thank you

thanks cali otter.

kaplan has also changed some of the content on the diagnostic and readiness tests... and has changed the background color to blue, with a lot more "press the exhibit button for more information" questions in the Q BANK maybe due to the april change in the NCLEX. although some of the questions still look identical.

sometimes i think i took too long getting back up and wasted some precious time when i could've made a plan faster,but it's time to stop analyzing the past right?

thanks for this website. it's helping me feel better

Hey,

All the best for ur exam.

I am using saunders as well as hurst review.Did u do the content from Saunders only or both??

Can u please share me how u managed to study using both material??

Thanx :)

thanks cali otter.

kaplan has also changed some of the content on the diagnostic and readiness tests... and has changed the background color to blue, with a lot more "press the exhibit button for more information" questions in the Q BANK maybe due to the april change in the NCLEX. although some of the questions still look identical.

sometimes i think i took too long getting back up and wasted some precious time when i could've made a plan faster,but it's time to stop analyzing the past right?

thanks for this website. it's helping me feel better

I am impressed from your thoughts. So are you taking kaplan now?

Good luck! You can do it!!

Nurse_25,

I want to wish you the very best at passing this time around. I have been where you are right now. I graduated in May 09 and it took me May 2010 to pass. I have two kids with disabilities and I had a lot of obstacles to climb through. You can do this because I did. Never give up on your goals. A setback is a setup for a comeback. Stay focused and keep fighting.

I'm watching videos from hurst and supplementing the material from saunders. Ive noticed that MArlene does a wonderful job of explaining material, but it's very general and doesn't cover everything.

I also had to repeat the kaplan course. It teaches you strategies, but the content in person, you're really on your own. I took it three weeks after the class.. but I think I needed more content review. (BTW: TAKE YOUR TIME, my mother and family kept rushing me, even telling me to apply to jobs first, when I need to pass the test to study). I've hardly had the time to fit in reading the book supplied with it since I was listening to hurst and saunders.

Kaplanwas good because the questions do look similar to the NCLEX exam, and I think some systemaic desensitization is necessary after that first try.

HUrst was wonderful because she explained patophysiology wonderfully.

I almost got cold feet after that first fail.. its hard, you know?

but I went over the clinical paperwork and papers I went over at nursing school and remembered the patients I met.. I remember what kept me going in nursing school when it wasn't easy was picturing that short asian later with hx of a CVA needing help to go to the restroom and helping her my whole clinical. A week later I come back to the hospital and she still remembers me and thats what gave me heart.. or that little girl I helped with neuroblastoma.. or that male pt with the stab wounds from a gang fight...

you can't let a dang test block you from remembering the people you met and WILL meet in your career right?

anyway thanks for letting me vent.

I PASSED :) yay. onto job hunting

CONGRATULATIONS FAITH70725!!!! I am really happy for you and all of us that have passed. Keep us posted on your job hunt.

YAY! YOU DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!