KaltmanRN15
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I was wondering the same. I have hypothyroid and asthma. But that doesn't keep me from being a good nurse. How much should you tell them and how much do you keep to yourself? Also, what type of Health issues would keep them from being able to work!?
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I failed my first attempt at nclex in 265 questions using kaplan. Our schools program recommended we use it. Everyone is different. But kaplan doesn't work for everyone and it didn't work for me. It's great with test taking strategies but like You said if you are weak on content then kaplan is not for you. Hurst is great for content and Uworld is great for questions. Kaplan only gives you ONE set of questions with their whole program that's anything like the nclex and hats sample test 4 Cuz it's all alternate format questions. If you wanna brush up on test taking strategies that kaplan is so great at then don't waste the 300 on the whole course just buy the $30 kaplan premier book which goes over just strategies.
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I found the Saunders book to be too long and drawn out as well. I feel like there's no way you can relearn everything from nursing school in preparationor the nclex. Esp not 5 weeks. Do the end of halter tests and review your rationales. But if suggest hurst or ncsbn for content review. I only got 7 chapters into the 77 before o gave up on it
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Not to discourage you but one week before my nclex I took hat test as well and scored the exact same 38% as you. I called around to my buddies who had taken it and they scored in the 30s as well so I figured I'd not worry about it. Mistake! After I FAILED the nclex with 265 first attempt I realized that sample test 4 resembled it closest and I should have practiced more alternate format questions, which kaplan does not provide you with. I then met with my mentor who told me that the benchmark for hat sample test was 60% which should have been a hint to me that I wasn't ready to test. Hope this is helpful and best of luck to you
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I did indeed fail :/ I have the gut feeling that I did. However I did have a tiny glimmer of hope. But no luck there. I waited 48 hours and paid for my quick results and to see the word "FAIL" on the screen was worse than I could've imagined. I laid in bed and cried for days. I went grouch the whole DABDA grieving process lol. But I woke up Monday morning with a new perspective. A lot of people fail their first attempt and it's not the end of the world. Sure I would've liked to pass the first time but everything happens for a reason. I used kaplan to Study my first go round and only kaplan. I felt very unprepared by the program I graduated from. It wasn't enough. So on limited income I am investing in some good materials such as the NCSBN program, lacharity book, and uworld. I am going to retest as soon as I wait my 45 days which for me will be August 3. And i WILL pass the NCLEX, and be a wonderful nurse. In gods time not my time :) if you did fail, don't beat yourself up. Cry call our friends lean on your family feel sorry for yourself then pick up the pieces off the floor put them back together and push forward stronger than ever. We can do this!!!
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So I took my nclex yesterday morning for the first time. I felt very strong about it through 74 and couldn't wait for it to **** off at 75... Then it kept going. I watched my friends finish and leave after about an hour knowing that they probably got 75. I hit 100. Then 150. Then 200. I knew I was in for the long haul. I got all 265 questions. Because I am the most impatient person ever I tried the PVT trick when I got home. I had a walmart gift card I used. My friend who had 75 questions that tested with me tried the PVT first using my card. She got the "good" popup saying she couldn't reschedule. Then I tried the trick using my same card and got the bad popup telling me I had insufficient funds to intact my bank. Another friend who tested the day before had 265 too but he never tried the PVT Cuz he "knew" he had failed. Well he got his quick results today and found out he passed. I'm wondering if there is anyone out there who got the bad popup but still passed? What are my odds? I have a job lined up counting on this. I'm so tired of studying. I prepared using kaplan. My school used it throughout our whole program. I made al benchmarks on my qbanks and sample tests and question trainers. And I skimmed through the Saunders nclex RN book. I was more prepared than most of my friends who had already passed so i Thought I was ready. I can't retest until August 2nd if I did fail. So I have to spend the rest of my summer studying :/