PN-Nclex 2015

newnurse0130 · Feb 1, 2015

Just wanted to take the time and share my nclex journey. I promised myself if I passed I would post on here. It's been so helpful to me for the last 2 months. I graduated nursing school in December 2014 and tested at the end of January. I would study on and off in December. I didn't really take it seriously until 2 of my classmates failed. It scared the crap out of me!!! It was also a blessing because it made motivated me to study. Starting January 1st I would study every day, even if it was for 10 minutes.

Study materials I used were mostly the Kaplan Molex review book and the Kaplan review course. It was part of my school tuition, so I went to the 2 day review class. I watched some of the review videos. But I answered all the questions. I did 30 a day. Kaplan questions were very difficult. I started out doing horrible on the qbanks. But I would remediate and read every questions and rationle. I soon saw improvement in my scores. I also used exam cram pn nclex book and Kaplan review strategies book.

The week before my exam I didn't really study much on areas that I had major problems on such as maternity. The night before I barely studied. On my exam day I got there 1 hour earlier and waited in my car and was allowed to check in earlier.

Taking the nclex exam is different from any other exam. I didn't think it was hard. I just thought the test kept asking me the same question over and over. I did not have a lot of select all that apply, only 4. I had 3 math problems, 2 drag and drop, and majority was priority questions. It asks the most random stuff. Half of my questions were about maternity and the other half was random stuff. I would advise everyone to go slow and read the questions. That's something I didn't do. I got 96 questions and the screen went blue and my heart dropped. I walked out feeling very confused. I cried the whole way home and all weekend. I tried the pearson vie trick immediately,and after 24 hours . Got the good pop up. Finally I got quick results and passed.

Just don't give up and doubt yourself. I'm really shocked I passed I thought for sure, I bombed it. I really hope this helps someone. This website has been so helpful to me. Sorry for the long post.