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I took my NCLEX-PN Tues 1/24/12. I shut off at 106 questions. Did the PVT got the good po-up two hours after the test. Weds morning 1/25/12 nursing board verified I had passed!!! PRAISE JESUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. I studied with the Kaplan PN qbank/booklet only. I walked out knowing I had passed! Kaplan had prepared me VERY WELL!! They say the Kaplan questions are harder than the NCLEX questions. I swear by it and will definitely use it again when I take my RN boards!!!!

Bryan, Good luck! I passed! The PVT is tried and true:-). Best thing you can get from Saunders was the testing strategies. The questions dont prepare you much for the type of questions you will face on the NCLEX-PN. I highly suggest you go to www.kaptest.com, purchase the qbank for PN It was dead on for the type of question you will face on that exam.

Bryan, I took my test this morning 8am Az time. I used the Kaplan test bank,booklet for PN. In addition used the test strategies from the Kaplan RN as they were the best to really understand. I couldnt use Saunders because I used it throughout my program to study for my regular tests. I can tell you how many questions I practiced but will tell you this I walked out of the exam feeling confident. I shut off at 106 question..did the PVT twice and go the 'good' screen (I couldnt re-register to take the test). I got many questions that were dead on to the ones I practiced with the test bank! It was worth every penny and I will use it again for my RN!!!! P.S Did I mentioned I prayed before during and after the test?. Prayer helps!

Best of luck and STUDY STUDY STUDY!! It is INTENSE. Reduce your work hours from the beginning!!!! You will not have a life and will need the support of family and classmates to help you through. BUT..it is so worth it. GOOD LUCK!

Hello everyone. My name is Julie/ This is my very first blog on this website. I am excited and GRATEFUL for this website and the incredible individuals that I can share my journey with!! 1. I am registered for A&P1 this spring semester 2010. I attend a community college in Phx, Az. 2.I am taking 7hrs..Mat 121. I have only AP2 and Micorbiology to complete for my co-requisites. I finished pre-req thanks to my B.S from ASU. I will be applying in August 2010 for the RN program and April re-applying for the fast track PN program for Fall 2010 which is a year long program. However, still must be on the RN list to advance to blocks 3 and 4 for the RN. I endured six months of the PN program and failed the final by 20pts! I was so bummed....but more determined than EVER to go back and do it again. I am grateful for those six months because I developed steller study habits which will help with my classes this semester AND I now know what it takes to pass nursing school. I take my failure and will make it my success! So this semester and summer semester I will continue to study my books and NCLEX study guides. I have to keep my brain fresh and in the game:-) Like some of you I am a 41yr returning college student after 10yrs in mortgage banking. I got my CNA license a year ago Nov. 2008 and have been working as a CNA/home health aid for a year. I did 4 yrs of volunteer work at the hospital prior to my first college stint so I wasnt going into this field on a blind whim. Let me close by saying this. I LOVE what I do as a CNA and can not wait to grind past this brutal schooling process they put us through to get that certificate. Honest to God I think I can pass SEAL training after the semester I endured! Nursing is my passion. It is a part of my soul and hell wont stop me from gettng that certificate!!!. Sure I failed my 1st semester. But this is a journey is my dream and I made up my mind I was never going to give up EVER. I set my plan of action for my success going forward. I am grateful and will support my classmates that will continue on because I will need them when I get there. And I made it a point to thank each of my instructors and program director and told them I SHALL RETURN!!!! I was given more love that day from them just from that. SO FYI...Nursing instructors are tough but they care:-) So to this I say..put God FIRST and make Him you BEST FRIEND and stay in prayer. You will need it. Stay focused and NEVER GIVE UP...E-V-E-R!!! As a nursing student this will be the hardest thing in your life that you will ever do. But reach in your soul, dig deep and go for it because in the end..you will come out of it a better person and a damn good nurse!!. Glad I have some new friends spread across this country and I look forward to sharing the success stories. THANKS so very much for starting this blog. Good luck to all of us this this semester. And I will rely on you all in my time of need and use me as well for support. Again..this journey is not easy..but worth it. Sincerely Julie