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I had about 5-10 questions with meds on the nclex. I don't think you can really ever know all the possible meds. Some people I know got only 1 or 2... other's like me had more. Some of the meds I was familiar with from Kaplan - but most of the time it would be thrown into a SATA or something. And that was the one that I stumbled on... should I click it or not click it??? Focus on drug classes, know how and when to administer them. There really isn't a whole lot more you can do. I had 75 questions total. I was done in an hour and 15. I felt like I had a good sense of when I was doing well ... questions did get harder IMO, and when I did worse ... questions would change back from alternative to straightforward. Got the good pvt pop-up 40 minutes later! Hope that gives you a little help. Definitely look at the meds in Kaplan if you have access. Good luck!

I think what your feeling is normal! I have never seen the PVT to be wrong - so I say you PASSED!!! I will do the happy dance for you till you get your confirmation!!! :yeah:I am sure I will feel the same way tomorrow!

Thank you! mrsks: did you you try the PVT???

Thank you all very much! I am so nervous! I finished the 6 sample tests from NCSBN with a 72% average. I think I am done. I'm just going to relax and read over the allnurses study guide. It's going to be a bad night for sleeping, LOL!

Looks to me like you PASSED! Yay! :cheers:

Hi everybody! You all have been so inspiring reading your stories everyday about passing or trying again. :heartbeat After 6 years of college/nursing school (part-time & a surprise baby mid-way, lol) I finally graduated in May 2012. Out of 96 of us that started clinicals together, only 32 of us made it all the way! I have been studying for about 6 wks or so. I have completed all of the Kaplan Q trainers, Q bank, sample tests. I got a 62% on QT 4 and QT 5. And a 68% on QT 6 and QT 7. I finished 100% of the qbank with 64% correct. I did all of the LaCharity questions and scored between (60-80%) on them. And yesterday I did the NCLEX 4000 pre-test and got a 71%. I have also been working on sample tests from NCSBN and I have gotten in the 70's on them as well. I hope that I am ready. My biggest goal was to be able to walk into NCLEX knowing that I had done my best to prepare - and I think I have. I am sooooo nervous though! Ugh! It's making me nauseous! I know that we should rest the day before NCLEX - which was what I was going to do... but I can't. Not yet anyways! I am going to just do some more practice questions (alternate format) on NCLEX 4000 and then read over the All Nurses Study Guide (not endorsed by allnurses.com, lol). I will stop at 3pm and THEN relax! I don't expect to learn anything new today! Just want to practice some of the SATA - since they are the baine of my existence! Wish me luck! And good luck to anyone else testing today or tomorrow! :) I will let you know how it goes tomorrow! Ps. Also please cross your fingers that my total thyroidectomy completion surgery goes well on Wednesday! (And yes, I am crazy to schedule both things back to back - but I really wanted to be done studying by the time my surgery came up because I knew I wouldn't be into at that point. And I want to enjoy some of the summer with my 3 daughters before it's over!) Anyways, I was diagnosed with Papillary Cancer in June after having a large tumor removed at the end of May! My thyroid was found to be enlarged at a routine exam a week into my final semester and I had the first surgery the week after graduation! When it rains.... it pours, huh? I think I am due for some good news! Thanks again! :) :loveya:

i just did the nclex 4000 practice test and got a 71% i am taking nclex tomorrow. i have also done all of kaplan, lacharity, and a bunch of ncsbn sample tests.

Pain is psychosocial except any of those 3 types of pain - because the pain is so severe the person cannot physically tolerate it. And each of those types of pain is associated with an obvious disease process - MI, Renal calculi, Burn. And can get worse quickly.... leading to death, acute post renal failure, infection.

Except: Chest Pain, Burn Pain, or Kidney Pain ... which would fall under physical d/t their intensity! (From Kaplan)

Always check the client before the machine! Example, vent alarm going off - check client, then vent.

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:hrnsmlys::cheers::w00t:CONGRATULATIONS!!!

I have the EBook and it is all questions. I just take the practice test and score them myself. Like 15/20 = 75%. And then I read all of the rationales for every question! I don't think you are missing anything. It is a good book. Not what I thought it would be. The learning is in the rationales. And you can see where you stand on each subject. If that helps at all?

I know how you feel - I am testing on Tuesday the 10th and I am sooooo over spending HOURS every day studying! I want my life back! I want to be a mom and a wife again! Ugh! But MUST.STAY.FOCUSED!!!

