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Thanks, everyone. I really appreciate all the input. My use of the "undue hardship" phrase was overstated - that's how I'm thinking it might feel to me, but I wouldn't use that phrase with an employer. One of my primary concerns is that my support system needs some bolstering: mother died, no family near enough to help on a regular basis and husband travels extensively. I have concerns about what working weekends and evenings would do to my marriage, given those would be the only times we'd have to see one another. I just have a hard time seeing how that schedule would work in my life, not that others don't manage it successfully. Regardless, I greatly appreciate the input and will have to give this more thought. Thank you!!

Hi everyone - I may be faced with the prospect of changing to nights (7p-7a). I'll have a newborn soon and am trying to conceive of life on the night shift while newly returned from maternity leave. I've read the advice on black out curtains and the importance of ensuring that everyone in the house understands the imperative of allowing me to sleep during daytime hours, but hoping for some comments on how functional nights have been for those new moms who either have or are working nights. How did it go/how is it going? I ask because I may have the chance to stress to my director that nights would create undue hardship and I'm wondering if I should go that route. Thank you in advance for your input.

Anyone here know what dates RR UCLA will open new graduate applications for Winter 2012/2013? Thanks!

Inori, Your scores look like they're unequivocally at passing level. You've done so many practice questions (8155!). At this point, my best suggestion is to go for it! I found that there's a point of diminishing returns whereby no increased amount of practice questions is going to add value for the actual test - just take it! Trust your prep, you're ready. I took the NCLEX on 7/24, 75Qs, "good pop-up" the evening of exam, and passed. Here's my prep: Kaplan review class and online materials (Qbank, Qtrainers) and Kaplan book only Completed all Qbank questions with low to mid 60s diagnostic - 65% readiness - 67% QT1 64%, QT2 63%, QT3 - 61% QT4 - 68%, QT5 - 65%, QT6 - 68.5%, QT7 - 69% Sample test 1 72%, Sample test 2 - 60%, Sample test 3 - 80% (complete 2 days before exam). Good luck and post back. Go for it!

Just wanted to post a quick update that I did pass my NCLEX. I got 75 questions and the PVT "good pop-up" the night I took the test. Thanks to all who comforted me online in the post-mortem hours after the NCLEX - it's amazing how uncertain I was after that exam. I'll post my study/practice results on the posts dedicated to that topic, but, for those of you posting about it here: I did all of the Kaplan Qbank questions with an approximate average in the mid to low 60s, diagnostic - 65%, readiness - 67%, QT1 64%, QT2 63%, QT3 - 61%, QT4 - 68%, QT5 - 65%, QT6 - 68.5%, QT7 - 69%. I only used the Kaplan materials provided and I studied for 3.5 weeks, approximately 100 questions per day. While the decision tree is helpful for applicable questions, I found that I used it seldom to not at all during the NCLEX. Thanks for all of your support everyone!

You guys made, made, made my morning! Thank you!! I haven't heard (or read) from anyone on these boards that got the pop up only later to find out that they didn't pass. So, I'm taking comfort in that. I realize that it's not official, but with as badly as I was feeling yesterday, I'm taking the pop up as a good sign ... and I'm starting to let myself feel relieved. Thanks everyone - you're wonderful!

Hi everyone, I realized this is a completely redundant question that's been asked and asked on this site, but, I must ask - is the "good" pop up reliable? I realize a certain silliness in the question. It would mean so much to me if those of you reading this who were as worried as I am about having passed might weight in if you got the "good" pop up. I took my NCLEX today, finished at 3pm (Cali time) and here it is ...12:30am... and I can't sleep - not so much for reasons of anxiety so much as a sincere belief that I bombed. I had been scoring at a passing level according to Kaplan - pretty much solidly in the mid to high 60s, even a few low 70s on Kaplan exams, got 75 questions, but still somehow left feeling much more certain of my failure than success (it's uncanny how this test will mess with your confidence). At any rate, about 20 minutes ago, I followed the PVT directions and got the "good" pop up. I would really, really, really appreciate anyone who might offer some words of comfort that I have good reason to believe that I passed, in light of this (of all things) pop up. BTW - really not trying to sounds like a drama queen over this. With every ounce of my being, I left feeling as though I failed the exam. Thank you.