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Np good luck!

Yea they took most of my pre reqs but that was over 3 years ago. They don't only look at the class, but also the amount of units that class is worth. good luck

Your ready and your scores are not bad, I know people who got kaplan scores in the 48-52 range and passed! Think positive!

I was! :yelclap:

Here's a little about my experience, hope it helps some of you.. I didn't start studying for the NCLEX until about 2 weeks after my last day as a nursing student. Now I didn't go over any material, only did practice questions. My 1st week of studying I did NCSBN practice questions.. which were pretty helpful. My 2nd and 3rd week I only did KAPLAN q-trainers and this was pretty hard but also helpful since it was similarly worded to the NCLEX. My scores on the NCSBN were in the 70's and for KAPLAN I was getting around 55-60. The last day (day before my NCLEX) is when I read over the study guide found online which was awesome but I think it only helped me on 3-4 questions for my NCLEX lol. I did NOT feel prepared for my test but I tried to stay as positive as I could and prayed to GOD to decrease my anxiety and clear my thoughts during my exam since I am one of those who panic over a test :uhoh21: The day of my exam, I made sure I scheduled it in the afternoon because I'm NOT a morning person and my brain doesn't function as well in the am lol so I was scheduled for 2:30pm I got there, left everything in my car except for my ATT and my ID. So I got seated and started my exam. The white board was there for any math questions or to write things down. My first question was one where I had to put steps in order, pretty easy and straight forward. Then I started getting all multiple choice quesitons, then a few select all that apply and priority questions. Once I reached to question 75 I was PRAYING TO GOD to please let me continue because I knew I was not getting enough prioritization questions, so after 75 it DID continue, and I answered all the way up to 230 questions and took no breaks! It was one of the most stressful moments of my life. The last question I got was one I wasn't sure about so I had to guess and that made me sooo frustrated that it shut off after that last question! I was 110% sure I failed that stupid exam! Got in my car, went home, didn't do the PVT until the next day.. and when I did it, I got the good pop up :yelclap: After the good pop up I still didn't feel as happy as I would be if I saw my name on the BRN site. So about a week later after checking the site every chance I got, I FINALLY saw my name on their site and was beyond proud of myself!! :yeah: One of the happiest days of my life was knowing all my hard work had paid off. I scored B's and C's in nursing school and I really tried my best and studied like crazy and to see your name on that site makes it all worth it. The exam is very possible to pass, I studied 3 weeks, 6 hours a day, 5 days a week before taking it and I still didn't feel very ready. But the NCLEX is not one of your regular class exams where you study and you feel ready. I honestly don't believe it matters how much time you put into studying, it is the years of studying you have done in nursing school that will help you pass the exam. I can't recall one thing I remembered from my studying that had helped me on the NCLEX (besides lab values and hypo/hypercal,mag,kalem..) its the information retained through the years in nursing school that helped me pass. But do practice prioritization questions, it will help you answer them better. Also, I didn't use the decision tree, I had great difficulty with that and just stuck to my regular way of answering questions. Forgot to say, I got about 3 questions where you gotta put them in the correct order, 3 exhibit questions, about 30 select all that apply, and lots of prioritizations. Best of luck to those who are studying for this exam! Don't stress over it too much, not worth it! Think positive before and during the exam, you can do all the worrying afterwards YAYY!!! I'M AN RN! WOOT WOOT! :yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah: :w00t:

My instructors always taught us to jot things down because you can never remember EVERYTHING. There's just too much to remember and you don't want to risk confusing patients with one another. Stick to whatever you are comfortable with, if you need to refer to your notes go for it. You'll get the hang of it

Yes it's normal! :) BTW clinicals and preceptorship really aren't as bad as you might think. At least for me, I feel much more comfortable during clinicals than sitting for an exam!

Oh this one upsets me so much: DON'T READ WORD FOR WORD FROM THE POWERPOINT SLIDES THAT WE ALL HAVE PRINTED OUT! We are all capable of reading the same exact thing at home, maybe you should elaborate more on the topics huh?! ugh. :icon_roll

Reading to yourself outloud and asking yourself questions about what you read and self answering them; also, 2-3 days before exams get with your study group and ask each other questions and quiz each other.

WOOT WOOT!! BSN! :yeah:

Getting in wasn't the hard part, but trying to pass the exams every week are. The nursing classes are super stressful and theres a TON of information you need to memorize and retain in less than 2 months, but keep in mind almost all nursing schools are like this given the amount of material we need to learn. Time management is very important because you have a bunch of things to get done in such little amount of time, so gotta keep organized. I haven't taken the schools exit exam yet, still have a few months for that but I'll keep you updated once thats done. SO NERVOUS!! :uhoh21:

I was at first, everything was amazing from the classes to the instructors. but everything goes downhill once you start the nursing classes. the instructors dont do anything to help. half of them cant even teach, they read off the power points and barely share any stories from personal experience. grading system keeps changing, nothing is organized. but I am from the LA campus, i heard the other campuses are actually better and the instructors actually give you a review for your finals!!

