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oh please dont give up that easily! i know pleanty of good nurses that did not pass the first time. you are not alone and because you didnt pass the first time doesnt mean that you are not meant to be a nurse. if this is something you have wanted to do for a long time it would be a shame to let this test get it your way

oh im so sorry me2006... i am sure anything anyone says will not make you feel any different. but just dont give up!! please. i know its gotta be so hard to even imagine studying and taking it again... but now you know what to expect and can turn it around

i felt the exact same way. i still dont feel 100 percent even after seeing the good pop up twice!! i am nervos to look at my official results tomorrow but i know that everyone says the PVT is right. i got 75 questions as well with meds and SATA that i had no idea about. so do the PVT! i did mine 1.5 hours after my test.

try to the PVT me2006!!! thats exactly how i felt when i got done. it stopped at 75 and i was like omg did it stop because i was doing so bad?? the PVT helped calm my nerves. but i am still not 100 percent relaxed until i see the offical results. @watermelon21 ... its so hard to describe how the test was. i know this what everyone says and i was in the same positon as you wanting to know everything. my heart was beating the whole time and i couldnt relax or even believe that i was actually taking the test. when i got a question i had no idea i would just put my head down and pray. i had about 10 SATA, 10 meds, some priority questions, some teaching questions about meds like what would you include about this drug while teaching nurses in a meeting. i also had a lot of pictures... like here is a med... which heart rythem will this help? i didnt know what the med was!? i studied with kaplan. it helped me a lot... it helped me to learn how to look at the question and narrow it down. but its just so hard because there is so much to study but then you dont even get tested on half of the things you studied. i thought it was hard and i felt like i did so many practice questions and i didnt know everything on the test. but its impossible to know everything. i didnt think i was doing that great but then it stopped at 75 and i got the good pop up! so i feel like they dont expect you to pass with 100%... i heard they expect you to miss every other question basically.. so who know out of the 75 questions... and 15 being practice questions... maybe i only got 30-40 right??

let us know how it goes Me2006... you can do it! i took mine yesterday. got 75 questions and got the good pop up!!

well i took the nclex today at 2pm.... shut off at 75 questions! i felt like i was having a panic attack during the whole exam and when it shut off i didnt know what to think!? i felt like i had to guess on half of them..... but i did the PVT an hour and half later and got the good pop up! just did it again and got it again! I HOPE TO GOD ITS RIGHT!?

i was never able to see my rationales for the diagnostic test. not sure why but keep going! i got a 58% on mine as well. i am taking the nclex tomorrow and after doing all the QT bank and completing the trainers i ended up with a 69% on QT 7! dont get discouraged... trust me i felt the exact same way. i got a 48 on QT 3 and felt like a failure. as you go just read the rationales and understand why you missed the question. a lot of the times i would miss questions because i read it wrong or read it too fast! good luck!!

good luck to you as well!!! we're so close!!! :)

hey meltnpointofwax & me2006: i am in the exact same spot as you both!!! i take my test monday. here are my scores: Diagnostic: 59% Question Trainer 1: 57% Question Trainer2: 53% Question Trainer 3: 48% Question Trainer 4: 61% Question Trainer 5: 63% Question Trainer 6: 68% Question Trainer 7: 69% Readiness Exam: 63% (but i took this at the end of my inclass session 3 weeks ago) Qbank- Sample Test 1: 66% Qbank -Sample Test 2: 66% Qbank- Sample Test 3: 83% QBANK 100% done at 63% i went through all of the rationales and i've basically had it up to here with studying. right now i am trying to review but i feel like i have forgotten everything that i've learned. i can't focus at ALL! i'm afraid i am going to go blank at the screen. i am also in the same position as both of you.... i have a job waiting for me at the end of this month. it's not even the job im worried about so much but that i just don't think i could handle studying for another 45 days well lets just hope we are ready!!

thanks for the advice!! those are great ideas. especially the SATA... which i am horrible at... ugh!!! good luck to you too!!!

it is really exhausting! i did QT 7 yesterday (265 questions) and i felt like i got hit by a truck. i did all the tests in exam mode. i feel like i would get distracted by answering a question... reading the rationale and then trying to remember it and then go on to the next question. after i completed the whole test then i would go through each and every question and look at all the rationales. if there was something i didnt understand or wanted to absorb more i would write it down. if i wanted more content on it i would go look it up and add that to my notes. i used up about 100 page note book writing down all my rationales. but thats just me because i learn better by re-writing opposed to just reading! i take my test in 2 days and i am sooo drained from studying. but trust me your scores will improve. i started out getting low 50's and ended up with high 60's! once you figure out how to look and disect the question it will help find the answer. hope this helps! i haven't passed (yet!) so i might not have the best advice but thats just worked for me :) GOOD luck!

hey everyone! so i am taking my test monday afternoon. and of course the anxiety is setting in and i feel unprepared. but i know this is normal!! i have done my complete qbank and all of the trainers. based on the conversations i've read here i have similar scores as everyone else that has passed (mid 60's). i know i am ready... i just want to get it over with by now! but i just wanted to ask everyones opinion on what to do these last few days as far as studying. i don't have the control to just relax all weekend so i plan on studying until tomorow afternoon and then take the whole evening off. should i just read the study guide from allnurses? should i go over my rationales from the trainers? should i skim over my notes and read the kaplan review book? i'm trying to stay postive but im getting super nervous so i can't focus on anything! everything i read it just goes out the door!? thanks for any suggestions! :)

i agree with you that its all blending together. i just want to get it over at this point! i dont even know what to study anymore.... good luck! :)

thank you for this wonderful post! being that my test is only 3 days away i am feeling the anxiety and pressure mount up. but i keep reminding my self that i need to stay positive. and i pray pray pray all the time asking for God's guidance. This was beautifully written and very inspiring. @darengibo- thoses are wonderful words of advice! good luck to everyone and keep me in your prayers this monday!!!

i did the inclass review ... the hospital i have a job at paid for it but i believe its 499 one! i know lots of people that have had success with it. i haven't taken the nclex before but i hope it works!!! i know nurses that work at my hospital that have failed it multiple times and then passed once they took kaplan. hope this helps!