Klamerus2

Thought I would jump in here...I beat myself up for the last 4 or 5 days because I was taking exams from Saunders, Hurst, NCLEX 4000, AND NCSBN. My scores for all except Hurst were mid 60's to upper 70's. Hurst was a little higher, but not much. I kept taking exams hoping I would do better, that maybe somehow if I hit a magic number I would be ready for the NCLEX. I took the NCLEX today and can tell you the scores didn't matter. Do the exams, read the rationales and then just go do the best you can. I left the test today feeling horrible. Convinced I failed. Came home and did the PV trick and got the "good" popup....Did I pass? Not in stone yet, but indications are yes...

Tested today. Tons of SATA...I firmly believe most of them were the trial questions that NCSBN has us take to see if they are suitable. Other than that....LOTS of teaching questions...I did the PVT afterwards and got the good popup, but am waiting for something to actually say the magic words....

I am also testing on the 15th. Very nervous and feeling as though I am not prepared. I just keep plugging away at the various questions from Saunders, Kaplan, etc hoping by some miracle that I will do okay on the exam. I don't even care if I have to do 265 questions, as long as I pass.

Good advise, but beware. Make sure any classes you take will transfer to the nursing program you decide to apply to. I am in the BSN program at Northern Michigan University. There are 2 classes you can't take anywhere else. Which means you HAVE to have at least 1 semester here. Of course, there are loopholes. In this particular program, you can transfer most of your pre-requisites and as long as you get a C or better, they will accept them. The biggest loophole is that if you complete 12 semester hours at Northern, ONLY the Northern GPA is used in deciding your acceptance into the nursing program. My case is an example. I dropped out of college 25 years ago. Decided after following my husband around in the Army for 30 years that I would go back to school. Since partying was my primary goal in college in the late 70's, my GPA was something like a 2.0....not good. I knew from taking a class here and there with the Army that I have changed and am capable of doing much better work. I repeated my Anatomy and Physiology in Tennessee just before we retired. I also applied to NMU and began taking classes online. Needless to say, when all was said and done, I applied with a Northern GPA of 3.89. I had all the prep work done, and just needed to fill in a few liberals. I had 13 hours with Northern when I applied, so that is the GPA they used. It did make a few people mad that I was able to do that, but I am proving myself by consistently carrying at GPA above 3.5. You can do a lot of stuff through the University of Maryland while you are still on active duty....don't give up, you can do it.... and THANK YOU for all your sacrifices for the rest of us!