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haha I remembered that question on Kaplan. But yeah it does make sense though. I guess with standard precautions it is good enough to protect the pregnant RN.

Thank you! I will pray for you to pass on your exam, next week right? I know you'll pass, we have almost similar Kaplan qbank/qtrainer scores. (you did better lol). Uhm yeah in my opinion NCLEX is harder, but not so much. Idk hard to explain. Like the question is kinda like how Kaplan does it but the choices makes it hard. In Kaplan, you know somewhat right away which one is the right answer after you've eliminated a few. On the exam, it's a bit more difficult than that. Just a bit though. Especially the priority questions which was ALOT lol. For SATA's...I had quite a few. But If you break it down like how Kaplan does it (true/false) it shouldn't be no problem. It seemed simple enough. Unlike the SATA's on the alternate type quiz in Kaplan. Anyways goodluck. Don't cram. Rest tomorrow. Just read your rationales and read the nclex review sheet on this site. Trust me, NCLEX will throw questions from every angle. Like I think only 1/4 of the stuff I studied was on it...Work on the strategies. Goodluck!!!!

goodluck lc1028!! I passed my exam today, well unofficially. Got the good pop up. We went thru the same kind of training with Kaplan so I know you'll pass too!! good luck!

yes you passed. I took the NCLEX today and got the good pop too. Don't doubt it because last time I did the PVT trick, it went to CC page and I really did fail.

Doesn't matter if you get it wrong. What's important is for you to read the rationale, find out why you got it wrong and go from there. Keep going at it. I did Kaplan too and my 1st qbank scores weren't good either. Trust me, just keep at it and always read the rationale. Something will click inside of you and you'll get the flow of how Kaplan should be answered. Your scores will get better.

Hey guys, I took the exam today at 2 pm. Stopped at 84 with ALOT of SATA's (I was like why this many??) probably like 15-20. I had 3 exhibits, 1 put in order, NO calculations! Lots of meds like 10. I only knew 3 of the medications...(note: I studied ALOT of meds). I approached the two hour mandatory break around #82, but I was like I can still handle it. Clicked next, got hit with a SATA and then next again and a somewhat easy question...then it went BLUE SCREEN. My heart sunk, I was thinking I failed it bad. I felt I was guessing my way out. NCLEX is a step harder than Kaplan. But I felt ready with the type of questions. Like the flow of it is nearly like Kaplan but harder. Alas I drove home very weak. Like I felt so mentally fatigued... But I thought to myself, if I failed, that meant I did better last time because last time I had 135 questions and failed. This time was 84. Then I realized I had no calculation questions!! which means I didn't approach that low level question. Buuut I thought about the last question and it seemed simple enough. Not too easy but not difficult. I checked it and I was correct but why did it stop then? Shouldn't it give more questions? It couldn't have decided if I pass or fail with that question. You can see the throught process I had. Got home, didn't even got out of the car..picked up my ipod and I was within range of my home wifi. Did the PVT trick...and I got the GOOD POP UP! I got teary eyed and just said thank you God. I did it 10 more times and its still the Good pop up. I know its not official but I know the PVT is truth. Last time i did it, it went straight to CC page and failed. Thank you allnurses! this site have been a great help!

Wow good job! that means were doing something right? right? I did take it easy today, but now I want to read the rationales from QT4-7 and then my pharma notes that I did and also read half of the study guide found on this site. I'll head in early to the test center early tomorrow. It's a 45 min drive. I can just review there. Nothing big, just lab values and hopefully pass that exam at 75 questions. Right now, I feel almost TOO relaxed, like I should worry more lol. But I know I did my part, God will do the rest. I'll let you guys know the results tomorrow. For now I'm going to review a bit.

Thank you guys! I really appreciate it. My friend who passed first time using Kaplan and who is now working, told me today that the hospital he works at (and near my place, nice new hospital) is hiring on their Med surg/ICU unit and i should hurry up LOL. Ohh maan is this what God has planned?? I sure hope so, and I'll find out friday. Oh man the pressure. @lc1028: I'm rationalizing QT7 right now, and I must say I am making simple mistakes because I was reading too fast. About question 150 onwards I was just tired with it! Questions where I should know the answer right away, I missed it because I was fatigued from taking questions this many. I pray that I pass with 75 questions, because I'll have a hard time if this takes too long. But if it does go to 265 I'll be ready. I just need to take frequent breaks. I hope they don't mind me raising my hand a lot of times lol.

Update: QT6 - 65% QT7 - 60% Oh man anxiety is building up. I'm one day away!!! my last night of full study tonight! Please pray for me passing this Friday!!

I'm reviewing ALL the rationales i've written down doing all the Qbanks and Qtrainers 1-6. I will also review my pharma and then I will be doing QT7 tonight. (about 2 hours from now). I was planning to do it yesterday but I just felt fatigued and not really up for it. It's 265 questions so definitely need to be in top form. I did however focused on SATA's, (the alternate type questions on the Kaplan thing). Did horrible!! I really need to take my time to answer those type of questions. But you can't fully prepare yourself for SATA's. Just gotta take it as we go. I also did Exam cram questions last night. I scored 69 out of 100. It felt weird because it was so easily worded and right on point. Unlike Kaplan where you have to critically think your way to answer correctly. I'll stick with qbanks and qt7 till then. The higher the difficulty the better it prepares you. Your scores are real good. Better than mine! make sure you review the rationales and ALSO review why you picked the wrong answer and not the correct one. But yeah, better do your Qtrainers. Unless your fast in doing rationales unlike me lol. Let's keep updating. I'm testing friday...I was super close to rescheduling it. But the next available date is Feb 11 which is too far away. My gf says, i shouldn't because I'll overstudy and thats not good. She says better take it why everything is still fresh. So yeah QT7 tonight!

ahh it's getting closer and closer now....i hope we all pass!!

I sure hope were part of those 98% people that will pass with Kaplan. My friend did the live class Kaplan and he had a classmate who was doing very good on her qtrainers and qbanks while he was doing average. Long story short, he passed and his classmate failed. But yeah it is up to God at this point. Thank you for your prayer

wow your scores are good! Yeah I think the sample tests are much like the nclex. But also I think QT6 is like it as well. I know QT7 will really signify if were ready or not. Try doing sample test 2. I did horrible on that one, i eliminated 2 answers and out of the 2 left i picked the wrong one We can do this!

thank you guys for all your encouragement posts. I did my QT6 last night and got 65.5%!! I was so surprised because I thought I was doing so horrible and feeling fatigued after the first 100 which isn't good if fate wanted me to answer all 265. But none the less I'm so happy that I got that high of a score. Which means I'm doing something right lol. Now I went to church today, asked for guidance for this week. Now I have to rationalize all 200 questions tonight. How fun lol. I plan on probably doing QT7 tomorrow because it takes me a day to rationalize all those questions. Mon - QT7 Tue - rationalization Wed - overall review + pharma review Thurs - absolute rest day Fri - Judgement day I will also practice with Kaplan's SATA's (Select all that apply questions) on the Alternate type quiz section on Kaplan tonight. Also some on my Saunder's book.

ahh I hope we both pass next week. Are you done with everything in Kaplan? I'm taking my QT6 right now. Taking a 5 min break lol.