Jack_ICU

Congrats again Melinurse! I guess that you can agree with me that NCLEX as scary as it can it is JUST a test! Yes you're right it is ONLY a test... Best wishes in your career and I am sure that you'll succeed in your future Nursing Practitioner studies!

Neurology is very good. NICU is better though... Good luck with your MSN NP in the future. One of my friends just became a NP last month and she already got a very good job offer ($$$$) I'll be applying to anesthesia schools after 2 years of ICU experience. My goal is to be a CRNA... (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist). I still have a long way to go. Best wishes in Neurology. That was one of my favorite subjects during nursing school... I'll always remember that LP (lumbar puncture) is always contraindicated for a pt with increased ICP b/c risk of brain herniation (NCLEX LOL) Of course you know what I am talking about! Take care and enjoy being RN.

Congrats Melinurse! Job well done! What kind of nursing are you going to do? I work in ICU (Medical Intensive and coronary care unit). I would advise you to do some kind of nursing speciality such as ICU, ER, Surgery since you seem to know your stuff... Good luck in your career and best wishes. JJ ICU RN

Just stopping by to wish KPJR and MELINURSE good luck for their coming NCLEX exam. You guys you know your stuff and have been studying hard for the test. Best wishes and happy outcome on the test. Remember that the first 5-10 questions are critical. Take your time and make sure that you breathe.

Good luck Melinurse! I am sure that you'll do well. Don't worry about those SATAs. One more advice! NCLEX exam as scary as it can be, IT IS JUST A TEST... Have a positive mindset and make sure that you breathe! Best of luck and keep us posted!

Good luck Nancy! It sounds like you did great. Best wishes and I am sure that your next posting would be to say that you passed. I never heard of anyone failing with 20-25 SATAs... Job well done!

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You may be surprised about how well you did on the test. Recently most people who got 10-30 SATAs on their test passed. Don't worry about the number of SATAs you got on your test. Actually it may play in your favor. Good luck to you and best wishes!

well, it seems like satas as "high level questions" subject can be a long debate. i guess only pearson vue/nclex staffs may be able to tell what type of questions satas are, and if they are high level or not. i agree with suzanne that satas may be a format of questions and that some people recently passed the nclex with 0-2 satas. however, on this forum there is an increasing evidence of people passing the boards with 75 questions and with 10-25 satas. i just read a posting of someone who failed her boards after getting 75 questions and 0 sata... at the end of the day, whenever satas are just a "format of questions " or "high level questions" may bring unnecessary debates on this forum. the issue is that new graduates who are preparing for the nclex should be ready and prepare accordingly if they had to face satas questions. one may get or nor get satas questions! no one knows for sure if satas are just a format or high level questions. my opinion which is based on my personal experience, is that the more satas (10-25) you get on the nclex, the more chance you have to pass the boards with 75 questions. again there is no scientific data that would back up my claim, but an increasing evidence of verifiable facts on this forum seem to agree with my reasoning. until someone proves me otherwise, i firmly stand with my claim that satas are high level questions.

I agree with Eric"nurse" but I would add that (to answer the first posting of this thread question) SATAs may be high level questions. My reasoning is that the odds that you get a SATA question right are very low compared to other types of questions. During my NCLEX experience (I passed with 75 questions) I was getting a SATA after getting right 2-3 difficult questions in row. This is my opinion and I don't have any scientific data to prove it, but it makes sense to me that SATAs may be high level questions, b/c they most appear when the test level is going up. My friend from school who also passed the NCLEX with 75 questions, had 25 SATAs and she told me that she was getting SATAs questions after getting 1-2 questions in a row. I don't know how about other people's experience, but most people who passed NCLEX with 75 questions had at least 10-25 SATAs. However, I saw some postings of people who passed the NCLEX with 75 questions and 0 SATA and 0 math! To me SATAs, prioritization and delegation may be high level questions.

We used ATI at my school and the requirement was to get 71.3% to pass. I don't know the requirement from your school, but we needed to get at least 71.3% on the ATI which was the same thing as having 90% chance of passing the NCLEX the first time. So far we have a 100% NCLEX passing rate! Keep doing as many questions as you can focusing on your weak areas. There is a thread called "random facts" on this forum that can give you many tips and hints on the NCLEX test. Good luck!

Stay positive and have time to breathe. NCLEX exam as scary as it can be, it is just a test. It's all about confidence and trust you have in yourself. Tell yourself that you can do it! Spend time reviewing infection control and prioritization/delegation content. Know your meds at least the major classes and focus on pt teaching. Study (if you have time) some rare diseases (Kawasaki,..). I think that there is a thread on them. Good luck and best wishes! You can do it. It is JUST a test...

Suzanne! With all my respect I have to respectfully disagree with you on the fact that SATAs questions may be high level questions. Yes those types are only a format of questions; but if you think about it, the odds that you'll get them right are very low. For example if a SATA question asks for adverse effects of any specific drug, the way NCLEX rewords questions, you are going start second guessing yourself b/c more than one answer may be correct.I remember few years back when I was preparing my GMAT for my master's degree, the level of questions difficulty was somehow comparable to the NCLEX. They are both Computer Adaptive tests. I talked to few of my friends who recently took the NCLEX and we both agreed that you are more likely to get a SATA when the level of questions is going up, i.e when you are getting difficult questions right. Reason why I am starting believing that SATAs are high level questions b/c of their difficulties, and that you are moe likely to pass the NCLEX if you get at least 10-15 SATAs questions. Best regards,

Congrats GatorNurse! I knew that you did well. Best wishes in your career!

Based on my experience, I believe that there may be a misconception about SATAs. The fact that some people get many SATAs may actually play in their favor. During my test; also one of my friends had a same experience, I was getting a SATA question after getting 2-3 difficult questions right in row. Which makes me think that SATAs may be at the high level difficulty... I never heard of someone getting more than 15 SATAs who failed the NCLEX with 75 questions. You can check all the postings of people who passed the NCLEX with 75 questions. Just last week my friend from school and one of our best student passed her NCLEX with 75 questions and she got 25 SATAs. So to ease 4ever_heaven worries, getting many SATAs may actually mean that you've been killing the test. (That's my opinion) I passed the NCLEX with 75 questions and I got 10 SATAs! For people who got 75 questions on the NCLEX and who got many SATAs, please stop worry and stay positive. There is very high probability that you passed the NCLEX. Again these are my opinions and not from allnurses.com... Best wishes!