SanManDan

I was scoring between the 50-80% on the qtrainers. I didn't do to well on the pre-test and I didn't pay to much attention to the chapter tests at the end of each section. For me it was more helpful to focus on how I'm answering question rather than freaking out every time I got below 75%. It's practice, and you will NOT get every question right on NCLEX or while practicing. The goal should be to practice lots of question enough so that you will be familiar with everything you see on the the exam. The rest is just critical thinking and using your brain. As for rescheduling your exam, that's up to you. Only you can make that decision. What made me feel ready was being able to consistently answer question correctly. I knew that was the goal of NCLEX. At some point too, I felt like there was really no more studying and preparing that I could have done. There may come a point when just taking the exam is the next step. Whatever you decide to do, good luck!

I used Kaplan, NCSBN, and Lacharity. Kaplan questions are good quality, but I found them to be a little harder than NCLEX questions. I went through the trainers a couple times and the first time I was just below or at the 60% mark. 60% is what Kaplan considers passing, but it's a combination of the score and consistency. NCLEX doesn't care what score you got on Kaplan or any other prep course, it only cares if you answer questions consistently and correctly above the passing line. If you are getting questions correct consistently (around 60% for Kaplan) with a variety of questions than it's safe to say you have a good chance of passing. I would recommend NSCBN if you want questions that are virtually identical to NCLEX questions. I found them to be the most like the exam and they probably helped me the most. All in all it's really what works for you though. I had classmates who only did Kaplan and passed with no issues. Good luck and happy studying :)

I understand 'exactly' how you feel. I sat for NCLEX three times and just found out that I passed on my 3rd attempt. This last time I worked 36hr a week, got a new puppy, have a marriage, and went through very stressful situations with family. I studies for about 5 weeks for at least 4 hrs about 4 days a week. That's all I could do. I learned that how you practice questions is much more important than how many you practice. I'll tell you what I did to prepare and maybe it will help you. The first 2 - 3 weeks I practiced using good quality nclex questions ONLY in practice mode (one question at a time). I only did about 10 - 20 questions at a time for up to 4 hrs with breaks in between. For the next 2 weeks I added longer exams between 75 and 150 questions to work on stamina in case I got a longer exam. I only did about 2 - 3 of these a week and this was in addition to the practice mode questions. 1 week before the exam I reviewed important things like pharm, lab values and some weak content areas in addition to the practice questions. I took the exam and passed in 80 questions. I found that using the practice mode and taking my time on each question helped me understand how to answer them even better. I also did this on the exam, took my time on questions I wasn't sure about. I took a little longer to answer them, but I was getting correct answers and had less questions. You can do this, even with a stressful home life. Be confident in what you learned in school, you probably know a lot more than you think. For me it was just a matter of finding a quiet place and focusing all my attention on every question I worked on - no matter if it was 5 questions or 100. If I can do this, anyone can.. Good luck!

Your right, I guess to be more accurate I meant to say that it's a risk either way. I don't know whether they will refund your money if it charged your card and you end of passing, but they have absolutely no obligation to refund you. They give us two chances to back out and if you click "submit" knowing that you can very well be charged $200, that's the risk you take. I see your point, but I don't think it has much to do with whether they will allow you sit for the exam again, rather, they CAN charge you for something that you submit to after being given plenty of chance to back out. I agree too, I would absolutely call my credit card company or bank if they didn't refund me. I took the risk for sure and I would definitely do it again. Waiting and stressing out like that was too much for me.

I took my exam on the 31st of May, but it's close enough to June. I sat for NCLEX three time and I just found out this morning that I passed the 3rd time! I used NCSBN, Kaplan, and lacharity for this last attempt. NCSBN was my favorite recourse for practicing questions, they were almost identical to actual nclex. Kaplan was helpful for learning strategies and how to look at the questions, their questions are good quality too. I didn't rely too much on their decision tree though because I found it distracted me from the actual question sometimes (leading me to the wrong answer). Lacharity helped me master priority and delegation questions, which was most of my exam. My strategy for practice was practicing one question at a time in practice mode the first couple of weeks. This helped me slow down, really understand the question, and it helped me think through all the answer choices. Practice mode is also great because you learn the information right after answering it rather than waiting for the remaining 75 questions and forgetting the question all together. As the test got closer I did 3 - 4 longer exams (75 - 150 questions) a week. I only looked up content that I didn't know, I didn't want to waist time on information that I already knew. What helped me most is using good quality NCLEX questions and focusing on quality NOT quantity. How you think about and answer a question is more important than how fast you answer it. If you are going fast and getting all questions wrong then you won't pass. Even in you run out of time while being slow and consistent you have a good chance of still passing. Hope this helps someone.

I sat for the NCLEX three times and fortunately found out that I passed on my 3rd attempt. I did the PVT on all three attempts and it worked for me, BUT it seems like the trick doesn't work consistently for everyone. It does work a lot of the time, but not all the time for everyone. Unfortunately, the only sure way to know whether you passed the NCLEX is to wait for quick results or your license to show on your BON. So beware if you try the PVT trick. You may get charged (non refundable) and still pass, you may get the good pop-up and fail, and you may get the good pop-up and pass. Although this is probably not the answer people are looking for, it's the truth. Hopefully, it will be of some help to someone who if also anxious and super worried like I am. I've been there, I do know how you feel. Just sit back and do something nice for yourself because you have most likely worked very hard until this point.