JollyMom

I had 75 questions for the RN exam on Saturday- took me a little over an hour and a half. I was taking my time though, so I did't misread questions/answer choices. I also got the "good pop-up" on pearson vue, and I got my quick result 49 hours after I began my test. Just another form of torture they like to leave you with (making me wait that extra hour), lol.

You should know about salycylate poisioning too.

I took the PN in 2009 and had a ton of pharm and other stuff I had never heard of. I got 85 questions and passed (85 is the minimum for PN), which was a miracle, since I know for a fact that I got all of the dosing questions wrong (and there seemed lie a lot of them). I was using 3.2 to convert pounds to kg instead of 2.2- needless to say, I will never make that mistake again, lol. I also had a question about maple syrup urine disease, whatever that is, lol. I took the RN this past Saturday, and again got the minimum, and passed (75 on this one). I had only 2 dosing questions, and a BOATLOAD of SATA questions, which I really hate! lots of prioritizing, and delegation, only 1 alt format question. A few pharm questions too. The PN exam was just as hard for me at the time I took it as the RN was for me this time. It's meant to be hard, but it's also meant for 2 different career paths. one is for an LPN, and one is for an RN. You wouldn't want to go all the way through the RN program at school and then sit for the PN boards (if it's even allowed)- that would be a waste of half of your education.

Thank you Mydestinyy!! Here is the best suggestion I can give you... TAKE A NICE WELL-DESERVED BREAK I didn't do half of what I should have done with my Kaplan stuff, but mainly because I have a 2 yr old, a husband who is in school too, and a job. It sounds like you are more than prepared. I would seriously give your brain a break, and say a few prayers (if you're religious)- that seemed to help me!! :bowingpur That being said, in retrospect, I think the LOD (Lecture On Demand) area of Kaplan (in your "toolbox" online) was the most helpful... going over CONTENT rather than questions. I would absolutely focus on that. It would have been helpful for me if I was stronger in pharm too- know your BP and heart meds, and your blood thinners. I also had a few questions on food/med interactions (MAOI, etc.). I would also know about salycylates. Oh and fluids (0.45 NS, 0.9 NS, D5, LR, etc). I had several teaching related questions too. If I think of anything else, I'll let you know. Best of Luck on Monday!!!

I got my results today ( 49 hours after my test began), and I PASSED!! :w00t: I also got the good pop up when I tried to re-register on Pearson Vue (wouldn't let me register). I had 75 questions, and they were all hard!! I had I think probably 40-50% "select all..." questions, which I hate !! I only had 2 dosing questions, one of which was in mcg/kg/min, which threw me off. I had lots of prioritizing questions, a few delegation questions, and only 1 alternate format question, which was something to the affect of pick the picture that [name of drug] would be used on, and there were 4 pictures of skin conditions to choose from. I didn't have any hot spots, click and drag, or audio clips at all. I felt as though the 2 dosing questions were the only ones I KNEW how to answer, although I think I screwed up on the mcg/kg/min one (it was an IV drug) because I think I forgot that the order was per minute and not per hour. Every single other question was a complete guess. I suppose the fact that I felt they were all hard was a good sign that I was doing well... otherwise the questions would have seemed easier (knowledge based stuff, if you took Kaplan). I did take Kaplan, but I didn't really feel that the decision tree helped me, since not a darn one of my questions had answers that were either all implementations or assessments, none were Maslow questions, and none were ABC's (unless all 4 answer choices were ABC related). All my questions seemed to fall on that last brance of the decision tree, which I call the "You're Screwed!" branch, because you pretty much have to just make your best guess I figured the 75 question cut off was a good sign, since all the questions seemed hard, but then again, I also had moments where I was sure I had only gotten 75 because I was bombing it so miserably, and all the questions seemed so hard because I was that stupid, and probably everyone else thought they were easy, lol. Anyway, I hope this helps those of you who are waiting to take your test, or those waiting for your results. I took my test at 1pm Saturday, and had my ($7.95) results at 2pm Monday. Still nothing on the state licensing site, but that's ok, cuz I know I passed :cheers:

I took my NCLEX today... I also cut off at 75 questions. I did have lots of select all questions- I swear I think it was about half of them, and I really HATE those! I was praying for not many of them, and of course I got a ton! Not too much pharm- but definately had a few; the most pharm I had was the kind of question that asks you which med order would you question? I only had 2 or 3 dosing questions (no IV stuff). Lots of prioritizing (who would you see first), maybe 2 psyc questions, and 2 or 3 OB questions. It seemed like a lot of questions on who would you d/c first for a disaster preparedness drill... there were several of those. I took Kaplan to prepare, and unfortunately, pretty much all of my questions landed on the last branch of the decision tree where you are pretty much screwed, and have to guess, lol. I don't think a single question was as cut and dry and as easy as deciding the answer based on assessment or intervention? Maslow? ABC's? In my case, I'm not sure it helped me too much, which is disappointing since I am still paying for the class. Oh well... at lease it made me feel better to know I did all I could to prepare. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I passed... I did the "trick" on Pearson Vue's website, and I couldn't register. I hope that means I passed, and not that I am the first person in history to fail and still get that error message that says to contact your board member, lol.