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I recommend Kaplan. They have a very high pass rate. They may have a class at a campus near you. The class is 4 days long, but it REALLY helped me. You also get a large test question bank with diagnostic help, the ability to pick the subjects you need questions on and more. Please look into it! Good luck on your next test!

Hello, I have been pretty much a silent observer since 2008. I love this site! I wanted to share my N-CLEX experience. For starters, I had been an LPN since 2000. I continually took classes when I could and worked full time until it was time to actually "bridge" or "progress" in the ADN program. My college offered a Kaplan Review class. It lasted 4 full days. I attended all 4 days and I took notes. Kaplan Review really helped me with some areas I was weak in. The last time I studied maternal/pediatric health and Med Surge was in 1999. Kaplan really helped me identify and then study the things I had forgotten (there was a lot by the way). I also found a few helpful sites on you-tube (Khan Academy and Michael Linares) that I would watch to update my brain. Kaplan has a large test question bank and they recommend doing at least 800, I did 500 questions. I also have a Lippincott N-CLEX review book and I read all things in it about maternal/pediatric health and all the endocrine information that is in the front of each chapter. I took my test July 8th. I ended up answering 78 questions before the test shut off. Of those I would say 1/4 to 1/3 were multiple multiples. I had no math problems at all, no diagrams, one EKG question, quite a few delegation and 3 chart questions. I got my results the next day by 1130 am. I passed :)

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Hi, I would like a copy also please. I can't send private messages, not sure why, but my email is [email protected]

There is a big pay difference where you work in my area of Florida. I started out in a Dr office making ten dollars an hour, I was nervous and worried about finding a job as a new LPN. I realize now that that they were underpaying me quite a bit. I stayed there for 7 yrs, left making 16.25. I started my next job, working night shift at a rehab/nurshing home with the base pay at 18.00 and shift differential was 2, so total $20 an hour. I will be moving to Wisconsin in 2 yrs, and I am wondering what kind of pay rate they have. I will be living in the Waukesha/Milwaukee area, and probably night shift still. I would like LPN pay and RN pay, as I may be graduated from RN by then. Thanks :) Val

When I was 18, I wanted to be a nurse. I heard about this "great" progam at a local "college". I went and talked to the recruiter, I told her I wanted to be a nurse. She told me that being a Cerified Medical Assistant was just like being an LPN, and that the pay was similar, and that my credits could be transferred to the community college. I was excited, I signed up that day. After I got my first job, reality set in. CMA's don't work in hospitals often, if at all. They can not do nearly as much clinical things as an LPN can. I remained a CMA for 6 yrs, until my son was in kindergarten, and I could go to nursing school. I graduated from LPN school in 2000, and I am MUCH more happy as a nurse then as a CMA. The pay is alot different, and I became IV certified right away. You also get more respect as an LPN, and you can bridge to RN, BSN etc, where you can not even apply your medical assisting credits towards it. LPN's make more money then CMA's, or at least have the opportunity to. Please be careful.