pendragonqueen

I never tried the PVT trick, but from my understanding, that's supposed to be good. Best of luck! The wait for results is awful, though. Keep busy, be kind to yourself and be sure to treat yourself if you can (take the extra cookie or have an ice cream cone while you wait!) you definitely deserve it!

My teachers told me about that! How they'd have one part of the test on one day and the second part the next day. Goodness! I had terrible anxiety with a computerized test that shuts off at 85, I can't imagine going through something like that. The wait for results in CA is 3 weeks though. I wish they'd hurry that up!

Breathe. I took my NCLEX in September last year and felt the same way. I was sure I was a goner. Unfortunately, you won't know until you get your results. What I did after my test is got a pint of ice cream, some peach schnapps and had a night in with my closest friends. The anxiety after the test is terrible, but try to remain busy. And best of luck to you!

My school allowed recent graduates to use the ATI. We were able to take it on our own, and once we got over 70% moved on to the next section (fundamentals, pharm, med-surge, ect) until we completed them all and took the ATI predictor. However, if we attended a live session at school we got 10 codes for tests in different areas, as well as two timed comprehensive tests. I took all those tests, and only ever finished four sections and their predictor (taken the night before my NCLEX exam) scored me at 40%. I was a wreck the night/day of my test! But I passed, I'm licensed and NCLEX-PN stopped at 85qs for me. Like aikaser2RN said, it helps (I think it was getting into the habit of testing and the resources they gave us) but I wouldn't rely heavily on it. Use outside sources too! Saunders was a huge help. As was the NCLEX Mastery app!

It took me ten months from graduating until I finally took my test. I didn't feel ready and my school required us to get "green-lit" in ATI in order for them to pay for our test (they told me that I if I wasn't 'green-lit' I wouldn't pass NCLEX but I never even finished the program and passed!) I purchased many review books, NCLEX Mastery App, studied with ATI (mainly for the exams and to get practice for the test) and looked over my notes. Trust me, if you study hard you can pass. Look up Kaplan Nursing NCLEX Text plan videos - those helped me understand the test and better prepare. It also calmed my nerves, weirdly enough. I'm certain you can do it!

To anyone who wants to go to Charter College – do your research first! Ask around and compare – I wish I had done my homework before being suckered into this school. My teachers were alright, only three (Nancy, Simpson, Ice) were actually good. A lot of them merely passed students because holding back students reflects badly on them. Like I said, only a few actually know what they're doing and challenge their students to learn and do better. A lot of them babysat – especially during clinicals. Like others have said, they leave a lot to be desired. I learned a lot at one location (resp care and suctioning, wound care, proper charting, proper med pass ect) but at the other locations, students just wander, play cards and learn very little. There was a lot of sitting around! Either the location didn't let students do much, or the instructor. There was a lot of drama when I was around too, between the students and teacher. One teacher left because she was fed up. Groups had to be taken out of class to resolve things between each other. It was all so stupid. I spent more than six months preparing NCLEX after I graduated, with little help from the school! They claimed they were gonna get NCLEX reviews but that didn't happen until a month before I was going to test! They offer ATI for students and it helps – the resources they gave me was worth more than I ever got from the school. I went out and purchased several NCLEX review books to help me out too. Luckily, I passed and I'm now licensed but I did most of it on my own. I blew $36 grand on this school and it honestly wasn't worth it.

Congratulations on passing! Good for you! I'm wondering however, what were your study methods?