Passed NCLEX!! yeah!!!

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I just want to share my experience with you. I passed on the second time. Please, if you are taking the NCLEX soon, hear me out, its just my opinion. If you are not a morning person, try not to schedule for 8AM, it will give you anxiety just to think about having to wake up so early and get ready. If you are morning person, then go for it. Next, try to not think it's just a test and that if you have passed all your exams in school, you don't need to study or refresh. That was my biggest mistake. I really just did Kaplan while waiting for my ATT, and then when I finally took the exam, I felt like it was in another language, I lost my content knowledge. Kaplan was not even helpful. The NCLEX questions were mostly knowledge based questions, Kaplan strategies really screw me over.

You have to know your content. If you don't, you will be lost taking this exam like I was.

Second time, I really invested about two months or so. I used the LaCharity book. PLEASE USE IT!!! it's so helpful. Then I invested time listening to Hurst audio and it was so fun listening to it. I did get free NCLEX apps and just practice about 50 a day. If there was something I didnt know, or I knew I was weak in, I made sure I relearn it or listen to Mike Linear's simplenursing on youtube.

My second time around was honestly better but still, please really invest time in every category, because you don't know where they are testing you in, it could be PEDs, OB, psy, or med surg, or community. or just about anything very very random.

I was not tested on EKG, math, but I had a lot of meds, half of it were SATA, OB and a lot of PEDS, some community questions, and priority questions.

I am here to help anyone with questions. Thank you AllNurses and everyone who helped me in this long journey. I finally did it!! OMG!!!!

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Hi which one did u take? The nclex PN or RN? Thanks and Congratulations!

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I took NCLEX RN.

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I took NCLEX RN. thanks

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Congrats dear

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Congrats! I'm studying for my 2nd try. First time I did just Kaplan and it sucks, I agree. I focused too much on their decision tree which barely worked on the Nclex. This time I'm studying hurst and the lacharity PDA book along with exam cram, and almost done reading the entire 1100 page Saunders book. How many questions did u have?

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Congrats! This is definitely motivation to me! I will sit for my 2nd time in February, hopefully.

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Congrats! I'm studying for my 2nd try. First time I did just Kaplan and it sucks, I agree. I focused too much on their decision tree which barely worked on the Nclex. This time I'm studying hurst and the lacharity PDA book along with exam cram, and almost done reading the entire 1100 page Saunders book. How many questions did u have?

I had 75 questions. Please go slow. don't go too fast. It really pays off. When you are calm and collect, you read the questions more clearly and you tell yourself that you will re read the question three times before answer. Honestly, decision tree does not help on the exam if you do not have a solid content. You have to know how to prioritize. Half of my questions were SATA and I had a lot of pharms. It was a hard test. I came out feeling like I probably failed it. No way I passed that exam. I feel like it was harder than LaCharity questions, but if you did well on LaCharity, you should be fine. You have to understand the concepts, not just memorizing everything. It won't help when you are dealing with prioritization. Good luck guys!

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Congrats!

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CONGRATS!!!!

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Specializes in Inpatient Surgery.

Thank you for the tips. I am 6 months from my NCLEX and am struggling with the last two quarters of nursing school and preparing myself for NCLEX. All these tips help!

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Congratulations! and thank you for the references!

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