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Thank you for this post same boat about to retest except I did Kaplan the first time but I'm zoomed through much like you this time I'm taking my time and taking breaks! Congrats hopefully I can get the same results this next time as you did!!!

This was an amazing post!

I'm in the same boat, I took all 265 and was near / above in some categories! I think we got the content it's just the critically thinking anxiety and rushing through questions that I have focused on the last few weeks! We got this this time!!!!

Great insight on how to stay positive motivated and believe in your self to make your dream come true congrats RN

the test doesn't define who you are as a nurse whether you take it once of five times í ½í¸Š

Congrats I hope I can say that soon

Trying to do the 15 posts to respond to you! 😊 thank you though ttysoon

I found the online version helpful because I could walk around my house or stretch or use the restroom whenever I needed to

Congrats great insight very useful

Congrats!!!! New Grad RN

Congrats sounds like you passed!!! 😊

Yes the Kaplan rationales can be vague however you can contact their team to help with explanations

Great and informational post

Hello could you message me privately I would love to pick your brain :)

Troy for me it's not what Im studying it's how Im studying. Content for me wasnt the issue and I don't believe if you made it to 265 it was ours either. For me the anxiety of it all was my downfall. I blasted in and out of there and couldn't even tell you if I read a question twice I was sooooooo blocked by anxiety. For me I have focused more energy on mediation relaxation and controlling anxiety and as a use to be collegiate athelte I shied away from the most important thing exercise! As for studying, I was doing questions with my husband (non-nursing) and he got 15 questions in a row correct! WHAT!!!!! I know and he gave me the biggest secret to critically thinking! STOP THINKING AS A NURSE (kind of) and use COMMON SENSE! When you get a question and you know the answer stop read the question again and all the answer and complain why the other answers are WRONG and then go to the next but when you go to a question like ummmm I have no idea what they are talking about break up the question and the answer find what they are looking for even if it take 3 minutes! You getting it right at the end of the day is all that matters! For me last time I did every single QBank question question trainer (twice over) in kaplan it was content for me it was anxiety. So now I'm using Sauders as a time killer I did the assessment and got an 88% and am using the study schedule it automatically makes. Along with reading I do 150 questions a day from NCLEX mastery app (amazing rationales), Exam Cram questions, quizlet app for flashcards of drugs, labs, EKG, and then PDA questions. But more importantly I mediated, pray, and understand that I will see questions that I don't know the answer to but I know that I can find the answer! We got this!