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I was a bit miffed when my university basically made it mandatory to purchase the complete Kaplan suite at the beginning of the program. I was encouraged by one of my professors to complete the focused reviews for each course and I shrugged it off. However, after graduation, I attended the week of Kaplan review and it was AMAZING. I then selected the 5 week NCLEX preparation study template and followed it to a tee. I also went back and retook all the focused reviews in my areas of weakness (Mental / OB / Peds). I actually began acing all those questions in my Kaplan Trainers as a result. I then realized I should have listened to my professor during the program because I hated mental and the Kaplan rationales really broke it down perfectly for me. I also completed ALL of the Qbank questions and created a bank of all questions answered wrong. I retook that bank until I had answered all of them right. Because of Kaplan, I was completely relaxed and calm when I sat down for my NCLEX on June 3rd. The computer shut off at 75 questions and I passed. I give much of the credit to Kaplan and my persistence in consuming all of the questions. Kaplan truly teaches your NCLEX-ese and I felt NCLEX was not as hard as Kaplan. So my advice is to dedicate yourself to the period of study before NCLEX and save all the vacations / partying for AFTER. You will not regret it and you will walk in confident. GOOD LUCK!!!

This is just advice from a recent graduate. As SOON as you can register with the Florida Department of Health and Pearson Vue - DO IT! You want your application complete before your college/university sends your information to the state so it can be married with your application file. You are placed in line for review according to the time your file is complete. Once your application is reviewed, then Pearson Vue is notified and will email your ATT. Its important to note, if you are not registered with Pearson Vue when the state sends your information - prepare to go into a black hole. You will have to make contacts with both entities and coordinate the resending of information so Pearson Vue can issue your ATT. This will substantially delay your ability to schedule an NCLEX test date. The moment you receive your ATT, schedule your NCLEX date. The dates fill up FAST and are first come, first serve. If you wait, you may have to test much later than desired and most GN programs require you to have your license in hand by a certain date. I was registered with the state and Pearson Vue before I actually graduated and received my ATT about 2 weeks after graduation. Certain students who waited until after graduation to start the process waited almost 2 months for their ATT. Hope this helps!

Speaking for Florida, I can say the Pearson Vue trick is 100% every time. If you get the pop up, you passed. The business next day you can check the Florida Department of Health website and your license will be issued. Its very fast in Florida. I took my NCLEX at 2pm and was finished at 75 questions in less than 2 hours. I waited until around 9pm and got the Pearson Vue pop up. The next morning I checked with the Florida Department of Health website and my license had been issued.

The Pearsonvue "trick" has been 100% accurate for everyone from my University here in Florida. My NCLEX shut off at 75 and like everyone else I began to question myself more and more as I drove home. I waited until that night, logged on and got the "pop up". It would not let me re-register. The following morning I checked the Florida Department of Health website and my license had been issued.

Hello, new to All Nurses but I just want to relay my Pearsonvue "trick" experience in Florida. I can say that from my experience, it is 100% accurate in Florida. Everyone I know used it and it was dead on accurate. My test shut off at 75 questions, I checked Pearsovue that night and it gave me the "pop up" and wouldn't allow me to register. Also - DO NOT PAY for the 2 day confirmation. Its approximately $7. However, the day following my NCLEX exam I was able to log onto the State Board and see that my license was issued. Therefore there was no reason to pay for this "confirmation". I can only speak for nurse candidates Florida not for other states.