semarj911

i was 20 when i started... now 21 working...

i took it in california, at gardena site.... and yes i did try the trick and got the pop up...

my test was at 12 noon. finished in a hour and a half. got 85 questions...... advice? im ******** bricks right about now.....

ok..... so im back..... i finished with the min. 85 questions. lasted about 1 hour and a half... got a mixture of questions... a few sata, prioratizing, reinforced teaching, meds, and exactly 2 calculations. one was output and the other was d/hxq..... hopefully i got it this time it didnt feel easy i was just more familiar with the options....

thanks everyone... i will... 4 hours till.......

what was some of your stratagies if any?

well my day is just about here.... i need prayers guys...... good vibes.... any and everything. i feel pretty good... not to nervous since this is my 4th attempt. hopefully ill be back on here around 4-5 oclock telling you guys i got the pop up... god i hope i do.... i need this so bad.... anyways... thanks guys....

yea.... i get what your saying..... im guessing the better thing to do is just look over meds....... and rest my eyes....

and howd u do? what was your experience like?

my big day is Thursday (12th). what should i be doing untill then? should i be resting my eyes or drilling questions or going over labs and meds.....? what!.... lol i feel more prepaired then i was in before attempts but still not prepaired enough.... any insight or help? im loosing it.....

ive been there. 3 times. my 4th attempt is on thursday. you have to be above passing on all to pass. what number did you stop at? for me the first try was 112, second 145, third 205 the max so yea. been thrown for a loop a long time now... this time around i did more questions payed key attention to raitonals and actually understood why things happen and drug side effects, because after all thats what analysis questions are....

stay positive and pray. what type of questions did you get? and the amount of questions you get doesnt really matter... take some stress of and do the pearson vue trick.... i have mines on thursday so believe me lol im right there with you....

and now i have more to add to the mix..... i am offically sick now..... such a bad head cold......

well....... this will be my 4th attempt. ive been studying for about 3 and a half to 4 months. this time around im using nclex pn made incredibly easy, saunders 3rd edition book and cd rom, exam cram, and nclex 2500 question software.. all the way up untill this week ive been studying one topic by one topic. ( different body systems, coordinated care, reduction of risk potential, etc) but for the remainder of this week and two days out of the next week im just doing testing (100 questions)... and so far im doing ok by my standard i guess. if i do a 100 question test ill get 80/100 or something of that sort. nothing under 75% and nothing over 85% is this good or bad? i also bought a kaplan book for strategies. that book is actually pretty helpful showed me the maslow, saftey, data collection vs. implementaion, and nursing steps stragey. so ive been using all these books together each study session. 20 questions from here 50 from there take a test out of this one jump to the cd rom. everything seems to be coming along... everything seems to be getting easier, but thats just the thing. by thinking in this state am i setting myself up for a great let down. my biggest problem in the past with the first 3 attempts (112,145,205) was it would always come down to two options and 9 times out 0f 10 i would guess incorrectly. but the kaplan book has helped me greatly with that. what im asking is... am i doing enough in my last week in prep for the nclex. just practicing my test taking and getting good with my labs. is there something else i should be doing besides this and praying lol? any help or insight will be greatly noted. i didnt have the anxiety up untill things started feeling easy.....

you can do this.... keep at it and breath..... lol please breath.....