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Thank you!!!!

Ohhhhh!!!! And idk how I forgot to mention this but ...I PRAYED A LOOOOOT TO GOD!! I said to Him...God u know my heart please help me help you so I can take care of others and help them! KEEP PRAYING!!

Hi everyone! Soooooo yea! I passed the nclex-pn that i took on sept 7th! I wanna talk a little about everything that I've kinda went through up until finding out the results after the test!! I graduated at the end of May with the highest GPA out of hmm I think a class of 45 people!? We started off with 80 or so! Ikkk. So anyway I feel like the reason why I did sooo well is that I studied sooo many hours a day. Sometimes I would not go to sleep if I had a test the next day and yea I worked maybe about 15 -20 hours a week. I made the LPN program my #1 priority above EVERYTHING ELSE...my bf,family,friends and even my health a lil (less working out the body and more working out the mind). I studied countless hours. I was soooo motivated to just feel like I could finally be someone or something! That I could finally use my caring and loving soul to good use! To just feel ALIVE!! And that I AM worth something!! Some other friends of mine passed the nclex and i just didnt think i could for some reason even tho everyone around me knew i would! how weird. So I graduated hs in 03 and just had miscellaneous jobs...until now!! After graduating nursing school I took like a month and a half off from even opening my books!! I just didn't want anything to do with studying since that's all I did for 10 months! I was so over it! I really would nottttt recommend doing that bc when I got my ATT letter way sooner than I thought I'd get it ...i was working an insane amount of hours at the time! and then i felt pressured to open those books up again and feel like I was in cramming mode. I just felt like I forgot everything and didn't even know where to begin to start studying!!! Ahhhh I was soo freakin outtttt! This nclex test made me feel a way that I have never felt before in my LIFE!! It drove me craZzzzzzZyyyy. I just wAsnt myself! I went to work came home and crammed...same thing everyday. I finally did the 3 week NCSBN review. Lemme tell u...if you purchase this...you def should have a lot of time on your hands. It def did help me though I would say! Just how they make u think. I learned things about what a UAP could and couldn't do. I learned malpractice and negligence. I learned a lot about what patient you should go see first....so yes I def recommend this program! I also did Saunders 4th Ed. Cd questions. I didn't even read an ounce of that book. And I looked up some pharm. So I think I rescheduled the test like 3 times until I knew I just had to finally take it! I felt sooo pressured by my parents and since my lil sister graduated with her bsn in business I just felt like a loser and a failure. So I KNEW I had to DO THIS!! I did in fact think I drove myself crazy studying for the past month and a half tho. DAY BEFORE THE TEST> I woke up with a SORE THROAT and STUFFY NOSE!!!! wait a min soooo ur tellin me that i just got SICK the day before my NCLEX!????? it was passed the 24hr point at this time!! I was so depressed and sad! I went to work came come and studied my ass off again. I knew there were things that I had to look up that I was unsure of and that I just needed to reassure myself on! (It was a lot of stuff) I felt very unprepared for this test!!! Never for a second ever felt ready to take it. I had a notepad that I always referred back to as I wrote stuff down. On the front page I had all the important stuff like abc"s , maslows hierarchy of needs pyramid, etc... I went to bed at 2am and test was in afternoon next day!! DAY OF THE TEST> I woke up Ssoooososososos sick!!!!! Sicker than I was the day before!!! Ugh this made me so upset!! I started crying in the shower knowing that I was unprepared, sick, head pounding , and thinking over and over that I'm gna fail I'm gna fail this!! Then! I'm rushing bc I was RUNNING LATE!!! for the mark of having to be there 30 min before my test begins! Then!! It starts POOOOOOURINGGGGGG!! then! The traffic gets down to one lane on the highway! And traffic was moving slow!! Then! I got lost and couldn't find the building! I called the lady and I said where are you even located!? (Highly recommend doing a drive before test day) this building was huge!!! I got lost in it and called the lady again and i finally found her!!!! Ugh I made it I thought!!! I was all over the place and nervous. She got me registered and they were all so nice there! The time was here to sit down and take it. I took a look in the room at all of the computers. I was like is this actually happening right now !?! So I went in and asked if I could bring in a bunch of tissues and she said I could take as many as I like ! Ugh it was the only thing I could bring in with me lol. I sat down and when the test actually started I remember not even havin a clue what the answers were. That test was not easy!!!!!! I took the WHOLE 5 hours! And ran out of time with 106 questions. All I wanted to do was leave after hour #2!!! I was so over it!!! I wanted to blow my nose every 5 minutes! And My head started pounding!!!! Time was up finally and i just thought....oh well...I left and called my mom ASAP and told her everything. I went home and slept. Next day I woke up and my bf was like let's do PVT TRICK. I was like noooo way I don't wanna know I failed already. Cuz I def deeeeef thought i did!!! He did it and promise he wouldn't tell me so I said ok. I watched his face as I was pacing back and forth and after he had this weird not a good pop up type of look I said OMG I failed I failed!!!! And i flipped out! And he goes u got the good pop up!!!!! I was like ur lying ur lying!!!!!! And he was like nooooo see for yourself!!! I was too scared to even go near the computer but I finally did! And there it was! The good pop up! I couldn't believe my eyes!!!!! OMG I thought then I said noooo I still feel like I failed?!!! I waited till next day (today) wether I passed or not and I paid quick results. It said PASS!!!!!!!!! Ughhhh ommmmgggg so relived!! I feel like myself again !!!! It's sooooo great of a feeling after studying and working so hard to actually accomplish something as becoming a nurse!!! I am going into LPN to RN program in spring! Good luck to everyone out there! DO NOT LET ANYONE OR ANYTHING STOP U FROM PERSUING YOUR DREAMS!!!!! It will and can happen if you just keep going! Bc the time will pass wether you are trying ur best or not! So I suggest you work hard!! And strive always for ur best!!!!

