..

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@ Hisgrace90

Congrats!

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Specializes in Psychiatri.
Thanks Charnsuka!

Exactly, its amazing how you start looking at questions differently.

Good luck, you're going to do great :D

You're welcome & thank you so much! :inlove:

Btw, how long did you use Hurst until you felt like you had it? I have about 6 weeks left until my exam. Did you also have the online review? I'm going through the videos for a 2nd time now to make sure I really understand, covering 1-2 topics a day and doing mock lectures.

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I went to the live lecture during school when I purchased it last semester. I read the book twice and then started doing questions.

The week before my exam, I only looked at the my weak areas. For me it was GI and Renal.

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