I graduated on May 12th and it's been a LONG wait for the state to finally issue authorization to test with Pearson. July 7th at 8 AM is the big day.
Our nursing program gave each graduating nurse a scholarship "gift" of the Kaplan 4-day NCLEX prep. I've been doing practice Q-Bank questions nearly every day. So far, I'm doing pretty well on the trainers & Q-Banks. I simply cannot wait to get this over & done with. I have a job lined up and I cannot start until I pass the NCLEX, per their policy.
Well, guys.....I am not sure if I am in a better world than you are BUT I took my NCLEX 5 hours ago, and I have no idea if I passed or not. I am waiting, and waiting, and.....(right) waiting. You will be playing this game tomorrow :) How are you tonite?
Hi everyone! I'm testing tomorrow at 2pm as well but unlike you all, I haven't studied at all.
I graduated May 22nd with a 4.0 GPA and I felt I was pretty strong test taker throughout the entire nursing program so I feel like I'll either know the content tomorrow or not. We took a comprehensive ATI predictor as our exit exam which said I had a 99.9% chance of passing NCLEX on my first try so I'm hoping the knowledge from back in May is still there. I did the same thing when I graduated LVN school, took 6 months off, didn't study, and when I sat in for the NCLEX PN I passed at 75 questions without a problem.
I actually took 2 Kaplan q bank tests yesterday that my friend let me have access to under his account and scored a 69% and a 65% without any studying so I'm hoping those scores are high enough to pass tomorrow.
Anywho, good luck to everyone! And send your good luck my way in case I need it haha. I'm really not too worried if I have to re-test since the worst is over with (nursing school). Worst that can happen now is just paying again and studying next time around:D
Check to see if your local library has Kaplan Review book. You might want to read chapters (about 2 or 3 of them) concerning strategies of answering questions. About an hour worth of reading:)
thanks everyone after reading how you all are doing on kaplan q bank makes me feel alot better. seems like i am ready for this, i will continue to study and prob take the advice of not studying the day before! :) hope everyone is doing well and good luck to us all!!:)
Hi guys.. Im taking my nclex next month.. Im using uworld, passpoint, pda, & kaplan's question trainer for q&a. Im averaging 60-65% on my exams. Anyone here can give me some advice? Im really nervous!!
OK, just got back home from taking the NCLEX this morning. My exam was at 8 AM. I got up at 6 AM so I could take my time getting ready, eat a good breakfast, take a relaxing shower, etc. I'm glad I did. I felt very refreshed, even though I could hardly sleep last night!
My exam shut off at 77 questions, so I feel VERY good about passing. My very first question had a medication that I've never seen before and I had to take a wild guess. The next 3 questions were SATA (ugh!) but they were really hard, so it made me feel like I must have been doing well to get tough questions. I had one really tricky math problem. I tried solving it with 2 different methods, just to make sure I came up with the same answer. Must have been right, because that was the only math problem I had. I noticed I had a lot of "which patient do you see first?" questions.
None of the questions felt easy. I never had any alternate format questions. I had 2 where I had to click on the Exhibit button to view lab values, patient history & vital signs. One fill-in-the-blank for the math. The rest were SATA or multiple choice.
I finished the 77 question in a little over an hour & 30 minutes. Now the waiting game begins!!!!!!
Keep us posted!
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zeenurseRN
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Hi there!
Well, guys.....I am not sure if I am in a better world than you are BUT I took my NCLEX 5 hours ago, and I have no idea if I passed or not. I am waiting, and waiting, and.....(right) waiting. You will be playing this game tomorrow :) How are you tonite?