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Wohooo! Congrats !!! Thank you for sharing your story. Best wishes to you RN!!!

Thanks everyone!

Wow. Congrats! Thanks for posting and inspiring me today. Going on my 5th time and still refuse to give up. Way to go

Thank you for all your support! Just gets a bit frustrating, the way i look at it-What's another time? Keep at it blynn9173. We can do this!

So I've taken the test 4x. My third and fourth time I got the same results "NEAR PASSING STANDARD" for each category tested. Both those times I focused on the Saunders CD-rom, being able to see each rationale pop up immediately after answering the question was helpful to me, but not enough. Now that I'm going on my 5th retake in Dec, I'm unsure on where my focus should be. I decided to switch it up and am now doing NCSBN learning extension. Any recommendations on how I should utilize this program? Considering I'M SOOOO CLOSE Should I stick to Saunders and just brush up on content. I'm getting a significant # of SATA questions too!

That website was super helpful thanks again Atomicwoman.

Thank you AtomicWoman. Checking that out right now. Oh I did download the new ncsbn 2010 test details and it seems as though the percentages of safety and mgmt have increased. Thanks everyone!

I am in the same boat. "NEAR PASSING" straight through. Hang in there. We are so close, atleaset we are'nt below.... As my friends said in nursing school "Just a little bit more..." Good luck! We can do this!

Thank you all for your advice and replies. I am out in CA and plan to test before August. Like you fiori1020, I have no idea where to begin, or if I just go on to do more questions. Good luck to you as well. CHIN UP we got this!!!!!

So I've been hearing the buzz about the NCLEX increasing their passing standards, and don't know what to make of that. How much harder can this test possibly be? Last time I took the test was this past March only to recieve results that read "NEAR PASSING STANDARD" straight through. Does anyone have a clue on how different the updated NCLEX is?

That is awesome! Congrats on your PASS!!!! What state are you in? I also took my exam yesterday and I'm way to chicken to do the PV trick :uhoh21:.

CONGRATS !!! WAY TO GO!!!!! :anpom:

3's a charm. I just took the exam for the 3rd time yesterday so I know exactly how you feel. You are in my prayers. Hope we pass/ passed. I reviewed with saunders questions and stuck a sticky tab with my name, RN to remind me what I've been striving for (and also to cover up the # of questions that I reviewed). Keep your faith and your chin up. Best of luck to ya!

I completely agree with the above. I also took Kaplan twice and true they do give grest test taking strategies, however they won't save you everytime. Unless you feel comfortable with content, your performance on Kaplan will only cause you to doubt yourself. Atleast that's what happened to me. I am now hitting Saunders questions hardcore. The provided rationales are awesome. Though it can take time to "get into the groove" of doing these questions everyday, I think after a few weeks you will feel more comfortable and have built great stamina of sitting through it. In all honesty, Kaplan QT's made me tired w/ brief rationales. I will be sitting for the NCLEX for the 3rd time. Good luck to the both of us!