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That is great. Congrats!

Not to burst your bubble, but there are not jobs for new grads in the Bay Area and 6 mos is still considered a new grad. Most postings want 1-2 years minimum. It is terrible! Plus the Bay Area has one of the highest concentrations of nursing programs, so there is so much competition. Better to get in a year, first, and or start applying at 6 months and move if you get something. Good luck!

Brewer RN, I think your experience is common. I recently took a lactation workshop and noticed some of the nurses had a hard time on the mock quiz because they were answering as nurses in a medical setting. If there was an answer choice of using equipment (pump, scale, SNS) or an MD referral, some picked those options every time, rather than a more basic, global or counseling-based answer. I think the problem with an international test is there are things we would do in our particular setting that might not be available or the norm elsewhere. I am hoping I will have a good balance of both the RN and the LLLL resources to pull from. I found the NCLEX challenging because it didn't really feel like it was using my knowledge so much as my thougt process. Though, it was not nearly as bad as people made it seem or the fuss. I didn't take any preps. Though the exam day is potentially up to 8 hours, actual test time (less breaks, sign in, etc) looks like it is only 5 1/4 hour and candidates can can leave the test session as soon as they complete it. I have had to take 8 hour licensing exams before, so trust I can hold out for the long haul. I wish I had the option of taking it all in one sitting and not breaking for lunch. I will have to stay in my test-taking-town for a few hours after no matter what, to pick my kid up at the airport that day. At least I will have a week of peace and quiet before the test!

I am sitting for the exam in less than a month. Why does the exam suck so badly? I am a new grad BSN and thought the NCLEX sucked (though got 75 Qs) so I can't imagine how the IBCLC exam is worse. I was a LLL Leader for 10 years, but have been out of it for some time yet still worked with new BF moms. Now I am concerned about the test. I just spent a whole lot of money on the exam, getting fresh CERPs and taking a 2 1/2 day workshop. I don't want it to be all in vain. Any tips? Thanks!

Congrats to the good pop-uppers! Good job. Hopefully you will have official results soon.

Nclex on Friday with 75 Qs, PVT an hour later with the good pop up and the BON posted my license sometime in the night or early this morning. The trick worked for me.

Good luck Hopeful, Notsosuper and Nursebound! I will be thinking of you and looking forward to your posts. Just saw my name posted on the BON this morning, the PVTworked!

Sorry Nclexwarrior and Sheena. Don't give up. You can do it.

@Hopeful310, just do it. I had to reschedule my test, and when I did, I booked it sort of far out. It just felt like it was hanging over my head. Then I impulsively rescheduled last week, when I saw a good time slot I liked come open. I didn't even think, that I would not have any more time to study and I was getting too close to change it. The day before I got cold feet, but it was too late. I got that same red notice telling me no, I could not rescheule. I felt a moment of panic, but then relaxed because it meant I really didn't have any more choice in the matter. It forced me to do it. I needed that. I still don't have my results, but it feels so good to have that test out of the way. Even if I have to do it again, I at least have that first one out of the way, right? I never have to do that one again! And honestly, while I was taking the test I was thinking that no further amount of study would have helped me at that point. Another week or two weeks would not have made the difference. Another thing my friend told me - you don't have to do perfectly, you just have to pass. You don't have to get an A, or a perfect score, you just have to pass by one question. So whether you score 100%, or barely pass, it doesn't matter. You probably already have what you need to pass, since you got through school and most peope pass. Trust yourself! Go for it. Try to let yourself be EXCITED rather than petrified! You can do it! Good luck

Oh Sheena, I am sorry you didn't get the good pop up. It isn't over until it is over, though. I hope you will be the exception. Take care

Seriously, huh? I am not sure how I would have gotten through the last weeks, being obbsessed with testing. It helped so much to know there were others in the thick of it. Everyone else I know has already tested. It felt so good to wake up this morning and have it out of the way!

Congrats! I hope the PVT is true for me, too.

I don't think anyone feels confident after that test. I didn't feel confident about a single answer beyond the tutorial! I took my test on the 4th, and shut off at 75, too, and am also in CA. I came straight home and did the PVT. I thought I would throw up just from the anxiety of waiting for my computer to load the page! Got the good pop-up and that has helped calm me so I can wait for the BON to hopefully post good news soon. Good luck, everyone waiting for results.

These are the exact 3 I found helpful, too, though NONE had questions that were like the NCLEX. I think LaCharity's book was so helpful because I didn't get as much teaching on these topics in school as I needed. The rationales in the book really helped. Good luck

I will believe it when I see it. Hopefully soon. For now, I am acting like I passed because I need a break! If I didn't and I am heartbroken later, I will be heartbroken later. For now, it is celebration time. :cheers:

It is good to know the PVT seems accurate. You had the chance to see it work both ways. I am sorry about the first time, but congrats the second time around!

Yeah! That didn't take long at all! I hope to see mine by Monday. Now go do the PVT and you can tell us if it works. LOL.

I am in CA too. The wait is so variable! Days to weeks. It isn't going to hurt to try the trick. I did it today and got the good pop up. My computer shut off at 75 Qs, too. I found the test challenging, but I have no reason to think I should not pass, since most people do, and I was a good student. If the test turned off at 75, and you worked hard in school, you probably passed!

My classmates have had results in 3 days to 3 weeks. Did you do the PVT XOXOX?

Just got the good PVT pop up! Computer turned off at 75 questions, thank goodness, because I sat there for a minute before I clicked the mouse to move forward, wondering what I was going to do if it did not. I have never seen anything as gorgeous as that blue screen! I think I got about a dozen SATA, a couple audio, an "exhibit" and tons of prioritizations. No ordering, no calculations. I did not feel at all confident about any of my answers beyond the tutorial. It was nothing like I expected and I don't think that ANY of the resources I used were very helpful, or offered questions like the test! I think I probably would have had an equal chance of passing (providing the PVT is true) whether I studied or not. Not a single thing I studied was on there! So good to be done with that! (Hopefully!) Congrats to the other passers and good luck to those of you preparing to test.

Yeah, Pooh Bear! You rock! Congrats:yeah:

Is it possible that you tried to soon? Maybe it is too early for the system to even register that you took the test. I can't say if it is true or not, but I am sorry that it feels so bad right now, and I hope its not the bad news you fear. How did it feel taking it? Did you feel like you were doing ok? Hang in there. Take the weekend off and let yourself decompress.

Each hospital lab has their own references, as well, which may vary slightly. It isn't absolute across the board. I agree with the others, just know the general values, give or take about 10% on either side of a value. NCLEX questions writers know values (and resources) vary and will make incorrect values more obvious. In real life, the reference range is typically provided, for NCLEX-land, you have to know a general range. Good luck!

Go, go, go! You can do it.

Do the PVT! I am curious now! LOL, poor you, I am sure the wait and wonder is excruciating. I bet you did well. It sounds like you had a tough test and I think a tough test and a 75-shut-off means a GOOD test. So it sounds like the things to concentrate on are meds and priority/delegation, huh? I only have another 36 hours to prep. Yikes.