tested for RN today and I am feaking out now

caliotter3 · Jan 31, 2011

Good luck with your official results.

ProudRN2B · Jan 31, 2011

So far everyone I know who has done the PVT trick, it worked for them. Everyone also left feeling the way you do and they all ended up passing. Good luck!

Blueorchid, ASN, RN · Jan 31, 2011

I did the same thing! Took my test today and it shut off at 75 questions. I had around the same SATA but I also had a couple math (which scared me to death). Went home and tried the PVT got the "pending" message. Tried it an hour later and got:

Our records indicate that you have recently scheduled this exam. Please contact your Member Board for further assistance. Another registration cannot be made at this time.

Which I'm assuming is the good one. But I too am pessimistic! And I keep checking pearson just in case they changed their mind (how's that for a laugh?)

Fingers crossed we're both on our way to nursing licenses. :)

Ilovethe80s · Jan 31, 2011

Crossing my fingers for you, too!!! LOL @ re-checking the Pearson site....I've been doing the exact same thing. Are we OCD or what?!!!! Or perhaps gluttons for punishment! I get a huge lump in my throat when I get to the "next" button. I have yet to hear of the Pearson pop-up be inaccurate in relation to exam results. But, I'm like you, I won't feel it's a definite till I get the word from BON.

Pink20059 · Jan 31, 2011

:)Sounds promising....good luck!!!

scoop14 · Feb 1, 2011

i am right there with you, tested today, ugh!! had sooo many SATA, shut off at 75, i felt like the questions were all over the place and dont feel confident about any of them, and had NO math!!!I am to scared to do the PVT.......

scoop14 · Feb 1, 2011

finally grew some cajones and did the PVT, got the "good pop up" but still super nervous.....ugh tomorrow cant come quick enough when it should be on the BON:uhoh3: :uhoh3: :confused: .

the.godfatherXIII · Feb 1, 2011

If you got this pop-up in the PVT;

Our records indicate that you have recently scheduled this exam. Please contact your Member Board for further assistance. Another registration cannot be made at this time.

That is already a good sign. I took the exam last 1/26. I got that pop-up.

On the 28th, I saw my name in the California BON website. So the PVT works.

I hope what I shared lessened your anxieties. :) Relax you passed!

scoop14 · Feb 3, 2011

Thanks so much. The PVT helped me get some sleep after and it WORKED!!! IPASSED!!!! I AM NOW AN RN!!!!!!!!YAY!!! Thanks all nurses community!!! :lol2: :nurse: :nurse: :nurse: :D:D:D

notmanydaysoff · Feb 11, 2011

took NCLEX last week and according to PVT, passed!

however, that was not before leaving the testing center feeling like a total loser! I concur with the OP when she said that it was the most ambiguous test she had ever taken.

also got about 10-13 SATAs (lost count), which are not my forte. had drugs that I had never heard of, so in order to come up with an answer, had to deduce based on what I did know about other drugs.

thanks to allnurses.com for handy mnemonics. they gave us a laminated piece of "scratch paper" and a sharpie-like pen. as soon as I sat down, I wrote down all the lab values in the order that I used to memorize (Mg,P,K,Ca,Cl,Na,pH,HCO3,CO2,O2), the infection control mnemonics, and a couple other things I can't remember right now. these came up repeatedly in the test. as did ABC and maslow.

I got several questions on reflexes, but a classmate (who took it at the same time) had none. go figure.

chillin4me · Feb 11, 2011

took NCLEX last week and according to PVT, passed!
however, that was not before leaving the testing center feeling like a total loser! I concur with the OP when she said that it was the most ambiguous test she had ever taken.
also got about 10-13 SATAs (lost count), which are not my forte. had drugs that I had never heard of, so in order to come up with an answer, had to deduce based on what I did know about other drugs.
thanks to allnurses.com for handy mnemonics. they gave us a laminated piece of "scratch paper" and a sharpie-like pen. as soon as I sat down, I wrote down all the lab values in the order that I used to memorize (Mg,P,K,Ca,Cl,Na,pH,HCO3,CO2,O2), the infection control mnemonics, and a couple other things I can't remember right now. these came up repeatedly in the test. as did ABC and maslow.
I got several questions on reflexes, but a classmate (who took it at the same time) had none. go figure.

like reflexes of infants?

good luck to ur official result... hope to pass to, mine is some time next week for my 2nd time... pls include me in ur prayers.. thanks