For those of us who have already taken boards, please answer a few questions that might help ease the minds of those who are still waiting to test or for results. I know reading as much as possible about other people's experience helped me feel a little bit better while I waited.
1. How many questions did you take on NCLEX?
2. What study materials did you use? Did you take a test review course?
3. Did your SON offer any testing (ERI, ATI, HESI)?
4. How long did you wait for results of the test, or are you still waiting?
5. What were your thoughts coming out of the test (total disbelief, certainty you had failed, confident you had passed)?
6. Was this your first attempt at NCLEX?
Good luck to those who are waiting and ++++ thoughts for those who are waiting on results!!
2. what study materials did you use? did you take a test review course? i did self-study. suzanne's tip helped a lot. i used saunders, gapuz, kaplan, and suzanne's tip
3. did your son offer any testing (eri, ati, hesi)? no. this doesn't apply to me
4. how long did you wait for results of the test, or are you still waiting?i waited for 2 days and found out i passes. we have quick result by web or by phone here in ny
5. what were your thoughts coming out of the test (total disbelief, certainty you had failed, confident you had passed)? i thought i failed. i had a lot of sata and computations
6. was this your first attempt at nclex?nope
good luck to those who are waiting and ++++ thoughts for those who are waiting on results!!
2. what study materials did you use? did you take a test review course? i used kaplan, mosby. lippincott and saunders.. i would recommend kaplan and saunders and suzannas's tip i think it helped me most.
3. did your son offer any testing (eri, ati, hesi)? no4. how long did you wait for results of the test, or are you still waiting? thursday i took the test got results on monday.
5. what were your thoughts coming out of the test (total disbelief, certainty you had failed, confident you had passed)? i dont know 6. was this your first attempt at nclex? nop it ismy second attempt and i passed
2. what study materials did you use? did you take a test review course?
i took hurst live review, which had a lot of good content. it was the main study material i used for preparing for nclex, and i recommend it to anyone. i used virtual ati. vati was a headache for me. i'm alittle bit of a procrastinator and so was the instructor i had. it wasn't a good mix. i had a hard time getting her to reply to my emails and getting the codes. the ati tests were good practice though. i also used the mosby's nclex review cards, which were helpful. i used saunders q & a, which i though was to easy, but had good rationales.
3. did your son offer any testing (eri, ati, hesi)? vati
4. how long did you wait for results of the test, or are you still waiting?
48 hours. nc participates in the pearson vue quick results. it was the longest 48 hours of my entire life.
5. what were your thoughts coming out of the test (total disbelief, certainty you had failed, confident you had passed)?
my first thoughts were, the nclex wasn't nearly as hard as everyone makes it out to be. i had a lot of mixed emotions. i wasn't certain that i failed, but neither was i exactly confident. i felt better about it right after the test, but as the next 48 hours went on i felt worse, and worse about it. i had a little over a dozen sata and quite a few med questions.
6. was this your first attempt at nclex?
yes! and by the grace of god i passed it!!! i found out last thursday and i'm still in a state of shock over it .
good luck to all the nclex takers. my advice is to pray hard, stay calm, and have confidence in yourself. if i can do it, anyone can. hope this helps!
2. what study materials did you use? did you take a test review course?
[color=olive]kaplan complete (includes in-class training, question trainers, and qbank)
3. did your son offer any testing (eri, ati, hesi)?
[color=olive]we used ati throughout our program and as our "exit exam". i thought ati was a crock so i chose to do a different program after graduation.
4. how long did you wait for results of the test, or are you still waiting?
[color=olive]23 hours. i was posted on my bon website: passed! :)
5. what were your thoughts coming out of the test (total disbelief, certainty you had failed, confident you had passed)?
[color=olive]when i saw the blue screen at 75 questions i thought "omg i failed!" and for several hours i felt total doom and deperation and anxiety. then as the day wore on i started to think that maybe i did pass after all.
1. how many questions did you take on nclex? 75 in all, 23 satas, 2 ordered responses, 16 meds
2. what study materials did you use? did you take a test review course? mosby's illustrated guide for nclex rn, nclex 4000, kaplan complete w/qbank, saunders comprhensive (as a supplement), mosby question book (orange book), saunders alternate formats for nclex rn(green book-highly recommend)
3. did your son offer any testing (eri, ati, hesi)? ati-98% chance passing first attempt...hesi exit:953 needed an 850
4. how long did you wait for results of the test, or are you still waiting? 48 hours exactly after i finished my test,just found out that i passed! whoo hoooo!:yeah:
5. what were your thoughts coming out of the test (total disbelief, certainty you had failed, confident you had passed)? on a rocky boat..figured it was 50-50..but knew i had at least 10 right.
6. was this your first attempt at nclex? yes and my last!!!
1. how many questions did you take on nclex? 75 questions
2. what study materials did you use? did you take a test review course? kaplan complete review
3. did your son offer any testing (eri, ati, hesi)? no
4. how long did you wait for results of the test, or are you still waiting? i waited for about 49 hours
5. what were your thoughts coming out of the test (total disbelief, certainty you had failed, confident you had passed)? when i first finished my test, i was shocked and felt numb. then i convinced myself that i failed there was no way i passed with so many sata questions and started crying. honestly, i was not 100% on any of the answers except maybe a maximum of 5. the wait for the worst! i could not eat, sleep, or smile... i cant imagine waiting more than 2 days! thats insane!
6. was this your first attempt at nclex? yes. i cannot possibly imagine going through that again. to all those who did fail, keep your heads up! i honestly do not think a test like the nclex can truly measure your intelligence! luck plays a huge part!
- have to wait until Monday or Tuesday for results
- felt really good through out exam even though my heart was in my throat, felt great when it shut off at 75, still feeling confident but it's going to be a long weekend!
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:yeah:
tobby_walter
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1. i had 77 questions.
2. kaplan and ncsbn
3.kaplan based on blooms taxonomy assessment
4. i waited for 3 weeks.
5.my first attempt on nclex-rn exam and i passed!