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Hi future RNs. :) I took the NCLEX a few months ago and was glued to this blog for 3 days to relieve my anxiety. I didn't fully believe the trick until I found out I passed. Now that I personally know people who have gotten the CC page and did not pass I believe it. Out of my whole cohort, only 2 did not pass. We all got the pop up window and passed. The two that did not pass were the only ones who got the credit card page. It makes sense because everything is computer automated. If you got the pop up window, evidence shows you most likely passed!!

hello! no worries...i'd love to help! saunders is great because it goes by the systems, and even the medications for the systems are in seperate chapters. the questions really did cover important points. lots of my friends relied on saunders to prep for the nclex and so far so good. ii was talking to a nurse who took it last year, and she said she passed in 75 questions in only 25 minutes! i would go with that one! make sure you get the conprehensive review. i think the most recent version is 2007. here is the link... http://product.half.ebay.com/saunders-comprehensive-review-for-the-nclex-rn-examination_w0qqtgzinfoqqprz60530728 i got the illustrated guide in a bundle, and that's why i have so many nclex review books. the book you get for kaplan is by topics such as physioglogical integrity, basic care and . comfort, etc. there aren't any questions in the books...only online. what i would do is read a few chapters (they are short), and do the questions immediately after. it really helped! you are wise to plan ahead and study now. you want to feel confident! let me know if there are any other questions you have!

Hi everyone! I just found out I passed this a.m. and want to share my experience with study guides/review... 1) Illustrated study guide: I found this to be so useful during nursing school. It breaks dowe concepts into a simple format and gets to the point of what is important for the NCLEX. I used this mostly in school, and only a few times when studying for the NCLEX. Looking back, I wish I read the whole thing before the NCLEX because it was easier to read then the other more detailed review books. However, the practice questions are MUCH easier then NCLEX questions. They are good to practice during school, but I wouldn't use them to study for the NCLEX. 2) Saunders Comprehensive Review Book: I initially got this book before I signed up for the Kaplan, so I did not use it as much as I thought. It is more in depth then all the other review books I have listed, and the study questions are more analysis and critical thinking. This book is a bit more detailed then I needed for the NCLEX, but you can be assured you can depend on this and not have to refer to your textbooks as much. However, the questions were easier then the NCLEX. Still good practice, and so far my friends are passing after only using the Saunders book as a guide. 3) HESSI in-person review: Our school made it mandatory to attend this review course. It was 3 days long, and focused on content with only a handful of practice questions. I was so burned out from school, it was hard for me to sit there for 6 ours listening to lectures and I never opened the book again. I would not recommend this. I prefer reviewing content independently at my pace, as opposed to cramming nursing school into 3 days. I did not find this course to be beneficial in any way. 4) Kaplan in -person review & online access: I truly believe that I would not have passed the NCLEX without taking this course. My program was accelerated (15 months) so I did not have time to read content all the time. At this point I just needed to focus on strategy and review content on independently. The review was 4 days long, and 8 hours each day. We went over 700 questions/rationales in depth using the “decision tree”. It was repetitious which is what helps me. By the end of the week you really understand the questions. After the review you have 3 months online access to their website which includes a question bank, 7 questions trainers, and online lectures that goes through the entire Kaplan book. Looking back, I wish I didn’t waste time using the Kaplan book because it was just an outline. I should have spent more time reading the Saunders book and Illustrated book. The strategy is what I found to be most important! In conclusion…use the Saunders Comprehensive Book during nursing school, and try and take the Kaplan if you can. Hope this helps…

Hi Everyone!!! I PASSED in 86 questions! I knew my name would post on the BRN website 3days later, so I could not sleep last night and checked around 1:30 a.m. and the website said "updating..please check again later". I woke up around 4:15 a.m. (Cali time) and sure enough my name was posted!! I have to say that I would not have been able to get through these last 3 days without reading everyone's post. It gave me confidence I passed, when I left the exam crying because I though for sure i failed.

You are right! There is no way to tell. My computer stopped at 86 and that really scared me because I don't know of anyone who had that amount of q's. It always seems to be 75 or 265. The "trick" is giving me hope I passed.

This has been true for 6 of my friends who have taken it within the last 3 weeks. I don't think there is a set amount of days, but for some reason everyone has been finding out in 3 days. Two of my classmates took it this past Saturday and their names were posted on the BRN site as early as 7a.m. on Tuesday. I am hoping this will apply to me tomorrow morning..otherwise I am going to get really nervous!

So far, all my friends who had 265 questions have passed! Good luck!!!!

Hi TwilightRN2B! I'm in CA as well, and it has been taking 3 days for all of my friends to get their results on the BRN website. This has also been true for those taking the NCLEX on a Friday and Saturday. It always seems to be 3 days. It always seems to be early in the morning as well. Hopefully my name will be up tomorrow a.m.! I am so nervous I can't sleep. I'm having faith in this "trick". :) Good luck!

Ha ha...I know you are right. It's just so hard for me to 100% believe it, because my name is not on the BRN. It makes me feel better to keep reading everyone's success stories :)

Thanks for sharing this info! I am still waiting for my name to post on the BRN website, and the more I hear the trick is true, the better I feel!

I hope my score shows up tomorrow a.m.! I studied hours and hours @ the library, reviewed the Saunders book, and took the Kaplan review and I still felt the nclex was hard. The Kaplan review definitely helped with strategy. However, it did not prepare me for the infection control and pharm questions. Kaplan really emphasized chest tubes, trachs, post-op, etc. My computer shut off at 86, and I honestly feel like I failed! If the trick is true, I passed. But won't believe it until I see my name on the BRN website! I will say, that my anxiety has decreased since learning about this trick. Just try it!

thanks so much for sharing this information...i'm in ca and have to continually check my name on the brn site. i'm sorry you did not pass...good luck the second time!

I guess I assumed I failed because everyone I know has passed in 75 or 265 I had TONNNNS of the "select all that apply" and it was so hard I couldn't even use my Kaplan knowledge anymore. Ugh. Thanks for the encouragement...

Hi Everyone... I'm freaking out and have resorted to this "trick". I took the Kaplan review and had decent scores on the qbank. However, my computer shut off at 86 and I just wanted to cry right away. If I don't pass the NCLEX, I can't start my new position in 3 weeks! In CA, we don't have the quick results and have to just check the BRN website everyday! I'm so frustrated because I studied so hard and mt computer shut off at a weird point. It was really hard! It seems people believe in this "trick", so I guess its giving me some hope. Everyone on here seems to of passed in 75...so I'm nervous about having my computer shut off in 86. Any thoughts on the computer stopping in the 80s?