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Thanks for the clarification! I guess I’ll need to keep my apartment then in the meantime to keep myself eligible for the housing stipend and the compact license. if I commute to work via Uber, does that count as a traveling expense for Tax reimbursement? Thank you so much for your replies!

Thank you for the explanation, Ned! ? I have a cousin who currently resides in Florida. If I cannot make California my home base, can I use my cousin as my tax home? I’d just be staying over her place every now and then. But then, given that it’s her house, I would have to pay for it. Does that still count as a tax home? ? what a conundrum... if I choose to make my cousin’s home my tax home, would that be ok? Although, since it’s her house, I wouldn’t be paying for it.

p.s. since California isn’t a compact state, will this affect my multi state license? Btw I plan on working my first assignment in Missouri.

Hi! I am a Florida RN who is planning to start travel nursing on May 2020. I don’t have a proper “Tax house” but I had planned to move my appliances and belongings to my sister’s apartment in California and, help her pay half the rent. However I was told that since California isn’t part of the multi state license (not one of the compact states), it wouldn’t count as a tax home. Can anyone share to me their experiences/ thoughts?

It was stressful since i had no callbacks except for one hospital. I am currently working as a GN in the rehab unit. :)

I agree with everyone. If you use Uworld, don't worry if you average 50-60%. I was at the same predicament when I started. I got 52% in the start and ended with 69%. It's not high as a 90% but the important thing isn't how much you score, but sharpening your critical thinking skills. Focus on why the answer is the best and why it is correct out of all the other answers. Rationalize each answer. Decide which answer is true and which answer is false. You will find answers that are very similar and you might have to pick the best answer out of the 2 choices. Don't forget your ABCs. Congratulations to everyone who took NCLEX! Good luck to everyone who will be taking their exams soon.

In my experience, I only had 1 pharma question asking for an easy side effect. :) There were 2 questions related to "which drug should the nurse clarify?"

Hello! :) I'm usually a lurker. But I've decided to register and post my experience. Alright, so I took my NCLEX last February 4, 2017. I read KAPLAN, SAUNDERS and I used UWORLD. I also took review classes back in the Philippines around May 2016 because I was studying for my NLE (Nurse board exam in the Philippines). REVIEW Here are my 2 cents. I read KAPLAN. I read SAUNDERS. I read UWORLD. Mind you, I didn't study hard. I read. I am not the hardcore read everything and digest. I'm the once over read it and get it over with it type. In Kaplan, I ONLY used the book. I finished it in 1 week. I only read it twice but I didn't digest it. For Saunders, bless me... That book was intense. It had about 2000+ questions in the book and I finished the book in 15 days. I read it only once. After, I turned to the online review test they offered for free. Again, I bypassed it because I was too lazy to read. I then decided I would use Uworld since it got rave reviews. I enjoyed it. I liked the details and questions. However, like my laziness, I read through it once. I was only determined to finish the Qbank and I did. I finished all 1950+ questions in 3 weeks. I only reviewed my mistakes the week before the exam and that was only when my subscription ended. Really, I wasted most of my time watching movies / television / reading books / mangas. 60% of my day, I was distracted. 30% I was reading. 2 days before the exam, regret washed over me. 2 days before the exam and here I was wading through a pool when I should have been swimming! So I panicked. I started to read. At one point I felt so empty headed. "I didn't know anything! Hell, I don't even know what I don't even know!!!" THE NCLEX The night before the exam, I might have developed anxiety. I took 2 sleeping pills to sleep. I. DID. NOT. SLEEP. I was awake the whole night. My life flashing before my eyes. WHY DIDN'T YOU STUDY HARD ENOUGH!???? WHY DIDN'T YOU READ MORE!?? The morning of the exam, I was already awake. I took the exam. By the way, they were right. UWorld and NCLEX look the same. How did it feel? Gripping, nerve wrecking, tons of *****? Because really, I can attest that I did NOT know anything. I kept clicking next calmly telling myself, "That's alright, you have 265 questions. You can redeem yourself in the next question." I clicked, clicked and clicked. The more I clicked, the more nervous I got, the more I started to hear my heart pound my ribcage. In my head, I was screaming, I DONT KNOW ANYTHING!!!!!!! It shut off at 75. I was shocked. My thoughts? Wait!!!!! No. You were supposed to let me redeem myself! WAIT. I would have gone home depressed and beat myself up mentally.... But my friends took me out to an art museum an out all you can eat buffet and then we marathoned asian dramas. It helped somewhat. The day after the exam I was still nervous for the results. I kept checking the site over and over again. THE RESULTS I woke up today at 8am. I laid in bed contemplating if I should get up and check the site. I was scared. I knew I didn't do well. I knew I didn't pass. But I prayed, I prayed so hard. My friend barged into the bathroom while I was washing my face and she shows me the results. I PASSED. I was beyond disbelief. I was happy and shocked. HOW? That was my biggest question. Just how??? TL; DR How helpful was review? I don't really know. Uworld probably helped 20% - taught me how to prioritize better; I think I noticed only about 5 questions similar to Uworld Kaplan 10% Saunders 5% The rest of the knowledge and skills you acquired in school, plus the review center I took in the Philippines helped me: 65% The rest is basically your ability to analyze and think critically. I had tons of SATA and I can honestly say I DID NOT know a single thing. I had questions that were so basic, I wanted to beat myself up for not knowing the answer because I concentrated on the harder more critical stuff. You won't know what will come out. Some questions are some things you've never heard or thought about. (Or maybe that's me? Because there were some questions I did not know since I studied nursing in the Philippines.) Either way, it's not about how much you know, it's about your ability to think critically.