Hi! I was wondering what the timeline was for you to:
Graduate
Send in your application to BON and PearsonVue for the ATT
Get your authorization to test
Take the NCLEX (how soon did you schedule it?)
How long did you study before taking the NCLEX?
How many questions and how long did it take you?
When did you find out your NCLEX results, did you pass?
Start applying for jobs
Get hired for your first nursing job (and what was it?)
Start an RN-BSN program (if applicable)
For example:
1/15 - Started applying for new grad positions
4/5 - Interview for Peds Residency
5/13 - Graduated Nursing School
5/14 - Sent in application for ATT
5/17 - Job offer for Peds Residency
5/21 - Received ATT
6/1 - Took the NCLEX (75 questions in 1.5 hrs, studied for 4 weeks)
6/3 - Received quick results PASSED!
6/15 - Started Peds Residency
8/25 - RN-BSN program
Obviously, you don't have to answer all of my questions, although that would be cool and interesting to read! I love planning and I keep thinking about my final year of nursing school and all the busy, exciting, stressful things that will come along with finals, graduation, NCLEX, and starting my first RN job!
I hope that the OP doesn't mind, but I would like to start part B of this subject. Since so many of you got hired (and even started working) before NCLEX how about saying what state you are in and if the job you got was in a hospital, Dr office, LTC, etc.
The "OP" doesn't mind at all! Great idea! :) Thanks!
I live in Kentucky, my job is a med-surg floor at one of the big 3 hospitals in my city, and you get a temp license that's good for 6 months after graduation or until you take NCLEX. If you fail NCLEX, you lose that temporary licensure and cannot retake NCLEX for 45 days, so I'm a nervous wreck!
@BSN1415 you most likely have to call BON and let them know you paid pearsonvue. You will get the ATT about 15 minutes after. That,s what I had to do here in NY and one of my friends taking it in PA had to do the same. Hope this helps.
Took the NCLEX 6/1/15, I did 50-150 questions from Kaplan Q Bank per day and some questions from Lacharity's Priority and Delegation Book.
I had 265 questions and it took me 3.5 hours
I found out I passed 6/3/15, I paid for quick results through Pearson Vue
I am waiting for my licensed to be posted on MA state board of nursing but I was already offered a job in a short term rehab learning to do IV's and TPN so I think it'll be great experience for the future.
I am starting my RN-BSN program this July.
I just realized we took the NCLEX the same day and passed the same day! Congrats!!
Thanks!@friendlyelse I actually called them today and they said to just keep waiting. I graduated 5/27 and the school sent verification that day to the BON that I graduated. From that point, it can take 10-14 days to get ATT. I have been refreshing my email like crazy hoping that it comes asap!
Ok great. In the meantime keep practicing questions and review. I used Saunders review 6th mostly interventions for diseases, and meds, also used Saunders flashcards,la charity and did the review course with NCSBN...much cheaper and their questions are the closet to the nclex....READ EVERY RATIONALE FOR BOTH RIGHT AND WRONG ANSWERS...goodluck
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Graduated BSN program 5/24/14
Application sent 5/15/14
Received ATT 6/6/15 (after calling BON to expedite process) and scheduled NCLEX that day
Studied for about a month
NCLEX 7/1/14, 75 questions probably took me about 2 hours
Quick results 48 hours later- Pass
Started applying for jobs maybe April-May but more seriously in June
Interviewed between July and August
Hired for first RN job in August, started in September 2014