str8balln

August Nclex taker here from the west coast. you got room for one more?

Yes. I also took mine this august. felt really hopeless and down when i saw that they were takin my credit card information. kept on searching in this website if there's anyway that the PVT trick is not real... i was in denial....again. at least you reached 265. In my understanding, the more questions ur getting meant that the computer still cant make a decision if you're a good and safe nurse or not. reaching 265 meant that you were passing at some point. my first was 160. then 110

Congrats!

congrats! that's some crazy focused determination. it kinda gives me hope that i can still do it.

Congratulations guys, im dyin to get that message too. but yea be great RNs!!! you all earned that license

i took the actual class, not the online one. If your basic nursing foundation is good, Kaplan will be good to you. If you're kinda weak and you need review of the information...uhhh not so good. Kaplan expects you to know your stuff from the get go so you can get down to the nitty gritty stuff quickly and teach you different styles of how to read a question and how to prioritize. the questions are harder than the actual NCLEX in the sense that the questions in Kaplan are really wordy. (sumone explained to me that they make it really hard so come NCLEX time, you'll be at ease or sumthin?) Tons of Question Banks online so that's good. If you're ever looking for like the closest NCLEX type questions though, I would have to say LearningEXT...this coming from a 2 time nclex taker.

haha woah...what are the chances of that? I am from glendale

Im a filipino "m"urse near the Los Angeles area. If anyone would like a study buddy, hit me up...im planning to take it for the 3rd time either Nov or Dec.

what's up flips? another Filipino Murse here representin took the NCLEX this morning in cali and it was my 2nd time.....i stopped @80..... i was just about to go to bed...but damn computer egged me on to try the pearsonvue trick... sadly Pearsonvue asked for my credit card... just devastated right now.... i feel worse for my parents:( ive got all the necessary tools with me to pass, but come studying time...i just feel alone and bored(sum people kinda work better if they're around other people....you know...like for competitiveness sake....it kinda revs me up).... and then i wait to procrastinate.....did me wonders back in college...but NCLEX has called my bluff twice now. bottomline is I didn't apply myself to the fullest....i would've helped myself if i did.... deep inside my core there's anger coz I know i can pass this...but i just lack discipline...and i get distracted easily. lulz hindsight IS really 20/20. ahh...soundin like a pathetic 24 yr old.... So....ATT expires on the 22 of this month....need to reapply for the Boards...=$350 jobless 24 yr old graduating as an Rn but cant pass the boards...F~!#$n priceless..... Sorry for the rant...the man tears were welling up in my eyes, just needed to open up to a blank message board. if anyone's in the general LA area and wants to chill, review, or just talk bout this currently insurmountable challenge...hit me up

yes. the review is awesome! I probably won't find you in the sea of all the cute rn/lpn ladies in that room, so just say hi to the guy with the shaved head sitting near the front. see ya latz

Hey I'm in the class right now... prof Marianne cracks me up :) "who's ur priority....a) patient who's drooling... b) patient having severe hemorrhage from a severed arm....c) patient in pain on a scale of 40 out of 10....d) patient who wants to jump if he doesn't get his liquor. "i dont care bout the jumper...he's clearly still got his airway clear...look he's up on the ceiling wanting to jump." muahahaha

I think I'll also be doing the review in Burbank this Jan 23rd. I only live close by and study buddies are always welcome:)

i know how you all feel. i took the Nclex last september. Failed it. during that time, i never did study seriously. i felt like i was a bipolar patient...doing questions vigorously 1 week...then the next i slack off and dont do anything. with my preparations now im still doing this "start stop" thing. But recently i told myself, that to attain something, you've got to give up or sacrifice another thing. The thing i want to attain most is passing the nclex...so i told myself i'll sacrifice every single thing that causes me distraction and leave it up to God to guide me. today's me first day focusing on nclex. it does hurt a lot to give up things i enjoy and love...but i feel like it has held me down for so long ... i need to get over this hill. i need to pass this thing.

Hi, I'm pretty much new here. I took the Nclex yesterday September 17, 2009. I've had this sinking feeling ever since I left the testing grounds that I failed. This is inexplicably backed up by the fact that I had my questions stop at 160+. So this is what it feels like to be depressed. I feel like I'm both danger to self and others and needs to be 5150'd stat. I've been refreshing and waiting for www.rn.ca.gov to update......and it did. Don't know if I should be happy or what...but it says "Last Updated :SEPT 17, 2009" So is that it? does that mean that I have failed the NCLEX? searched my name and, nada...nothing...zilch.... the saddest thing about it is a lot of people knew about it...family, friends.....i dont know what's worse....failing the test or letting everyone you know down. seriously...5150 me right now