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!!
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1. how many questions did you take on nclex?
75 and passed
2. what study materials did you use? did you take a test review course?
saunders, nclex-rn 3500 cd. it is the best to stick to one book only and know the material well. don't jump from one book to the other, it makes no sense. do a lot of questions nclex 3500, it really helps. although not exactly the same, you will find them helpful, read rationales
3. did your son offer any testing (eri, ati, hesi)?
ati and hesi (scored 853, 850 required to pass)
4. how long did you wait for results of the test, or are you still waiting?
48 long hours, you will find them the longest hours in your life. in my case it was exactly 48 hours, not even 1 minute later or earlier since i finished my nclex.
5. what were your thoughts coming out of the test (total disbelief, certainty you had failed, confident you had passed)?
i was convinced that i had failed. i heard it is good cuz if you are convinced you passed that means you got really easy questions, which means you are below the passing level.
6. was this your first attempt at nclex?
first (and last)
i am sorry that you got bad information. if a person comes out of the exam confident that they passed then maybe they were well prepared! i was confident and passed. i had some easy, difficult and some questions that maybe a martian on mars could answer better tham me. but your statement in #5 is untrue.
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?
24 hours and did not wasted $8 since i saw my license on the dc hpla website
5. what were your thoughts coming out of the test (total disbelief, certainty you had failed, confident you had passed)?
i have a feeling that i passed although i was surprised that the questions seemed a bit easy as compared to the practice questions that i was used to when prepairing for this
6. was this your first attempt at nclex?
yes, but i made sure that i was well prepared for it and i did it for 5 months
5. what were your thoughts coming out of the test (total disbelief, certainty you had failed, confident you had passed)?
i was convinced that i had failed. i heard it is good cuz if you are convinced you passed that means you got really easy questions, which means you are below the passing level.
cornpooh
i am sorry that you got bad information. if a person comes out of the exam confident that they passed then maybe they were well prepared! i was confident and passed. i had some easy, difficult and some questions that maybe a martian on mars could answer better tham me. but your statement in #5 is untrue.
what cornpooh mentioned above was right as per my experience...getting easy questions does not mean that you are failing or anything else...on my case, i answered approximately 7000 questions or maybe 10k just to prepare myself for this exam...and used a lot of resources but i did not opted for a review course...also, i recently took the cgfns qualifying exam which is a good indicator on passing the nclex, before applying for the nclex exam so if you will include the time that i prepaired for the cgfns exam that will total to 11mos (started reviewing september 2008, took the cgfns exam november 2008, and from then on continued prepairing for the nclex exam until i passed it july 2009). so thats a long time of hard work, sacrifices since i am also working while doing this, and preparation before i took the exam...and i think thats the reason why i found the exam a bit easy...but nonetheless, no one should underestimate it, and make sure that they are well prepared for this exam...and when i say prepared, it should be wholistically because this exam will require you to be very strong...mentally, physically, emotionally, and most importantly spiritually...
1. How many questions did you take on NCLEX?---> 75
2. What study materials did you use? Did you take a test review course? --->saunders and kaplan's test taking softwares
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? --> kinda waiting but i saw in vermont's website that i have an active status on my license....
5. What were your thoughts coming out of the test (total disbelief, certainty you had failed, confident you had passed)? --->shock, anger, anxiety, fear of going crazy, etc etc
2. what study materials did you use? did you take a test review course? kaplan and saunders comprehensive 4th ed.
3. did your son offer any testing (eri, ati, hesi)? hesi and i failed it twice!
4. how long did you wait for results of the test, or are you still waiting? 48 hours quick results.
5. what were your thoughts coming out of the test (total disbelief, certainty you had failed, confident you had passed)? i had mixed feelings. one side of me said the questions were "too easy" so i automatically thought i had failed.
6. was this your first attempt at nclex? yes! thank god i don't ever have to take that test again!
2. what study materials did you use? did you take a test review course?
first time: school review (sylvia rayfield), some kaplan questions, saunders and some nclex 4000; too dang much to absorbed especially dealing with a move to a new state and a husband deployed
second time: nclex 4000 and kaplan that's it; best choice i ever made plus i was stress free husband was back and i was finally settled in.
3. did your son offer any testing (eri, ati, hesi)?
ati
4. how long did you wait for results of the test, or are you still waiting?
first time: pvt 2 hours later and official results 2 weeks later
second time: pvt 1 hours later and official results name on the brn site 5 days later
5. what were your thoughts coming out of the test (total disbelief, certainty you had failed, confident you had passed)?
first time: i cried the rest of the day and had the certainty that i had failed i felt like the dumbest person on the block
second time: i felt confident i had passed only stumbled on like one question the rest i just used the kaplan tips and moved on
6. was this your first attempt at nclex?
no as stated above the first time was july 10th and second time was nov 12th. praise god i don't have to take the test again it was the worst.
2. what study materials did you use? did you take a test review course?
mostly saunders and internet. did not take any review course.
3. did your son offer any testing (eri, ati, hesi)?
n/a
4. how long did you wait for results of the test, or are you still waiting?
i tested oct 30 '09 and got mail on nov. 3rd '09
5. what were your thoughts coming out of the test (total disbelief, certainty you had failed, confident you had passed)?
i said to myself 'oh well'. then i was kind of confused as to what i really thought of this test since some questions were easy, some difficult, some confusing and some all of the above.
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!
cornpoohRN
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i am sorry that you got bad information. if a person comes out of the exam confident that they passed then maybe they were well prepared! i was confident and passed. i had some easy, difficult and some questions that maybe a martian on mars could answer better tham me. but your statement in #5 is untrue.