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1. Test Shut off at 75 and I know I failed

   jinki replied to GigglyStyle's topic in NCLEX

   People have shared stories of passing the NCLEX with very few SATAs as well as failing with lots of SATAs. Some of my SATAs kept asking about pretty basic infection control stuff. It did worry me that maybe I kept flubbing them, but fortunately, I wa...

2. What is a good quality stethoscope?!

   jinki replied to wedyer92's topic in Uniform/Gear

   In nursing school, we were required to use an MDF MD One (~$60). During my last semester, I was able to detect an S3 heart sound that has never been documented on a patient. Much earlier in my schooling, I was able to take multiple manual BP readings...

3. Test Shut off at 75 and I know I failed

   jinki replied to GigglyStyle's topic in NCLEX

   I passed at 75 questions. I had 0 answers I was 100% sure about. My last question was ridiculously easy (yet, I was just about....80% sure about it), and that kept haunting me-- did the CAT really think I was THAT dumb? Still, my immediate gut feelin...

4. How to Get a 4.0 In Nursing School (The Easy Way)

   jinki replied to Randy RN ASN's topic in General Students

   If you really want a 4.0, make sure you go to a school and choose instructors that make a 4.0 even feasible. I got a high B for my intermediate med-surg class. According to my instructor, percentage-wise, it was the highest grade anyone has received ...

5. Advice for the new hire (hint: don't show your faults for awhile 😇)

   jinki replied to Emergent's topic in Relations

   Thanks to OP and the other nurses chiming on this thread! Other than attitude and personality issues, are there common mistakes or annoyances newbies make? It doesn't necessarily have to be strictly clinical. It could be something like, "they don't ...

6. Words You Hate

   jinki replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in General Nursing

   New grad. Just realized I've been saying clo-pid-ro-gel instead clo-pi-dog-rel. My BF, also a new grad RN, jokingly calls me a know-it-all when I correct his pronunciation, but I would have REALLY loved it if someone corrected my pronunciation a long...

7. Weird/ Dumb Nursing School Rules

   jinki replied to Randy RN ASN's topic in General Students

   I graduated last June (in case anyone thinks I went to a nursing school in the 60's), but we weren't even allowed to attend lecture (or enter the nursing building) if we weren't wearing our specific shade of royal blue scrubs, id badge, and solid bla...

8. Breeze account pending?

   jinki replied to ScaredpotentialNURSE's topic in NCLEX

   Once you log in to your BreEZE account, the left column should have at least these two headers: License Activities, Applications. Under or after Applications, there should be a header labeled "View your application status". If your status is pendin...

9. pearsonvue trick

   jinki replied to bobop's topic in NCLEX

   The good pop up will say "Our records indicate that you have recently scheduled this exam. Another registration cannot be made at this time." If you see "The candidate currently has an open registration for this exam. A new registration cannot be cre...

10. CA BRN No NCLEX Result

    jinki replied to xrnx's topic in NCLEX

    That he got the bad pop-up isn't very reassuring. but people have reported passing despite getting the bad pop-up (given, some people have the wrong idea of a bad pop-up is). If he logs in to his BreEZe account, and he can still see his application s...

11. NCLEX help

    jinki replied to bunnylovinggrl's topic in NCLEX

    I didn't take the NCLEX-RN until 8 months after graduation. I studied using UWorld for 2.5 weeks, and I passed with 75Q. It took a half a week of warming up to shake the cobwebs off my brain, but passing the NCLEX after being out of school and not st...

12. U world

    jinki replied to catmom713's topic in NCLEX

    About the same. I found that UWorld's prioritization questions are bit more obvious than NCLEX prioritization questions, though. Adding another data point to devhrt12's post, I had UWorld average of 66% and passed in 75Q too. The NCLEX felt like just...

13. Waiting for my Att number

    jinki replied to marcuchos08's topic in NCLEX

    If your ATT does arrive on March 7th, you might be able to schedule an exam for as early as March 8th (when my s/o and I registered for the NCLEX months apart from each other, the next day was always available, likely due to people rescheduling their...

14. Suggestions for Passing NCLEX-RN

    jinki replied to RNsoon2b.'s topic in NCLEX

    You should have received two copies of your Candidate Performance Report, one for each time you missed the passing mark. Those reports will tell you specifically which areas you are below or near the passing standard. I would recommend you focus init...

15. Has anyone used UWorld to study for NCLEX?

    jinki replied to Lupe Sanchez's topic in NCLEX

    I wouldn't put too much stock on the % correct rate for each individual item. I got "easy" questions wrong about as often as I'd get the "hard" ones right, and usually, how hard or easy a question is to me largely depends upon whether the information...