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Hello everyone! I just started my first job at a huge city teaching hospital on a medicine unit. I really love the patient population, and most of my coworkers! The biggest issue I am having is keeping everything organized with usually 6 patients! It's very overwhelming! Does anyone have any organizational tips with that many patients? It's at times overwhelming! Also if all the patients are stable and all have morning meds, how do you decide who to see first? I just need advice on how to keep things organized! Mornings are the worst, we have to round with all of the medical students, the residents and the attendings at nine, and that takes an hour so we have to be done with morning meds/ assessments by then!? Annoying! Tips are greatly appreciated!! Thank you all!!!

Yes your fine to take it!!! Just keep doing the qbank and keep reading over why you missed them!! And most importantly stay confident and pretend it is just another Kaplan exam!! :). Good luck!

Yes kind of, you have to keep the questions above the level of minimum competency. It's more complex then just getting half right. You can find more information on Kaplan I provided you a link! You'll do great! :) Good luck!!! Please let me know if you need anymore information! :) http://www.kaptest.com/NCLEX/Learn-About-NCLEX/About-NCLEX-RN/nclex-rn-cat.html

Your scores look a lot better than mine and I passed with 75 ques! Kaplan is so helpful be confident! You'll do great!!

Hello nurses, I promised myself if I passed I would share my story on here to hopefully help some people, because so many people were there to support me from this site! You can definitely this is a "nursing" website. Everyone on here is so helpful and kind! SO here it goes: I graduated from a ADN program in December 2013, and immediately sent in my paper work to the BON. (got my ATT 3 weeks later) I was really confused as to what review to use (Hurst vs. Kaplan) and reading everyone's conflicting opinions obviously didn't make the decision any easier. I had an extreme amount of pressure on me to pass, because I excepted a Job contingent upon successfully passing the boards. If I had to do it all over again I would have waited to even begin my search! Anyway, I saved up money and bought both Hurst and Kaplan. I completed Hurst first for "content" and It was a good refresher, but if that was the only review I used I would not have passed! It doesn't teach you what you really need to pass, which is how to answer NCLEX questions. I was angry because I paid 350 for them to "teach" me everything I already learned in school. UGH. Thankfully I had a backup, Kaplan. It was the best decision I ever made. Just to give you picture of me, I barely passed nursing school every semester. I was one of those students that always scored okay on the final to put me a little above 75% (passing) EVERY SEMESTER! The big problem was knowledge deficit regarding how to think through the questions. Believe me, some people would disagree but I believe you can study ALL the content you want, but content DOES NOT teach you how to answer the questions. It takes a different kind of thinking. You just graduated nursing school, you have the content knowledge you need! So anyway I did Kaplan on demand and always got within the 50's-60's (nothing spectacular) but I watched every video at least twice. They teach you the way to think through each question and give so many practice tests to help build your confidence. I studied for about a month and a half and then took my exam. I did not think I would pass, but I went there and thought through every question like Kaplan said to and my computer went blue at 75! I thought I was going to pass out! I stood up and the TA asked me if I was ok because she said my face was so pale. I told her I was fine just nervous. (embarrassing) lol. I started testing at two pm and time felt like it stood still. I used earplugs, and all I could hear was my breathing and my heart pounding! When I finally was finished I stood up and realized I was the first one done! I had absolutely no perception of time in there, like a black hole. lol But honestly looking back on it. I walked out sat in my car and cried and I knew I failed! I just couldn't see how I passed. I had 12-18 SATA! I was freaking out!!!! It wasn't as bad as the "prison" my friends described it as. In the end, after my cry session, I pulled up pearson vue on my iPhone and got the good pop up!!! I was in shock!!! The next day my name was on the BON as an RN!! YAY! (sorry if there is spelling errors, this iPad is awful to type on) Also my school used ATI, and it was a joke. The questions were way harder on ATI then NCLEX, so if you do your "RN predictor" and don't do well, no biggie. I got a 70% chance of passing nclex.. so just don't let it get you down. My advice would be USE KAPLAN, its worth the money! Also, no matter how you feel go in there thinking you will pass! Say it to your self 100x, "I will pass NCLEX I know this stuff!!" Thanks all nurses!!!! Hopefully this helps somebody!!! Hailey :)

I watched every video twice, and I got a 63 on the readiness test!!! And I passed nclex today!!!! (Well good pop up) I love Kaplan!!!!!

Just take a deep breath between each question and say to your self, "I know this stuff so I need to just relax and answer them" I threw up before my test, I too have horrible anxiety in general, especially test anxiety. But I was able to use relaxation breathing through the exam, and I swear it helped so much! You will do fine, focus on safety and priority. Hurst has great tips: Here's a summary of there tips You are a brand new nurse with 2weeks of nursing knowledge, the "nclex" lady knows you do not know everything, so as long as you are not a "killer nurse" you will do great!!! Do not pick an answer that delays care Stay away from restraints as long as possible, remember nclex world is a "perfect world" "I promise I will be happy if you get more right then wrong.... We are not trying to get a 100% Kaplan says: With priority questions you can Only do one thing and then go home! So pick the answer that will most likely stabilize the pt! Good luck, and let us know how you do!!!

@nikku I too have horrible test anxiety. I really had trouble thinking, but between every question I would take a deep breath and say, "hailey, stop worrying, you know this stuff!" Honestly I was so scared, but I was able to calm my self down. While your taking practice exams, practice test anxiety coping mechanisms. ( Deep breathing, saying positive things to your self, etc.) I was an average student in nursing school, and with Kaplan I was able to learn how to critically think through those questions! Believe me you will be fine! I walked in there at 2pm and I was the last one there, I am usually a really fast test taker but I paced myself and was able to make it last 45 mins. (Which is a long time for me) just make sure you pay attention to key words such as, requires further teaching or demonstrates understanding. When I get nervous I do not read the question, so make sure you read the question 2-3 times.

Update! Computer shut off at 75!!! With good pop up!!!! Fingers crossed! Thank you all for the support!!!

Congrats!! Mine shut off in 75 ques too! And I got the good pop up!! :) thank god for Kaplan!

Thank you!! Good luck!!

Hello all! I hope studying is going well for all of you!! I'm taking NCLEX tomorrow! I do feel nervous but I am just going to go in there and take my time and hopefully pass!!!! Please pray for me!!!

Hello everyone, Thank you for taking the time to read this. I just finished up Kaplan on demand and am scheduled to take NCLEX Thursday (Feb. 13th) I am freaking out because I feel so defeated. Here are my Kaplan scores. Diagnostic-65 Readiness-taken yesterday-62.3 QT1- 59 QT2-51 QT3-49 QT4-52 QT5-54 QT6-61 QT7-Taken today-60.2 Test bank is embarrassing 56% with 72% completed... UGH SO for anybody that knows about Kaplan, should I take my NCLEX Thursday? Or reschedule it while I can? Input of any kind is greatly appreciated! --Hailey