Oh ok u did RN then correct?

Hi I graduated in may too! I'm taking mine tomorrow!!! How do u feel about the drag and drop!? Any suggestions!? Did u have a lot on OB or Peds!? Kinda weak In those!!!

PN or RN??? Wow only 13 SATA?? I've heard people get waaaaay more! We're they hard??

Thanx a lot! Congrats! I am using the cd from 4th edition Saunders right now. I feel like its not enough. I'm not sure tho. Ik that the drag and drop are some procedures and was wondering if ud be willing to talk about those at all? I'm kinda scared of those too. Did u feel at all that the Saunders cd 4th was helpful?? Did u use anything else? Are the questions on the nclex similar to Saunders???!!! Thanx!!!

Hi! Congrats! What is the nclex PN app called that u downloaded on ur phone?!

I noticed that too on the Saunders 4th edition which I'm using as well. It came up in a prioritization question and I put compressions first and then when they told me the first way in order u put I was like reaaaaaally? Feel like it didn't even make sense! How frustrating!!! So I guess everyone is saying is the second way then!?

Hi! U seen to know a lot about the nclex pn! Would you mind sharing your knowledge in helping to get through it? Maybe some basic points or tips/ideas? My worst enemy are the SATA. Any tips for those? And what are drag and drop? Are those the prioritization questions? Do u happen to see a lot of the same Questions year after year on the nclex?

I'm sorry I kinda understand but I kinda don't. Was wondering if u could explain this part to me once more?????! >> >>>went really slow with first 15 questions to try and get above the line so that if I got many wrong later they were higher level, and it worked :-)

Is anyone taking nclex PN?? I'm doing Saunders 4th edition cd rom and just doing all different questions. Mostly trying to become more familiar with the alternate formats so I don't freak out on nclex. Has anyone passed getting in the 65-75 range for those??

Would u mind sharing what kinda question formats u received?

Thank u for messaging back. I think that's what I'm worried about the most! Is the SATA! I'm not doing so great on Saunders SATA. I'm just wondering how difficult they are on the actual exam. I've read from a lot of people that they are easier and not as hard. I also don't know how to know all the drugs and their adverse reactions?? How can I look up every disease that there is for each precaution?? I feel good on priorities. Labs are iffy too. There are a lot of them. Any chance you could send me in the right direction for any of these???

Hi guys so I'm not sure if or when I'm going to feel ready to take the nclex PN!? I'm afraid of failure. I'm afraid of not knowing the answer to most of the questions. I want this so badly that I'm afraid to even attempt taking it. If anyone has any input or maybe help me figure out how to get some confidence in myself? I have the test scheduled for this wed. The 28th. Ugh I just don't know if I'm ready!!!? I wanna take it and get it over with but I'm sooooooo nervous!

Hiii u said the test was a lot easier than ur practice exams!? I have to take my test in 2 days I'm also quite scared and don't feel like I'm ready. I'm sooooo nervous. I really am not sure if I'm exactly ready. I don't know what diseases to cover to go over and know the symptoms and I'm not sure of the Sata questions and how difficult those are. I guess I just feel as though when I go in there it's just gna be a big guessing game. :(anyone have any input on the test?

Hi congrats! Did u feel as though the select all that apply were difficult? I'm a lil worried about content so I'm just wondering if it was easy or common sense questions to pick and choose what would be the correct answer or not.

Hi ! I'm doing NCSBN right now but it's so much info to read thru I feel like. Did u happen to get through the whole review?!! Jw cuz it's taking me a while I only have 2 days left on it! Boo was thinking bout doing just the tests at least?? What do u suggest?? Also, do u believe the questions on the exam r like the NCSBN review ones??? Thanx :)

I have been using prep u since may and I think it's great! Especially for rationales it breaks them down and gives u the info about the right answer along with the wrong ones. . My school got it 4 us so I'm using if until I take nclex in a few days.