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.....

just a simple question... im on my 4th attempt to pass the nclex pn and except for the very first attempt upon receiving my results it came in a large white envelop. but the first results came in a regular sized envelop. so im wondering if you pass it comes in a regular size and if failed large? any help?

thanks enough said

you have to remember that the hesi/nclex is a cad based off knowledge not memory. so if your getting alot of questions wrong brush up on the basics and try to retain....

so just to give a little back round im taking the nclex pn for the 4th time. this time around im using the nclex computerized questions, saunders book and comp cd, and a book called nclex pn made easy. i take one subject a day (coordinated care, pharmacological therapies, etc) and drill it. 50 q's from nclex and 50 from saunders comp cd review with a 60 question test from both. while reading into the book. monday-friday 2 and a half hours. weekend very light maybe 20-40 questions of review of the week. im just looking for any input from anyone. am what im doing ok? or should this or that be tweaked? i mean what? anyone. im getting pretty freaked out this time around. the 275 is hurting me so bad along with the axianty of taking the test all together. so any little line would help thanks.

thanks again everyone for the good advice. glad to hear other people have trouble just like me. i didnt pick up the kaplan book. i picked up the nclex pn incredibly easy third edition. im going to use that with the questions on the computer. im recovering pretty good and almost ready to hit the books again....lol hopefully in a few months ill be back on here singing a new tune....

once again thanks for the advice. ill try anything from any angle along with what i was already doing. any little bit can help.

thanks for the support everyone. but i swear. is it just my luck? im trying so hard just to fall short. i take each category that comes on that sheet that tells you what you are near above or below passing standard and just drill. 85-100 question per subject. with really understanding the rationale to why that is the right answer. and thats still not enough huh?

alright thanks man...... they sell that at any book store right?

Where do i begin...... a few weeks ago i got my results back that once again i failed the nclex. 3 tries in a row i missed it by one subject. im really starting to hate those big white envelopes lol. i studied my butt off for plus 3 weeks. exam cram, saunders books, and nclex questions on the computer. the test itself doesnt seem that hard. it just feels like the questions come out of left feel. my question is this: everyday for about 2-3 hours i study. from doing practice test to reading chapters. what more can i do? is it just my luck? i was relaxed this time and even took my breaks. i went all the way to 205. and from what i herd thats a 50/50 chance. im the first one out of 15 friends to go to 205 and not pass. the first time i went to 112, second time 126, now this last time 205. this is honestly a confidence killer. i feel so low. no self worth. its kind of like you have people in your corner cheering for you just to let them down. any suggestions from anyone? any books i should buy? better methods? what? i feel like i actually did pretty good on it. but i guess not. back to the drawing board. if i study anymore i will not be able to sleep at night. after the first two times failing the anxiety wasnt there really. just the feeling of i might not pass yet again.