It's hell!! :crying2:

you can transfer the math & english classes, psych, anatomy, physiology, and chemistry. can't remember if i missed any.

wow thanks guys!!! yah this is my 2nd term and i do try to read my books ahead of time.. i duno we'll see what happens. thanks for all the advice!!

i really just try to stay as positive as possible. i have classmates who just love complaining.. even go to dean and all.. but i just focus on learning my material.. my program is just over 3 years and it is a bsn program. it really is hard.. a normal day for me is basically go to school in the morning.. study at school for about 2-3 hours (even long during mid term and finals) .. come home and sometimes i take a 1 - 2 hour nap (if i didn't get enough sleep last night) and study for the rest of the day until 3am.. usually i get 5-6 hours of sleep.. but during finals i definitly get wayy less sometimes none at all.. but it doesnt bother me hehe i can stay up all night n study woahhh im making myself sound crazy lol but it does depend on how many classes your taking and how long your semesters are.. my school is 9 weeks long.. we meet once a week and i have about 3 classes. you'll do okay though don't worry.. as long as your in it to win it! you just gotta work as hard as you can while at school and youll be soo proud of yourselff once yyour done with it! think positive

this has got to be a joke!! we have only 8 weeks to learn everythingg and take our hesi's and ati's!!! i mean, really?? do you guys feel like there isn't enough time to learn it all?? you can't expect someone to really learn and remember everything in 8 weeks..!! yah it's nursing school, supposed to be hard and lots of memorization.. but all im doing right now is tryin to memorize whatever i can to pass tests and my final. i just quit my job so hopefully i have more time on my hands to really digest all this info! but i dooo love my school and nursingg! woohoo! whose wit meee :loveya::cheers:

That would be nice.. hehe

Its soooo hard!!!! OMGGGG I'm gonna scream! I dont even have time to read the chapters and I have to memorize it all .. and its moving soooo fastt i feel like i havnt learned anything yet and finals are in less than a month!! We'll see what happens...

okay, so i'm half way through for my pharm class and need to learn about 60 medications and there class, side effects, contraindications, patient teachings, and what the drug does and is used for!! anyone already taken this class have any tips on how i can learn all this in less than a month for my final??? i made flash cards but i keep mixing up one med with another... i'm thinking of color coding them by drug class but i'm not sure. any ideas? :redbeathe:tku::redbeathe

i just finished all my pre reqs and i am starting my nursing fundementals and pharmacology this week! soooo nervous.. scared.. n excitedd! we have over 15 chapters to be read before class begins and im barely halfway there. aghhh.. just had to let it outt hahah anyone else starting???? i'm jus hopin for the best

hi.. i don't know if i can give you any websites to help.. i just started my nursing classes.. but good luck!! you'll do good!! plus its okay to stress about it a little bit, thats what gets you to work harder and take it seriously. hehe i'm soo excited for youuuu

hii, yes i'm goin there right now and i think one of the reasons why i like it so much is that its soo comfortable! i can be at the school all day long and not be tired haha the instructors are pretty good i enjoy all my classes and yesss the tuition isss a lott! but i'm not letting that get to me and i use it as a motive to do better and i think of it like this.. im paying a couple thousand for this 9 week class so let me get as much as i can out of it. i dno it depends on the person.. some people prefer the waiting list and not having to pay as much, but nursing schools are generally pretty expensive! oh well.. we'll see what happens

i dont know how many students come to the school.. but i can tell you there are about 15-30 students per class.. some classes seem to be larger than others.. but that is about how many students are in each class. i'm taking the classes i need.. and i transferred a lot of classes over to the school which helped a lot! but one thing for sure that i love is that you do not choose your classes. theres a lady that actually puts everyones schedule together so you never have to worry about trying to get into classes that might be full or deciding on what classes you need for the next term. but on the other hand it might suck cuz you dont choose your hours hehe. and they give out your schedule about 3 weeks before your next term.. so you have a lot of time to get your books. oh and they have there own website with a list of all the classes they offer so when you have to order your books you just go to the site, choose which classes you need books for and the books pop up so you just order it.. and some books you can even find on ebay or amazon and save a lottt. i wouldn't recommend you staying in north hollywodod especially if your a young girl and your gna live alone. but anywhere in la/glendale/hollywood/burbank are perfect! it'll take you about 15 minutes to get to the school without traffic.. 30 min with traffic.. so its really not that bad. :) it takes in 15 minutes to get to school i loveee it!

dannyc12: i couldn't agree with you more!!! love nursing school! but some of the students lovee to complain and whine lol