here's the skinny on my NCLEX

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well, first off I thought I was going to throw up both before and after I took this test:sniff:. I had a total of 75 questions. About 80% were what would u do first and who would u see first. the rest was: 4 pick all that apply and then the remaining were isolation, disaster, and 3meds, and a few others.... I left feeling like a complete idiot, I don't have a good feeling right now, I felt that I guessed with more then half and I've been studying for 1 month solid about 5hrs day, and doing about 3000 questions and I still feel like a idiot.

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Specializes in Psychiatry.

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I am still waiting for my ATT to schedule my test date for the RN Nclex exam but what you describe is exactly how I felt for my LPN boards. I felt like I guessed on so many. I did pass with the minimum questions though. Just to let you know that someone else felt exactly as you do and I studied hard and was an honors student. lol The test can make you doubt yourself something awful.

Kelly

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How Long till you find out.

I find out tomm. about mine... Hopefully good news.

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find out tommorrow too....

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Specializes in NICU, Psych, Education.

Good luck! Remember that both passing and failing candidates tend to get about 50% of the questions right, so guessing on every other question isn't as bad as you think it is. Let us know what happens.

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Crzmomof3boys,

What you are feeling is SO REAL and so NORMAL. I had the same test you described, I left feeling like I knew NOTHING and guessed on EVERYTHING and guess what I must have known something because as of yesterday I am an RN!!!!! My gut feeling from what you described of your test you will be one soon

Denise, RN

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Hi, I hope you pass!

I took NCLEX on 6/14 and was cut off after 75 questions. The questions were tough and packed with clinical content. They were getting more and more difficult up until I reached the 60s, then they evened out. :uhoh3: Most were on prioritization of assessments/discharge, etc. 6-7 were "select all that apply", lots on pediatrics, lots on infection control/infectious diseases. I had no math questions, unfortunately, because it is easy for me... I think I was the only one who walked out of the exam feeling that I did OK (and I did - I passed!). Given that I am a book-smart nerd, my friends/family weren't surprised...

To prepare, I took Sally Lagerquist (Review for RNs; she is the editior of Davis NCLEX book) review and then studied and did practice questions ad nauseam. Additionally I purchased 3 weeks of NCLEX learning extention (learningext.com) tutorial, which was extremely helpful!!! It has lots of great practice questions and content review.

I had to take HESI back in February and scored very highly in it; it is supposed to be an acurate predictor of passing/failing NCLEX.

SOOOO glad it's over and now I am enjoying my last few weeks of freedom before I start my first REAL RN job in a big MSICU in San Francisco.

Good luck!:biggringi

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