PVT Bad Pop Up NCLEX-RN 2023

PVT Bad Pop Up NCLEX-RN 2023

I just took my test yesterday ( Saturday ) and got the bad pop up. Got the max 145 questions. I'm kind of curious as to if ppl that are saying they got the bad pop up if it's truly the bad pop up. You have to put the correct card number and expiration date BUT the wrong CVV in to get the right pop up ( whether if it's good or bad ) just want to know if anyone got the bad pop up this year but still passed and how did they input their card info in Pearson. Thanks 

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I’ve taken the NCLEX 5x and 4/5 got the bad pop up everytime— all failed. I do believe in the PVT and it is difficult to want to because ofc we all want the littlest hope that we had pass. My last time was the good pop up and passed, best of luck. Let me know if you need help with suggestions on what I did that helped me to finally passed.

Hi, 

I'm in the same boat. I also got the max amount of question and a bad pop up. I took the exam 10/1. I'm pretty doubtful at this point. I'm still waiting for the quick results. It's just weird because I tested well on both Archer and ATI ?

@NurseTy What really helped me was UWorld, LaCharity Prioritization book, Mark Klimek, and Hurst. I’ve also done Kaplan book and Saunders questions book but I wouldn’t recommend those. Saunders is easier from the NCLEX IMO and UWorld is more difficult than NCLEX. I got pretty good at knowing how to answer the NCLEX style questions but if you don’t know your content, that will make it very difficult to pass— which was my constant issue. If you do know your content, it’s usually the other reason— not knowing how to answer NCLEX style questions, which I highly recommend UWorld but it seems you are already doing that too. I never finished all 2000q’s but I did a good amount (1300-1500?). I first did UWorld and Mark klimek together but I feel that mark klimek’s way of teaching is pretty interesting and great, however I don’t feel it teaches you as in-depth of patho. Hurst gave me more of that. But I wouldn’t suggest doing so many testing materials altogether as that will be overwhelming. Choose 2 or 3 and stick to that. If failed again, add another while reviewing previous study materials. You change your way of studying, you’ll eventually get a new result! Usually 1-2mos of studying for me but I’m not going to lie, I did cram the last time I studied and only studied 2 weeks straight very hard 6-8hr per day and passed my last time. But I focused more on content thru Hurst more this time and then just reviewed mark klimek for more content info. I wrote notes down for each videos/topics he posted. I did re-listened to his videos all over again another time but that takes time so I decided to just have notes to make it easier. Some people do 100+ questions a day, well I never had time for that as reading rationales took A LOT of time to go thru. I am a C average student so def not the smartest and was able to pass. You’ll get there. Hope this helps and goodluck!

@JayflowersPN In order to take it as NY boards, you would have to fill out a form ‘Apply for Licensure’ in their state, pay the fee, and meet their credentials first before being able to apply to take the exam as NY. Once that all gets approved, then you can apply to take exam there. Once you passed boards there, you can actually practice there, however since florida is a compact state, you may have to just submit your education and license info to florida state to have them verify all info to get licensed in florida afterwards. You’ll have to look more into that. I believe this is the link for NY boards:

http://www.op.nysed.gov/prof/nurse/nurseforms.htm

I graduated back in 2017 and it was unlimited  tries for testing. However, when I did finally pass couple months ago, I found out that Minnesota has changed their rules and if you haven’t passed after 5 years from the time you have graduated, you are required to take a remediation course. I was close to having to do that but fortunately passed! Try to figure out your weak points in studying. Do it/study differently bc same efforts gives you same results. Best of luck.

I also would HIGHLY recommend mark klimek for:

1) knowing how to answer lab values 

2) maternal and child development (I got a lot of these Q’s in my NCLEX)

3) how to distinguish different psych patients (if you know what psych patient you are getting, you can answer your question better— ie: are they able to learn reality or no?)

4) how to prioritize

5) how to guess when you don’t know the answer

6) EKGs and how to interpret (I don’t normally get many ekgs but my last exam I got at least 5-7)

If I have to re use one study material over and over? It is MARK KLIMEK. His strategies really are helpful! However, he doesn’t go toooo in depth with patho, just somewhat the surface bc he expects you should have already know all of it. So if content is your weak point, use Hurst or something similar (most people passed using mark klimek but I did not pass using him twice— UNTIL I used Hurst after for more content material). The only study material I took notes for was Mark klimek. I used my Apple notes and every topic, I took notes as if I was sitting in his class. I never used his blue or yellow book that he provides/talks about. Hurst also has a book so I filled in the blanks from the videos and those were my notes. You have to really understand these and sometimes listening may not cut it so take notes.

UWorld is next but only use UWorld if you are weak in knowing how to answer questions. This app really helped strengthened my skills for that as I was not good at answering NCLEX style questions before.

Thank you so much! This gives me more hope! I definitely think my thing is learning how to answer some of the questions and being confident in what exactly they're asking. I'll look more into Mark K. content and then try to include some UWorld question with my Archer questions. Thanks for sending this over and congrats again on passing! ?

I failed. Got the results on the board of nursing. Try your board of nursing site. They post before quick results come out 

@JayflowersPN

I'm sorry to hear that. I checked both the board, continental testing and nothing. What did you use to study? I'm already mentally preparing for the grind/studying again.

I’m using UWorld and mark klimek 

I already paid for the exam as soon as I seen the results. Taking it in exactly 45 days 

I feel you on that. I'm ready for them to just post the results somewhere.

I plan to continue to use archer and incorporate some UWorld and Mark Klimek. Same. Let me know if you would like to see the archer study plan also. 

Of course! I sent it over to you ?

We got this. 

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