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The tutor's name is Linda G. As I said I found her on wyzant. If you need more information let me know.

In this way I think you should try to talk to someone in the BRN. it's frustrating to call the BRN. It's always a long wait. Try to call again, be patient. The whole process can be very frustrating

Hi. I'm also in California. I took the NCLEX for the second time on October 19th, I just created a topic about that. I had the good pop up, and on 21st morning I found out on breeze I passed. You passed, there is no case of false positive on the PVT. You passed.

I'm a foreign nurse. I just passed the NCLEX. I don't think you need CGFNS in California, I don't even know if it's accepted by the BRN. I did my whole process directly with the BRN. But you said you're looking for a US visa. I think you already need a visa when starting the process because the BRN asked me for SSN and other documents. Maybe the CGFNS would help you with your questions.

I just passed the NCLEX after taking it for the second time. I used Saunders, Uworld, and I had a tutor who was great. She specially helped me to build my confidence, and think each question as nurse. I found her on wyzant. If you are interested I can give you her information.

I took NCLEX twice. I failed first time with 76 questions. I used just Kaplan and Saunders for content review. I took the second time on October 19th, and I passed. I used Uworld, Saunders, and I had a private tutor who helped me a lot, specially in building confidence. Be patient. Try to be calm. You'll pass.

I just created a topic about my NCLEX experience. I took NCLEX twice. The first time I failed with 76 questions. I used just Kaplan, and Saunders for content review. I didn't feel Kaplan helped me. So, for the second time I had a private tutor who helped me a lot, and I used U world. I think U world has the most similar questions to NCLEX. Its rationalization is complete. Its questions are well elaborated, specially SATA and prioritization questions.

I'd like to share my experience with NCLEX. I was a RN for 13 years in two different countries before I came to USA (California) almost five years ago. Before I did the process to work as RN, I had to learn English. When I first came I didn't even know the verb to be, and could barely understand someone counting until 10. I learned English, and I took the TOEFL. I did the whole process with the BRN. My university in my country sent everything the BRN asked for, and later they asked for and more information. I translated about 100-150 pages of documents. After that the BRN gave me authorization to take the NCLEX. Taking the NCLEX was a new challenge for many reasons. I was not working as a RN for about four years. I finished school 17 years ago (since then I've never studied things I haven't worked with, such pediatrics, maternity, etc). Even though I took the TOEFL and had a good knowledge of English, taking a professional exam in a fourth language (English is my fourth language) was very stressful. I received the authorization to take the NCLEX October of last year. I did a lot of self study, and took the online NCLEX Kaplan course preparation. I felt a little disappointed with that. I felt they were trying to teach "tricks" that I couldn't apply to all the questions. I believe since I am a nurse I should be able to go through the questions, and think as a RN. So, I took the NCLEX first time on February, and I failed with 76 questions (I felt, better fail with 76 than with 260 questions). At that time the PV trick worked for me, I had a negative pop up. I restart studying again on April, and fortunately I found a private tutor who reinforced the idea of seeing the questions as a Nurse, and helped me to build my confidence. I took the NCLEX for the second time on October 19th afternoon. I felt much more comfortable with the exam. I had about 17-20 SATA, 4-5 drag/drop, and lots prioritize questions. I answered the questions very slowly. I had a break at the question 72. When I came back I had another 8 questions, and the screen turned blue. I was shocked, I was prepared to stay there for six hours. I did the PV trick several times, all of them where positive. On October 21st morning, not even 48 hours after the exam I had my license number on Breeze. I couldn't believe I passed with just 80 questions. I'm still so excited that I wanted to share my experience. Maybe, somehow it can help or motivate someone.