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Uworld ! Uworld questions are very hard -- so keep at them, and don't get discouraged ! :)

Hey everyone! I just wrote my NCLEX RN examination, and passed first time in 75 questions! I would frequently come to this website for advice and suggestions about the NCLEX, so I thought I would post my study and testing experience for those trying to gather information. I used Hurst, NCBSN, Uworld, and one Kaplan practice test. What Resources Did I Use? 1) Hurst A friend lent me her Hurst account login. I watched all "Core Content" videos. I didn't watch any of the "Specialty Topic" videos. I printed out the fill-in-the-blank sheets, and filled them out as I watched the videos. I felt like this was a GREAT resource, and highly recommend it if you want a concise, straight forward, content review. I also completed 5 of the 6 practice tests... My percentages were: #1 - 58 % #2 - 53% #3 - 59% #4 - 62 % #5 - 69% *these are all %, not the #/125 2) NCSBN I purchased the 5 week Review for the content review, as it was quite inexpensive. It has a ton of great content and information, however, I only completed 2 lessons (cardiac and pharmacology). I skipped right to the end and answered the question sets. There were 126 practice tests of 10 questions, totalling 1260 questions. I answered about 850 q's.. My average was 64 3) Uworld Q bank I purchased 1 month to the Qbank. This is the BEST resource! Relatively inexpensive, and the questions are super hard. Don't get discouraged -- and keep at it. I also had this account on my cellphone, so I was able to do questions everywhere (oh, fun!). I finished 1100 of the 1800 questions. My average was 58%. VERY similar to the actual NCLEX! 4) Kaplan NCLEX RN Premiere Book 2015/16 I skimmed through this book, and read their decision tree. I only completed 1 of the 2 practice tests. I scored 75%. I felt this was a bit too easy, and in my opinion, I wouldn't spend any money on this! Also -- many local libraries had this book too. Borrow it for free! I was VERY nervous to test, but reminded myself that I studied hard, took copious amounts of notes, and answered more than 2800 questions. I ALSO told myself that although it would be upsetting, i could always re take the test if I wasn't successful the first time. I arrived 30 minutes early and sat in my car drinking my coffee, reviewing lab values and I answered 15 practice questions using my Uworld app to get my brain the NCLEX mood! I went into it feeling nervous, but okay. It shut off at 75 questions.. and in my opinion, my questions were relatively EASY! I certainly thought they were 'content based' and I had maybe 15-20 Sata's, 5 calculations, and many prioritization! The past month and a half was a whirlwind, but its over! To all of you who are preparing to write the NCLEX, you CAN do it... I know it seems daunting, scary, and ridiculously hard... but you got this. Believe in yourself.

Hey everyone! I just wrote my NCLEX RN examination, and passed first time in 75 questions! I would frequently come to this website for advice and suggestions about the NCLEX, so I thought I would post my study and testing experience for those trying to gather information. I used Hurst, NCBSN, Uworld, and one Kaplan practice test. What Resources Did I Use? 1) Hurst One of my friends used Hurst, and she loved it so much that she lent me her online account so I was able to watch all of the "Core Content" videos. *I didn't watch any of the "Specialty Topic" videos. I printed out the fill-in-the-blank sheets, and filled them out as I watched the videos. I felt like this was a GREAT resource, and highly recommend it if you want a concise, straight forward, content review. I also completed 5 of the 6 practice tests... My percentages were: #1 - 58 % #2 - 53% #3 - 59% #4 - 62 % #5 - 69% *these are all %, not the #/125 2) NCSBN I purchased the 5 week Review for the content review, as it was quite inexpensive. It has a ton of great content and information, however, I only completed 2 lessons (cardiac and pharmacology). I skipped right to the end and answered the question sets. There were 126 practice tests of 10 questions, totalling 1260 questions. I answered about 850 q's.. My average was 64% Looking back on it now, I would not have used this for practice questions if I knew about Uworld sooner. 3) Uworld Q bank I purchased 1 month to the Qbank. This is the BEST resource! Relatively inexpensive, and the questions are super hard. Don't get discouraged -- and keep at it. I also had this account on my cellphone, so I was able to do questions everywhere (oh, fun!). I finished 1100 of the 1800 questions. My average was 58%. VERY similar to the actual NCLEX! 4) Kaplan NCLEX RN Premiere Book 2015/16 I skimmed through this book, and read their decision tree. I only completed 1 of the 2 practice tests. I scored 75%. I felt this was a bit too easy, and in my opinion, I wouldn't spend any money on this! Also -- many local libraries had this book too. Borrow it for free! I was VERY nervous to test, but reminded myself that I studied hard, took copious amounts of notes, and answered more than 2800 questions. I ALSO told myself that although it would be upsetting, i could always re take the test if I wasn't successful the first time. I arrived 30 minutes early and sat in my car drinking my coffee, reviewing lab values and I answered 15 practice questions using my Uworld app to get my brain the NCLEX mood! I went into it feeling nervous, but okay. It shut off at 75 questions.. and in my opinion, my questions were relatively EASY! I certainly thought they were 'content based' and I had maybe 15-20 Sata's, 5 calculations, and many prioritization! The past month and a half was a whirlwind, but its over! To all of you who are preparing to write the NCLEX, you CAN do it... I know it seems daunting, scary, and ridiculously hard... but you got this. Believe in yourself.