Taking the NCLEX-RN on Oct 20th

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Hi all, Im re-taking my NCLEX-RN in less than 2 weeks. I need support. Im so anxious and scared out of my mind that I won't pass the second try :bluecry1:. I can't afford not to pass afain financially. Im 4 months pregnant and I hope to find out the sex of my baby either this week or next week. Im very excited about that :D. I've taken the learning extension 8 weeks course, I find it very helpful. I also study from saunders 3rd edition. One of the nurse at my hospital is going to give me question trainer from Kaplan to practice. I've read kaplan book twice. I searched for free NCLEX style questions online and found some and did that. I don't know what else I can study from to prepare for this dreadful test. If anyone has any advice please let me know. I appreciate it. Good luck to all who will take the NCLEX in the near future. I know that I need to be positive and all but I guess Im just very anxious about it. :no:

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If you are writing the RN exam, you should be using the 4th edition. The 3rd edition does not contain any of the new format-style questions for you to practice with.

If you do not feel comfortable with the material at this point in time, I would highly recommend that you delay testing for at least a month. Trying to just do questions is not what is going to get you thru this exam, but understanding what the exam is looking for in an answer.

How did you do on the exam the first time that you tested and when did you test, how long ago?

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I took my first test on August 22nd. I misplaced the letter they sent me on my performance. I recently moved to a new place. I know that I have 3 below passing and all the others was nearly passing. I practiced on the 3 below ones alot and also on the nearly passing ones. I can't afford to buy the new edition. The 3rd edition was given to me by a friend.

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SoonMomToBe:

Thanks for the reply you posted on my thread. In regards to Saunders 3rd ed vs 4th edition... I have to give you my take on this. My brother has the 4th edition and I have the 3rd. I sat and compared each chapter and also looked at the questions in the cd when we studied together. Both editions are extremely similar. The 4th edition contains perhaps 200 to 300 additional questions compared to the 3rd. As far as the new format questions you get some extra practice on SATA but its not much. The content on both is very similar. Plus I have noticed there are still many that pass the nclex having used the 3rd edition. The whole thing with the NCLEX is to understand the concept. Lets say for example I tested yesterday and I was weak on respirator masks cause I didnt focus on that... I had questions about elderly about many menus what youd give patient with such and such. Also on coharting which is which patients you would room togther. Delegation......

If you need more content I would say try NCLEX3500 Google it its free. Dont go crazy on sata as the nclex has phases an it appears from many recent posts that Satas are not showing up to much.

Anyhow much luck to you!!!!:up::up:

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:wshgrt:GOOD LUCK!

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I took my first test on August 22nd. I misplaced the letter they sent me on my performance. I recently moved to a new place. I know that I have 3 below passing and all the others was nearly passing. I practiced on the 3 below ones alot and also on the nearly passing ones. I can't afford to buy the new edition. The 3rd edition was given to me by a friend.

The exam that you are going to be getting will not be anything like what you just had; that is why I always have everyone that I coach start from the beginning as if they have never tested at all. Each exam is going to be completely different, none of the same questions are even in the bank. That is why one must wait for at least 45 days before they can retest.

If you still do not feel comfortable with the material, then you should wait. It is much more expensive to have to pay to retest with all of the added expenses.

This is my take on it at least. It is also not the number of questions per se that you do or the variety, but understanding what the exam is looking for in an answer. I have a completely different approach to this, but have an excellent pass rate with students that I help.

Best of luck to you.

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The exam that you are going to be getting will not be anything like what you just had; that is why I always have everyone that I coach start from the beginning as if they have never tested at all. Each exam is going to be completely different, none of the same questions are even in the bank. That is why one must wait for at least 45 days before they can retest.

If you still do not feel comfortable with the material, then you should wait. It is much more expensive to have to pay to retest with all of the added expenses.

This is my take on it at least. It is also not the number of questions per se that you do or the variety, but understanding what the exam is looking for in an answer. I have a completely different approach to this, but have an excellent pass rate with students that I help.

Best of luck to you.

Suzanne

Can you expand upon what you mean when you say

"understanding what the exam is looking for in an answer."

BTW I rescheduled my exam for this coming Friday, different center and time. I wanted to avoid rush hour traffic on southbound I-75 and a later time. I am starting to get nervous. If you remember, I took the old boards but let my license lapse and now wanting to return to nursing so I must take the NCLEX. My circumstances are different than most on the board......I am not a recent grad (1977). I do have 12 + yrs of experience and hope those yrs of essentially using critical thinking skills were helpful. Hopefully those yrs of repetition, giving meds, doing procedures, preparing pts for vairous procedures, surgeries, etc will help me be successful on the NCLEX.

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Good luck to you. Listen to the little voice in your head and heart if you feel ready to take the test on the 20th. If you have any doubts, reschedule it. How I studied was doing practice questions over and over again. I used the NCLEX-RN 3500 CD and just did those over and over again. That was just my way of studying. You know you.....good luck :D

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Suzanne

Can you expand upon what you mean when you say

"understanding what the exam is looking for in an answer."

BTW I rescheduled my exam for this coming Friday, different center and time. I wanted to avoid rush hour traffic on southbound I-75 and a later time. I am starting to get nervous. If you remember, I took the old boards but let my license lapse and now wanting to return to nursing so I must take the NCLEX. My circumstances are different than most on the board......I am not a recent grad (1977). I do have 12 + yrs of experience and hope those yrs of essentially using critical thinking skills were helpful. Hopefully those yrs of repetition, giving meds, doing procedures, preparing pts for vairous procedures, surgeries, etc will help me be successful on the NCLEX.

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The exam is unlike anything that you have ever seen, very different from the old state board that you wrote.

They are not interested in what one had in school, they know that one graduated and made it thru the basic exams, but they want to know if the nurse will practice safely when starting to practice. They are looking for answers to be made in a certain fashion; if you followed what I sent to you, you should be just fine.

I gear my program to what they are looking for in an answer. Please keep me posted on how you do.

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