HumblenewRN

I passed with 75 questions and only used Kaplan. I agree with Loves2scrub, Kaplan questions seemed harder than NCLEX. I also attended a Kaplan 4 day review course after graduating. Good luck!

First of all I would like to thank everyone on this site. This site has kept me sane since last Tuesday 7/1/14 when I took the NCLEX-RN. I told my classmates that I would not try the PVT, but after the computer cut off at 75 questions, I decided to do it. I took my test at 8a and I tried the PVT at 1130a. I was so nervous. I tried to prepare myself for the worst situation. When I tried to re-register, the hold pop-up appeared. I was in limbo. I didn't know how to feel. I checked the VA BON website...nothing. I checked a few more times that day and the hold never went away. I tried Wednesday, same thing. I felt like I was floating. Thursday, same thing. On Friday 7/4/14 I tried before the rest of the household woke up and the good pop up came up. After waiting so long I did not want to jinx myself so I played it cool. I knew that it was a holiday and the weekend so I tried my best to put it in the back of my head. This morning 7/7/14, I tried the PVT again, the good pop-up was there but when I checked the BON, nothing but my expired LPN license. So I called the VA BON and spoke with a live person. I gave her my SSN and she said "the reason why nothing is listed on the site is because we received your results this morning. You passed". I was beyond happy. This has been the longest 6 days of my life but I'm thrilled. I'm a pessimist. I admit that I was skeptic about the pvt, but it worked for me. I took the poll and voted 'results on hold but passed'. I think the reason my results were on hold was the palm scanning at the Pearson site. I had to repeat the scan at least three times with both hands. The representative from VA BON said that more than likely my license will appear on the site tomorrow. I really thought I failed. I prayed that I would get 75 questions after two of my classmates got 265. After question 74, I was praying for more because I felt that I was doing horribly. When I got the blue screen after question 75, I sat there like someone had just shot me. I cried in the car and when I arrived at the house. I felt empty. I couldn't eat or anything. On Wednesday I got up and gave myself a pep talk, 'expect the worst, hope for the best'. Taking the NCLEX is a truly humbling experience, especially when you do not receive your results within 24-48 hours. Good luck to all future NCLEX (PN and RN) takers. :-)