Don't put too much stock into those sample tests. The first two contained some content that I hadn't really seen before on Kaplan and the last one, IMO is the most valuable because it was all priority ~ which is what most people say the majority of NCLEX is! I got a 64 on Sample Test one, a 58 on Sample Test 2 and an 80 on Sample Test 3. Most of my other scores were between a 62 and a 68. I would just review them, know why you got them wrong - and move on. You will be ready for Friday! I am going on Tuesday! I know it is nerve wracking, but don't psych yourself out over those. Most people I see who talk about them do similar. Hope that helps! Goodluck! PS. How did you do on QT6 and QT7.... those would be the ones that I would judge myself on more!

That is awful! I hope that it works out in your favor and I will keep that in mind when I test next week! Thank you!

Hi! You look like you are doing good! Your QBank average is great - 60% is the goal! QT 4 and 5 you want to aim for 65% and QT 6 and 7 you want to aim for 60%. You are doing well. Have you been going over all the rationales for ALL the questions, ones you got right and wrong??? I would do that if you aren't already. When are you scheduled to test? I have pretty similar scores - a little higher on my question trainers and a little lower on my Qbank. Cbeau11: the Question Trainers are part of the online Kaplan nclex prep!

you'll do great! believe in yourself - you can do it! i know it's nerve wracking... i face the beast on the 10th! but kaplan prepares you well. all my classmates and i have been doing kaplan - and out of the 10 who have gone so far... all have passed, most with 75 q's! btw, my scores are practically the same as yours: qt1: 58% qt2: 49% (very distracted... kids... tv) qt3: 56% qt4: 62% qt5: 62% qt6: 68% qt7: 68% and 70% of the qbank with 63% cumulative average. i am going to cross my fingers for you, say a little prayer... and wait to see your post saying you passed or got the good pop-up.... ! good luck! :hug:

PS. I PM'd you my study plan (for the last two weeks before NCLEX). Sometimes it helps to look at what you need to cover, write it all out in an organized way - and then just follow it. I tried to lump things together so I got some content reading and questions about the same topic from several sources. Hope that helps!

Firstly, I have found A LOT of errors in the LaCharity Ebook. And some discrepencies - such as where it says that you should first oxygenate a patient in sickle cell crisis - and every other source has said fluids first! That said, I think it should say hyperfunction also. The only other problem is that Cushings has HYPOkalemia and hyper everything else. ????

Hi! My school has a partnership with Kaplan so we had limited access during school - but after graduation we got the whole thing. We did a 2 week session post graduation and I found the first few days helpful where they explain the tricks and techniques for testing. But most of the course is just going over questions and picking them apart and using the decision tree. So if you are comfortable with the techniques, then you may not need the whole class part. But most important is to do all the question trainers and all or almost all of the qbank and review every single answer. And if you don't know or understand - look it up right away. Saunders is great for content reveiw. Are you re-taking the exam? If so, I would look at what your report says about your testing and look for your weakness and focus on those. And I have heard that if you fail at 75 you need to know content and if you fail at 265 you need to to practice questions. Study some of everything, but focus on your weak areas! Good luck!

Thank you! It is encouraging to see others who passed that have similar scores!!! The next 8 days are going to be hell.... just want to see the good pop-up!

Hello! I am doing Kaplan also, although mine was linked through my school - so we went to a 2 week course after graduation and then we had access to the rest of the online materials (we had some access during school too). Our course is over when we have taken all 7 of the Question Trainers, complete the QBank, and do the Diagnostic and Readiness. I don't know if yours is set up differently or not, but that is what we were told. Good luck!

Thanks! I hope so! I just want to be done and not have to stress about it anymore! And I scheduled it for the 10th because I have thyroid cancer and I am having surgery on the 11th and I didn't want to have to worry about it during recovery or anything. But I wanted to give myself enough time to fully study and finish the Kaplan. I never studied much in nursing school... crammed a lot :uhoh21:... but I knew I needed to do some content review and practice questions. Thanks for the encouragement! I'll let you know how it goes in 8 days!!!

hi all! i will be taking the nclex on july 10th. i have been preparing with kaplan - course and online, as well as lacharity, and the hurst review book. i was just curious about some statistics regarding kaplan because some people find it to be very beneficial and others not so much. so for my own piece of mind - i am asking for a little feedback! btw, my kaplan stats thus far: diagnostic: 58 readiness: 62 qt1: 61 qt2:49 qt3: 59 (qt1-3 were completed prior to the kaplan course and before any studying) qt4: 62 qt5: 62 qt6: 68 qt7: 68 qbank: cumulative average: 62% - and a little over 60% completed - will finish by nclex please choose your method of preparation with kaplan for nclex... and whether you found it to be helpful or not. please feel free to comment below!!! thanks!