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It Depends On How You Are. Some People Like Being By Themselves, Some Like To Spend The Day Before The Test And Hang Out With Friends/family. My Suggestion Is To Do Something You Really Love And Do It The Whole Day. That Way You're Focused On That And Not The Test. Then When Its Time To Focus, You're Ready And Fresh. Sleep Early!!!! Eat A Big Breakfast, Bring Some Food To The Center And Water, A Sweater, And A Hair Tie If Your Hair Is Long. Take Many Deep Breaths, Think To Yourself You Can Do It, And You Will Pass. Believe Me, That's All You Need. Just Have Faith In Yourself Because You've Worked Hard For This. Be A Safe Nurse On The Test And Remember Abc's. Be Therapeutic. Be The Best Nurse You Can. Take Your Time Too. Wear The Earplugs. Then After The Test Don't Obsesss Over The Answers To The Questions. My Mistake Was Doing That. If I Could Do It Again, I Would've Gotten Drunk Right After. So Do That. Or Just Do Something To Get Your Mind Off It. You Can Pass!! Good Luck.

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 ONLY!! IT WAS THE BEST REVIEW COURSE EVER. I BOUGHT THE KAPLAN NCLEX REVIEW BOOK WHEN I WAS IN NURSING SCHOOL WHICH HELPED ME ON TEST QUESTIONS IN SCHOOL AND ON THE ATI EXAMS WE HAD TO TAKE IN SCHOOL. HONESTLY, THE ATI'S WERE NO HELP BUT THE KAPLAN REVIEW BOOK, THE KAPLAN REVIEW CLASS, AND THE KAPLAN COURSE BOOK YOU RECIEVE WHEN SIGNING UP FOR THE COURSE REALLY HELPED ME. OH! MOST IMPORTANTLY THE KAPLAN QUESTIONS (QBANK, QUESTION TRAINER, AND PRACTICE QUESTIONS) WERE THE MOST HELPFUL. IF I COULD SUGGEST ANYTHING, THE KAPLAN REVIEW COURSE IS ALL THAT YOU NEED. 3. Did your SON offer any testing (ERI, ATI, HESI)? ATI TESTING BUT IT DID NOT HELP ME AT ALL. IF ANYTHING IT ONLY PUT MORE STRESS ON ME DURING NURSING SCHOOL. THE QUESTIONS WERE NOTHING LIKE THE NCLEX EXAM. 4. How long did you wait for results of the test, or are you still waiting? I TOOK MY TEST ON FEBRUARY 8 AND FOUND MY RESULTS ON THE CA-BON WEBSITE @ 0600 ON FEB 14. TURNS OUT CALIFORNIA DOES NOT UPDATE ON THE WEEKENDS AND ON HOLIDAYS. IT WAS PRESIDENTS DAY THAT MONDAY I THINK. 5. What were your thoughts coming out of the test (total disbelief, certainty you had failed, confident you had passed)? OH MAN! I WAS SOOOO SAD, MAD, AND IN TOTAL DISBELIEF. I THOUGHT I FAILED THE EXAM. ACTUALLY I KNEW I FAILED. I CALLED EVERYONE I KNEW THAT TOOK THE TEST AND LOOKED FOR ANY REASSURANCE. ANY REASSURANCE THEY GAVE, MADE MY WAIT HARDER. I REALLY THOUGHT I FAILED, THAT I LEFT MY FLASH CARDS OUT TO STUDY. 6. Was this your first attempt at NCLEX? MY FIRST AND ONLY ATTEMPT!! I'M SO FREAKING GLAD THAT PART OF MY LIFE IS OVER. DON'T WORRY YOU'LL FEEL THE WAY I'M FEELING WHEN YOU PASS YOUR EXAM, AND YOU WILL!!

HEY, I TOOK THE TEST ON THURSDAY 02/08! I AM WAITING IN AGONY ABOUT THE RESULTS. I'VE CHECKED THE WEBSITE SEVERAL TIMES. MAN I WISH CA WAS A QUICK RESULTS STATE. ANYWAY, DID YOU FIND YOUR QUESTIONS BECOMING EITHER EASY THAN HARD OR DID YOU HAVE CONSISTENT PRIORITY QUESTIONS? I'VE HEARD MAAAANY THINGS ABOUT WHAT KIND OF QUESTIONS PEOPLE HAD. I ACTUALLY KNOW ONE OF MY FRIENDS DID NOT GET MANY PRIORITY BUT LOTS OF SELECT ALL THAT APPLY, MEDS, AND TEACHING. HER QUESTIONS WERE HERE AND THERE AND SOME WERE REPEATED. SHE ALSO GOT A LOT OF ISOLATION QUESTIONS. SHE STOPPED AT 75 AND PASSED. AS FOR ME, I GOT A LOT OF TEACHING, MEDS, SELECT ALL THAT APPLY, TWO DOSAGES, AND SOME PRIORITY. I WANTED IT TO KEEP GOING AFTER 75 AND I THINK I REALLY FAILED. I'M FREAKED OUT THE SAME WAY YOU ARE. I GUESS WE JUST HAVE TO STICK IT OUT UNTIL MONDAY OR SOMETIME NEXT WEEK.