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PASS !!! Okay, now I can stop acting like a freak who checks the PVU site every 30 minutes. It's too bad I only found out about this great site after finishing nursing school. Life would have been easier during school if I knew where to go with advice.

Writing from Seattle. I also took the exam on the 7th at 2pm pacific time. Score still unavailable yet everyone else who took it the same date with me received their scores from reading around here...*sigh*...let's get this damn thing over with. On the grand scheme of things, this is but a small event in one's life.

sorry to hear that. You went all the way to 265. That means you KNOW your content. However, that is not enough. You will do yourself a favor by getting your hands on a kaplan trainer cd or something similar. It will teach you the skills necessary to answer these type of priority questions. Trust me, I know. The poster above is correct. Go through each person and incorporate the ABC with each of them.

New test takers should really read Marcos999 thread closely. He presented the most valuable information regarding test preparation imho. I used Saunders for all the content but equally important, I answered as much kaplan questions as I possibly could in a three week study period. DON'T rely on Saunders' questions as a guide to approach learning how to answer nclex questions. You must use kaplan or something else similar. Saunders questions are more straightforward to teach you the content. Kaplan questions are tough, tough whereas NCLEX questions are FAIR.

The nclex guys would like you to stay positive and think that. However, if you went all the way to 265 and passed, consider yourself lucky. The computer wasn't able to make up its mind since you're too close to the passing standard (either up or below). It goes back and review your last 60 questions to decide if you passed/failed. On the other hand, if you answer 75 questions and feel like you had a good grasp on things, then it is likely you passed. This is a fact. The higher it is you go, than harder it is to pass (fatigue factor, anxiety and running out of time/questions, etc). If you are in this situation, you MUST continue to march on and CONCENTRATE on every questions. Don't give up.

that's a great idea. I hadn't thought of that. I'll definitely try and call tomorrow. Just want to see if there are anyone here in Washington with experiences to the Washington Nursing Commission and how speedy there are.

thank you....

Thanks for the response I think you may have misunderstood me. I don't physically need a license right now. However, I do need them to convert my "pending" license on the board of nursing to "actually license" so that my employer can check it. Does this usually happen two days after the exam or when the early score becomes avail?

Hello, So I took my nclex yesterday. Early result will be avail on Friday. I need to get my Board of Nursing to license me before next monday because it is orientation day for my new job. Does the score usually get posted two days after the test? Will it help to call? I'm in seattle, WA. Any comments are appreciated. for those curious with the exam. I studied the contents with Saunders and practice with the kaplan trainer. I put in about three weeks, 8 hours/day. I spent two weeks on the saunders doing just questions and refresh memories. Last week was dedicated to kaplan to learn how to answer nclex appropriately. YES, you do need to know the content but also equally important, you need to know how to answer these "tricky" questions. Still don't know the score yet but I felt confident when the test ends at 75 yesterday. Also, the good pop trick helps.