Passed my Nclex!! Thank you god!!

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Hi everyone, I joined this website about a week ago and started asking questions as I was freaked out about my scores on Kaplan. I said I would post everything after I took it, pass or fail. THANK GOD I passed. I took it yesterday and got the good pop-up, I checked this morning at 8am and results were in pass! I wanted to write this so that everyone who was in my situation would see my scores and not get discouraged. I did ALL the QBank questions from Kaplan and all 7 Question trainers. I also heard the content review videos besides the Pharm ones because they would freeze a lot.

I studied about 26 days every day with out stopping even weekends. I even missed the super bowl which I've never missed one (yes, im a girl that likes football even though my team lost). I think the key is to constantly study that way the material you learned the day before you don't forget.

these are my Question Trainer scores from 1-7 in this order 65-64-69-55.3-60.7-53.5-50.6

question trainer 7 was horrible I couldn't sit there for that long so I broke it up into 2 full days, and 2 days to review them.

as you can see my score were not all that great especially the ones they say matter the most 5-7. I read EVER rational even if I got it correct took a lot of notes, 2 note books to be precise lol. I read the 4 answers why they were wrong and took the notes on all 4 answers and what they belonged to.

My school wasn't the best! so if I could do it you guys can too! GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE PEOPLE TAKING NCLEX!!! remember study everyday is my biggest advice so the material stays there and is repeated through all the QBank questions and Question Trainers!! PRAY to what ever you believe in and go in and tell your self you can and will do it! I had a poster with motivational things I wrote and even on my Mirror I wrote "I will be an RN" in vision it because you can do it!! If you have questions I will be more than happy to answer them!! :)

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Congrats fellow RN!

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This is awesome! Congrats!!!!! I have a few questions for you, if you don't mind answering them because I know you must be so excited to celebrate!!! I know, I would be! Haha.

I take my NCLEX for the first time on Feb 27th (only a couple weeks away), and I'm quite anxious! I did the online Hurst review for about a week and a half. I watched all the content videos, but I will be waiting to take the QReview questions several days before my exam so it sticks. Even though my nursing school has an exceptional NCLEX pass rate, I feel like I only learned so much during one semester. Other semesters were a joke - full of busy work. Which is why I decided to get Hurst and review content in an organized way. I also have Kaplan. Is there any way you suggest to organize my time going through all the QTrainers and videos? Right now, I feel like I'm all over the place and need some sort of direction.

Also, about how many hours per day did you study?

Thanks for answering my questions!

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Congrats! It was only last week that you were freaking out about your scores and now you're and RN! :) I'm taking mine on the last week of Feb. Wish me luck! I'm on the Qbanks now and so far so good. I'm taking 50 questions each exam. I felt like the Qbanks are easier than the QT. Was it the same with you?

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Congrats!!! Taking mine on the 5th and I'm having cold feet for real :o

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Thank you! I actually read your story before taking the test!

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Khaleesi123: I know I was so freaked out. the Qbank questions are easier, I heard it was because its more content. which is fine because its good to refresh all the content, and there is always new stuff you haven't heard about before. I did the Qbank questions in sets of 20-40-50 depending how I was feeling, I would do 150 Monday through Friday and on the weekends 50-60 and review my notes. then I moved to the question trainers. you can do it!! keep at it!

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Thank you!!!

ok what I did was I made myself a schedule because I as well was all over the place. I didn't know where to start or what to study. I started studying Jan 5 and my test was Feb 2. My school was a joke as well so don't feel bad. At least you did the hurst I didn't even do that....This is what I did and only this: the 1st 2 days I watched Kaplan Content videos. I didn't finish them because they would freeze a lot (if you have already watched the Hurst videos which I hear they are amazing I wouldn't do the Kaplan ones). Then I did all the Qbank questions which is about 1300+, i said i wanted to do them with in 10 days because i was racing against time, divided it by 10 and stuck to it (about 130 a day). I took a lot of notes, on each answer and the other 3 options that were wrong i figure out what they belong to and would google it. Then 2 weeks before my test i started doing the question trainers. give your self time for these. question trainer 6 and 7 are horrible to say the least, because they are soooo long but they are the most helpful. I took basically a week to do 6&7 and review them of how long they were. Question trainer 6 took me 3 days to do and review and question trainer 7 took me 4 days. i know it sounds like a long time but like i said i would google everything i didn't know on the rationales. I day before the test i did 50 SATA from saunders, its the only time i used saunders because i couldn't figure out how in the world to create a test on Kaplan just of SATA and reviewed alllllllll my notes as well as printed out the nclex cram sheet. you can find it on google its only 2 pages. on the cram sheet there are classifications of medications i googled what each classification treated and the side effects. (while your doing the Qbank and QTrainers write down the medications google them and the side effects) i never sat there and read the whole chapter of pharm it frustrated me! i hate pharm! so that's basically what i did. i tested at 8 in the morning and got there at 6:30 sat in my car pulled out my Cram sheet and my lab values went over them 2 times each, prayed and walked in, the people are super nice! i always heard they are mean and its not true at all. i got 93 questions because i looked up and i was on 91 the hit next 2 maybe 3 times and it shut off.

you have time and you can do it! study every day so that all the information stays in your head and constantly see it through out the QB and QT!! GOOD LUCK!!

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Thanks so much for laying it all out for me! I'm setting up a calendar right now and will stick with it! I hate pharm with a passion too!

I'll keep you posted! :) Thanks so much!

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Congratulations!!

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Congratulations to you!

I want to believe you are from Seattle. hehe It was a bummer eh? But it was a good game!

Annyyywwayyysss, I am so happy for you. :) If you dont mind, can you walk me through your 26 days of studying? Im sorry. This might be too much to ask but right now, I am worried cause I took the test 2x already and I know I am not good with my content. Our school is not that good either. So it would greatly help me if you can give some advice.. :)

thank you so much!

#StillA12

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Thank you so much!!

sure i don't mind at all.

i studied from Kaplan all the time. i did all the QBank questions and all the question trainers. the 1st 2 weeks i did the content videos which took about 3 days. i didnt do the Pharm ones. then the Qbank questions its about 1300+. divided into 10 days is 130 questions a day.. that was the 1st 2 weeks. i took notes on evey questions and all 4 answers it would give me, why it was right and why the other 3 were wrong. i would google the words i didn't know. then i moved to the question trainers and did the 7 question trainers in 2 weeks. 1-2-3 you can each do them and review them in one day (so 3 days). question trainers 4-5 you can do them in in another 3 days. then 6-7 which are the longest i did the last week. question trainer 6 took me 3 days to finish and review and 7 took me 4 days to do and review. I did every single question wrong or right i reviewed them all. the day before my test i read all my notes, got the nclex cram sheet and put what each classification medicine was for and the side effects and went over the lab values.... that's all i did. woke you prayed and eat breakfast. looked at the cram sheet in my car and the lab values once more.

good luck if you have any other questions just let me know.

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