Test on July 15 2015 HELP

[nursebabyxoxo]

Hey guys!!!

I take my test in 10 days and I am nervous (like everyone else). I have been studying every single day for 1 1/2 months for about 4-8 hrs depending on the day. Literally would wake up eat, study, eat, study, eat, study sleep. I know I sound crazy But I am not the best test taker so I have to go the extra mile and study more :) Thankfully my school provided Kaplan for us this year. My studying has been mainly focused on Kaplan. My scores so far have been this:

-question trainers: 66,60,46,57,61,56

-qbank: 62

-sample tests: 60,62,90,40

- readiness (we took this in school rushed and i didnt know anything): 64%

I still have 200 qbanks to do and Im doing qt7 tomorrow. I know my ques trainers have been fluctuating but ive been doing better on the qbanks. I started out getting 45-60% a month ago and now have been getting 65-80% on them. I am worried that my qt are too low and that I'm not being consistent. I also have a couple friends i work with who graduated last year and still cant pass and They scare me and tell me that i would be lucky to pass because its horrible. I have friends in different states that i graduated with who have passed with flying colors without putting much effort into it.

I also came across Uworld and have been starting a couple ques. Is kaplan or Uworld more identical to the testing format on the nclex? I also read the ati cumulative content book, did a couple questions from the Kaplan book, some ques from the lippincott alternative book, and a couple chapters in the Q&A Davis Success Comprehensive book.

So to summarize this all.. Am i doing okay?! What did you guys use to study that was helpful? Sometimes I feel like Im playing Russian Roulette with these Kaplan ques since theyre so hard! Worried that I'll guess wrong. I am definitely more confident in myself now than I was a month ago, but I still feel like I dont know a lot.

Thanks guys :)

[tm31765]

I only had about a few peds. I had probably over 30 priority questions and a lot of SATA that I lost count (probably in the teens). I had 1 math and about 5 exhibit. No hot spot or drop down.

Do you have to submit a valid credit card info? I've heard people say they changed the expiration date or a few numbers

[nursebabyxoxo]

I only had like 15 priority like "who to see first" and "what to do first" and all of them had to do with maternity and peds of course... and no I put the actual info in for my credit card because I only have $20 on it.

[tm31765]

What did it say after you hit submit? I was thinking about getting a prepaid card with only like $5-$10 on it and seeing what happens

[nursebabyxoxo]

I put in my credit card info and then once I hit next it brought me onto another page to confirm and then when I hit next, the third page said "Our records indicate that you have recently scheduled this exam. another registration cannot be made at this time" and underneath it it says "your order is not complete until you click 'submit order'. I hope this is what I'm supposed to be seeing! Idk if its accurate before 24 hours but I'll try again tomorrow night again.

[tm31765]

sounds like you might have passed. now all i need is to find a valid cc that doesnt have much money on it.

[nursebabyxoxo]

im seriously praying. it would seriously be a miracle. i did not know what was going on during the test ahah ive never seen things before. couldnt even use kaplan strategies because everything seemed similar. maybe its a good sign it was hard? haha maybe indicates passing level? my last four questions on the test were select alls which hopefully is a good sign since those are "passing" level.

[tm31765]

I'm so tempted to go get a prepaid card with like $5 on it and see what happens. I've heard if it says insufficient funds then you failed but I could be wrong. The only reason why I'm skeptical to do it today is because we just took it today earlier.

[nursebabyxoxo]

I know I feel you. Thats why I'm going to do it again tomorrow. My heart wont completely settle until i see "PASS" on friday.

[PacoUSA, BSN, RN]

I think I'M gonna have a beer just for reading this thread ... 😝 🍺

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[tm31765]

Dee0302

A girl who took it today just said she put all her credit card info in but changed the expiration date and it said she couldn't register at this time and it didn't decline her card. Now that makes me wonder is this thing even accurate. I would think it would decline if you have the wrong info in regardless

[nursebabyxoxo]

I think it comes up that way regardless if its the right credit card info or not Because if they actually needed the info to go to the next step it would have actually charged it. It would have declined if it went through to the last step. But it didnt go through bc it said that youre already scheduled which is the good pop up.

[katfuter]

I just wrote recently and I felt the exact same way, that nothing I studied was on the exam and felt like I failed miserably! Well I passed in 75 questions. When nclex realizes you know the core content, its gonna give you things you've NEVER heard of or even thought about. You definitely passed, don't doubt yourself!