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i passed the nclex!!!!!!!!!! i still can't believe it. i had a lot of pt. teaching questions and maybe only like 4 sata. i had around 112 questions. i took my time and read the questions very carefully. this thread really really helped me. make sure you look over infection control and prioritizing questions. many many prioritizing questions and teaching questions. they want to make sure you can be a safe nurse. think safety, safety, safety. i had no math questions but make sure you know how to do them. i had friends that had several. keep up with this thread b/c it is amazing. do suzannes plan b/c it really gets you organized and incontrol of your studying. good luck to everyone waiting to take the exam.

Just a FYI when reading a question make sure you read it carefully. I know everyone knows this but I just read a question and thought it said pulmonary embolism and it was pulmonary edema. I read over the question to fast and got the question wrong. Nursing actions are different for the two problems. Keep your mind in the question and don't read to fast or you can miss read the question like it did.

Congratulations!!!!! Jack5801 Thank You For All Of Your Input To This Thread.

thank you to everyone for the information on crutches!!! Gout- a build up of crystals of uric acid (Kidney stones) depositing in tissues of the body. Tx: adequate fluid intake, reduce alcohol, medications that reduce hyperuricemia, and diet changes like decrease in foods that contain purines( organ meats, seafood etc.)

Hello, I'm having trouble with the proper use of canes and crutches. Can anyone help?

You place patient on the right side to help aid in absorption and emptying. The plunger removed because you don't want to force the feedings. You want to use the gravity to feed patient. Hope this helps.

Hello everyone, I'm new to this thread, but have read through most it. Just want to say I love the idea and it has helped me. One question, I came across a question on about pneumonia and what side to place the pt. I found from an NCLEX review that you place the pt. on the affected side to relieve pain. Any thougts on this would be great.

Hello Everyone!! I'm going to be a June test taker or maybe even July. I took my first NCLEX test in March and got 135 questions and failed. I'm doing Suazanne's plan and I really like it. I took some time off of studying b/c I was just so tired and down after I failed. So I got myself back up and started to do the studying thing all over again. The best of luck studying to everyone.

Is it the same as the ERIWORLD. I had to take this review for my school and from what you said it sounds like the same review. It was not helpful for me. Most of my classmates left after lunch on the first day as well. I believe in Sauzanne's plan but I can not leave anything I started so I stayed for the four days just to say I finished it. Good luck on the retest. I too am taking it for the second time in June.

Hello I would always go with the most current edition. The NCLEX exam changed some in April 2007. So that is why there is the 4th edition of Saunders. Yes the systems like the heart and kidney will not change but the format of the questions will change. To be best prepared for this test use the 4th edition.

WOW Racingmom4!!! I have been on this forum for about a month and I have never been so touched and moved by someones response as I was to your's. The way you write just brings you in and the encouragement that you bring really moved me. I too failed my first attempt in March and it took me awhile to get back into the studying. Thank you so much for writing what you did because it gave me hope and it made me feel that I too can become and RN.

Hello posh1104- welcome to the forum. I too took my first test in March and didn't pass with 135 questions. I took a few weeks off to get myself together. I started Suazanne's plan and just finished the first step. I'm waiting to get the mailing for the second step May 1. I have heard some really great things about her program. Lots of people have passed b/c of her. There are a lot of retesters here and we are all here for each other. Just hang in there and we will all get through it.

congratas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [color=#00bfff]i'm soooooooo happy for you. i too hope to pass using suazanne's sytem. i can not wait to post "i passed". in a few more months i too hope to thank suazanne.

I took the NCSBN and I felt really good about my progress. I was doing really well on the tests and I was reading all the lessons. When I went to take the NCLEX and after about 10 questions in I realized the questions in the NCSBN were nothing like the NCLEX questions. How could this be! These are the people who give the NCLEX. I felt very cheated and upset. Some people may find it helpful but it didn't prepare me at all. NCSBN doesn't have a lot of SATA or prioritizing queations. I also had a friend using it as well and said the same thing. I like Suanders and Kaplan. It is all about what feels right for you.

I think I understand what you are saying. I'm just a little confused. I studying with the Saunders and I would like to try your system. If you can explain it again for me that would really help and be very appreciated.

WAY TO GOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! I can not wait for the day I can say I'm an RN. I can't wait to tell all of these Nurse recruiters that I do have my license and yes I can start working as soon as possible. Some times these recruiters don't want to even look at you if you do not have your license.

I also have found it to be very difficult to find a job after finishing my BSN. I had a job waiting for me at a great hospital hear in NYC. After finding out I didn't pass the job had to go to someone else. I thought well if I couldn't work as a nurse then maybe I can get hired as a Grad nurse. That has not gone over to well either. Once you fail the NCLEX you are looked at as a liability for the hospital. You can get hired as a nursing assistant if you want to go that route or do what I did. Go back to waiting tables. It's all just a means to and end. You finished one of the hardest undergrad prorgams so I wouldn't give up. Do something that still gives you time to study and that pays the bills without leaving you exhausted. If you have a hospital in mind that you want to work at, find out what you are qualified for and work as you wait to take your test. After you get your license it is in their best interest to keep you employed at the hospital and move into an RN position. A win win for everyone. Good luck on the job search.

I believe we all have to stay positive and true to our selves. After I saw that I didn't pass I feel like a failure. As I talked to some of my friends from nursing school that had passed the NCLEX the first time, they said they didn't pass because they knew the material. They passed b/c they just happened to guess right. They had no idea what the correct answers were. It made me feel a little better knowing it wasn't b/c I didn't know anything. Lets just keep our heads up and hope for the best the next time around. Didn't it take JFK jr. three times to pass the Bar? He was a very smart man. Just a thought to all of us who haven't passed YET!!

Hello everyone!! I'm new on this site and after reading all the posts I feel more nervous then ever. I took the test in March and did not pass. I have rescheduled in June. For all of those who have taken it more then twice, what have you changed in your study habits? I only want to take the test twice but I'm scared b/c there are people who have taken the test three or four times and have not passed. I'm just soooo scared to take it again and not pass for the second time. I have no money and my student loans are almost in repayment. I just want to work as an RN and just get on with my life.

Well did you guys pass. Please let us know anyway. With all the studying you all did I'm sure you all passed.

Never mind it was last April. I just looked at the date. My bad!

This is the first I have heard of this. I had no idea they revised the test. I took it for the first time in March and it was so hard then. I did not pass. I had a lot of SATA and Med. questions. If there is more meds on this test then I don't know what I will do. There are so many to learn as is. Does anyone have a good way of studying meds? If so please pass on.