hi..eveyone i'm a foreign graduate nurse .i graduated 17 years ago(1991).i have lived in usa for 5 years and i'm stay-home mom.i never attended any class. i would like to say thank you everyone in this site for sharing story. i passed the nclex 1st time because of 1.you guys who inspired me either failling or passing. 2.susanne's plan + saunders edition4:bow: ...her plan helped me a lot .her plan guide me how to prepare the test.eventhough i didn't use her plan exactly, i did use cd for every questions. as i told you i 'm foreign graduated nurse and graduated 17 years . i got more anxious:uhoh3: for preparing the test so i also use 3.kaplan q trainer...the score didn't quite impress:icon_roll test#1 sep 9/2008 -53% test#2 oct 9-59% test#3 oct14-58% test#4 oct 17-53% test#5 oct27 -52% test#6 oct31-53% test#6 nov 11-56% 4.the thread..anyone-up-random-fact-throwing.i visited this thread 30 minutes everyday 2weeks before i took the test. 5 encouragement from my family and friends. 4.important thing is my confidence. i took the test on nov 15/2008.i got 263 questions and took me for 5 hours.when i left testing center,i called my husband and told him " prepare extra money for$200" i got every part in nursing--psycho,phama,cardio,gastro,pedi,gyne,maternal,law,respiratory,infection control,burn. the sure thing are priority-who assess first,return call first,who should bedischarged delegation questions. i got 4 satas. i got repeat questions about phama, cardio,gastro.when i left testing center.i believed i failed but in the bottom of my heart:redpinkhe i have hope so on nov18/2008 ,i looked in ca board and typed my lastname and enter find .i waited for 5 seconds and then i saw my name:anpom::anpom::anpom:i couldn't believe my eyes.i rechecked many times ,my name still there. i can do it , you can do it too. confidence ,confidence :lttang:my daughter 3 year-old ,she love to sing this song that she got from her favorite show" don't stop don't give up keep trying keep trying" while i was studying. :tku::tku::[anb]: