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My license number was posted on the Board of Nursing this afternoon! I passed!

Well I took it today. Took about 3 hrs. Shut off at 75 questions. 15 sata, 3 or 4 exhibits, a good bit of who do you see first, what's the first thing you do, what's the most important thing you do. Felt like I passed but I keep going back and forth on it. My last question was a sata

Congratulations! Thats wonderful news. Hopefully this time next week I'll be in your spot. Definitely keep telling myself I'm going to pass everyday, now for it to happen. I will let you know!

Thank you, best of luck to you as well in getting your results! Let me know how it works out.

Hi everyone, I take my NCLEX in roughly a week. I have been using Kaplan and have been studying for roughly 6 weeks. I just completed question trainer 7 yesterday and got a 57. My instructor said that we wanted to be in the 55-60% range to take the NCLEX. I know I've improved and i'm going to remediate qt 7 today/tomorrow and then do qbank questions up until my test/look over labs, etc. I've completed all 7 question trainers, have 3 of the sample RN tests done (I got an 80% on priorities and take the sata one friday), and I've done almost half of the qbank. I'm still just so nervous. Is 57 really okay? Any advice, words of encouragement, etc is much appreciated. I'M JUST SO READY TO PASS THIS THING!

Hi everyone, I took kaplan the last 3 months of my senior semester. After I graduated on the 19th our instructor recommended waiting until January to begin using our NCLEX prep materials since the holidays would make processing our applications delayed. I've had a rough time getting back into things, I took QT 1 on the 18th of Jan and form there would just do small mini q bank quizzes like once a day. I reviewed the entire pharm lecture on Kaplan's site and it took forever. I took qt trainer 2 on the 23rd and though I did better in pharm was weak in other areas. After reviewing the Health promotion content lecture and doing a view more mini q bank quizzes I realized my current study methods were not most effective. I recently received my ATT number this week and have scheduled my test the first week of March. (Having a set date gives me a deadline/goal and helps motivate me). I've decided to change my study methods form studying one section at a tiem to making it more remediation-focused studying. The past three days I spent 2 hours reviewing qt 1 and 3 hrs reviewing qt 2. I have been looking up each questions (right or wrong) finding its corresponding place in my Kaplan book and reviewing the info, taking notes especially if I got something wrong. I feel this method will be more effective in my studying because I am over-viewing all areas of content and not one specific area at a time. I took q trainer 3 today (the last content trainner) and though I did not do as well as i would have liked, I do feel that if i continue my current studying techniques my scores will improve. Between now and my test in roughly 4 weeks I will be doing 40-75 questions a day, and re mediating through every question. In addition I will be taking one qtrainner a week up to 7 days before my test. For instance for this week I am doing 40 qbank question tomorrow, 50 monday, 50 tuesday, 60 wednesday, qt 4 thrusday, 40 questions friday and 75 questions Saturday, remediating everyday and repeating this process for the 3 weeks after. Have I caught my mistake? Does it sound like this process should help improve my scores. Below are my current scores for the 3 content based question trainers I did. QT1 - 52 (75 questions total) QT2 - 50.6 (75 questions total, missed one more compared to qt 1) QT3 - 49 (100 questions total, 50 were application and analysis (SATA, priority, etc) - this is the test I changed up my study techniques, and though my score may not reflect it I felt I knew much more and was beginning to become more comfortable again with answering the questions) I'm just nervous that my test is in four weeks...i know that's a lot of time to get my scores up to 60 but honestly any advice or feedback would really help. Thank you!

Pixie, RN., Is it okay to apply to more than one branch if you are trying to increase your odds of getting in just in general?

Hi all, I am a senior nursing student graduating with my BSN in December '15. I have always been interested in the adrenaline rush/excitement of being a first responder to a scene. I am debating about after graduation, using a little in between time to go back and get my paramedic certification. I want to be able to volunteer and give back to my community and i know our Fire Departments where I live are all maned by volunteers and they could always use extra bodies. Also, I feel since i'm interested in things like ER, and Flight nursing, the certification and experience would be very beneficial. I was just wondering, is it frowned upon for a nurse to be certified as a paramedic as well? I'm not doing it as a source of income, or to switch from nursing. It's more because I'm just interested in what it would offer. Any feedback or experiences would be great. Thanks to all in advance.

Rachingram1220 could I e-mail you as well? I'm also interested in military nursing.

Hello All, I am a senior nursing student and will graduate in Dec. 2015. Since high school I have always had a desire to do two things: be a nurse and join the military. Based off my current research I have narrowed my decision between going into the Navy or the Air Force. From here, I'm extremely torn. My dad was in the Navy and has worked on Naval bases and with the navy my entire life, so i'm more familiar with the Navy and I always thought I would go Navy. I decided to do some inquiring on Air Force to just have a second option and am very impressed with what they have to offer especially with their Nurse Transition Program. I was wondering what were the deciding factors for those of you who went Navy and those of you who went Air Force. Both branches seem very similar but I do know Air Force has more hospitals and based vs. Navy; but, Navy has some amazing base locations. The reasons I want to go into the military are that I'd truly think I'd actually enjoy it, I have always loved belonging to something bigger than myself, I want to travel - A LOT OF TRAVEL- TO EVERYWHERE, amazing leadership opportunities, unique training experiences, and advancement in education. I know there isn't a wrong choice, but I do know the branches though similar, have differences and I was hoping by identifying the differences and hearing reasons why individuals chose the branch they did it would help me make a more informed decision. Thanks in advance for taking the time to respond.