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Just a super random question and I’m sure my title doesn’t make much sense but I’m trying here. I’ve been pretty overwhelmed at work recently, I work in the ICU and we have all been working very hard with a high census and short staffing. In the past I worked a lot of overtime (4-5 shifts per week) but recently I noticed I can’t really do that anymore. I’m too tired and have too much anxiety and I hate feeling that way. I also have a per diem as a school nurse through an agency which I love since it is very low stress , the problem is I don’t go to it often because the schools that need nurses are either too far away from me and the benefit isn’t there for me to drive so far, or the schools that are close by need a nurse when I’m scheduled for my full time so I can’t go. Sometimes I rearranged my schedule to go to those schools but I can’t do it all the time or very often. So basically my question is, are there any nurses here or out there that do have a full time job as a nurse (I want to keep my job I love being an ICU nurse and I love my unit despite the short staffing and anxiety) but also a part time doing something that’s not nursing that I can look into without too much stress? It sounds a bit unconventional I just want to know. Thanks !

UPDATE: I PASSED MY NCLEX!!! Finished with 75 questions! Did the Pearson Vue trick and it worked! SO HAPPY❤️❤️❤️

I have done all of the subjects together, timed. UWORLD gives you the option to go back unlike Kaplan but I don't use it. I take my UWORLD exams the way I took Kaplan.

??? thanks! i'm just way too nervous!! I have worked so hard and it is just going to kill me if I fail. Plus, I take it on a Friday so there is a chance I might not know my results until Monday which will probably kill me even more.

So I took the UWORLD self assessment Friday morning and got a 72% with a "very high probability" of passing. I have been staying within the range of 60-70 throughout my tests and I am in the 92nd percentile. I just wanted to know, for those of you who took the NCLEX and used UWORLD, or are about to take the NCLEX, if you know of anyone who got the very high probability of passing and actually did not pass? Also, would you describe the NCLEX harder or with similar questions as UWORLD? I heard some people say it is a lot more vague, which reminds me of Kaplan and that worries me. I did well in Kaplan but not nearly as good as I am doing in UWORLD. Taking my test the 25th and I am a ball of nerves!!

I have decided not to do it because I want to focus on UWORLD since it gives me better content! Before graduation we did a Kaplan Exit Exam where it imitated NCLEX in that it is computer adaptive and a minimum of 75 and a max of 265.. I passed, but with 265 QUESTIONS! I was not calm and freaking out but I don't think it was because I was drained, but because I was so nervous I did not know when it was going to stop and whether or not I was going to pass. That is one of the reasons I wanted to do trainer 7 to test out another 265 questions, but since I know it is 265 no matter what I do not feel it will have the same effect, also, I really want to finish all of UWORLD's questions first. So if I finish earlier than anticipated I might do it just to check out how I score again with 265. Thanks! and Good luck I bet you rocked it. Let me know!

Wow that made me feel great, haha. I don't want to get too confident though! But yes, the anxiety is what I need to work on the most. Thanks and good luck!☺️

Hi! I actually did the three day Kaplan BOOTCAMP, it was a part of my school's program. What they did was go over and answer the questions on Trainer 7 with you and explain the answers using the decision tree. It really reinforces using the decision tree, I felt like I was just better off watching the kaplan videos at home tbh. However, the lady who acted as the host did give a few good tips here and there that I was grateful for. Thanks anyway!

Congratulations!! So happy for you! & Gosh that makes me feel better! I have been doing 75 and then going over them and then doing another 75 daily. I actually have gone through books and stuff but now I think I am just going to stick to reading their rationales since I want to do as many questions before my test and I only have a week. Thanks for the feedback!!

OMG it has been so hard!! I literally cry every night before bed. I have been driving everyone crazy talking to them about it. Have you done trainer 7? I don't think I have the time because I really want to do more UWORLD and review my content. I pray everyday that I do well on both my practice exams and the NCLEX. Are you taking it in florida? do you know if we can still get our results saturday or sunday or do we have to wait until Monday?

Hi everyone! I am scheduled to take my NCLEX next week friday January 25th. I am super nervous ! I have been waking up everyday at 6 in the morning to complete 75 questions of UWORLD and remediate and then before bed another 75 questions. My school made us buy the Kaplan QBANK so I have also done that. These are my following results for Kaplan: Diagnostic: 55.6% Overall average of the QBANKS: 60.5% Trainer 1: 59% Trainer 2: 61% Trainer 3: 59% Trainer 4: 57% Trainer 5: 66% Trainer 6: 64% Have not done trainer 7. Readiness: 67% On UWORLD I have done a total of 12 exams all 75 questions. I am in the 91 percentile but I am not sure how much I should believe that? I am thinking of not doing trainer 7 for kaplan and just focus on doing my UWORLD exams and continue going over all their rationales until my test date. I am planning on doing the self assessment for UWORLD this friday, exactly one week before my test. What do you guys think? Should I do trainer 7 for kaplan or just stick to UWORLD? For those who already took the NCLEX, would you say the questions were more like UWORLD or kaplan? and are my scores good enough? Should I trust UWORLD and my 91 percentile? Any feedback will help and be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!