Took NCLEX-RN Exam today (YIKES!!!)

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Wow, I took my NCLEX-RN exam this morning and boy was it hard! It seemed like every 4th or 5th question was "Select All That Apply" and I really suck at those. The good thing is that I only had the minimum amount of questions (75) and from what I hear that means I either really bombed it or passed. I hope I passed! I won't know until 48 business hours have passed but I'll keep you updated.

Have you taken it? How many questions did you do? Pass or fail? How did you prepare for it? I read the Kaplan strategy book, did practice questions from both Kaplan and Saunders books & CDs, and reviewed lab values. Hopefully it paid off! Wish me luck and I also wish you the best if you haven't taken it yet!:yeah:

BTW... I know why you are not sleeping.. Cause I can't sleep either....

Like I said, I SOOOO wanted to be a nurse this week!

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I practiced questions here:

http://online.medspub.com/meds/use-online-product.ashx?token=A53DAF82-7D36-4BAC-9DA0-C1214191A463

those are questions given to my class by ATI.

I also used the NCLEX 3500 questions found here:

http://studentweb.deltacollege.edu/nclexrn3500/mainMenu.do;jsessionid=8883B6DDCCF9617D6CB7E66481CEAFCB

I still have to find out from Pearson that I passed, but I got the pop-up thing when I tried the 'Pearson Trick.'

I would just spend hours at the coffee shop with my tiny notebook/laptop doing the questions, and I used the Pearson ExamCram book. The BEST part of that book is the Appendixes! The questions in that book weren't bad either. They had extensive rationales (for the correct answers, at least).

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yeah ... I can't sleep either. It is so late/early, and I need to get into bed!

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Specializes in LTC, PCU, Med/Surg, Hospice, OBGYN.

Hey, now that you guys have said it I do remember getting a lot of infection control questions (isolation, negative air pressure rooms, etc...) too. What aggravated me about that was that I did not prepare for those types of questions either and the critical thinking strategies that I learned from Kaplan didn't seem to help. But I know you guys did well. I have a job interview tomorrow for an ER position, wish me luck!

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GOOD LUCK! yeah I got the negative air pressure questions... O good grief, I won't even go there again!! Tee Hee:nono:

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I am a nurse this week!! I passed!

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Specializes in ER.

WoooHooo Congratulations!!!!!!!!

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ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty I haven't cried yet!! But I assume that all you need to do is know three answers out of 75 to pass NCLEX.. woot woot!!!!! I sooooo thought I failed! Thank God:bowingpur

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AWESOME!!!

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congarats!!!:up::nurse:

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TweedleDee, thank you so much for showing me that site. These questions really are helpful to me. I using them to help me pass my exit hesi exam for the 3!!!! time. Thanks a bunch

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I took my NCLEX exam yesterday. What could I have studied to better help me? Anything and everything to do with infection control! I am not sure if I can post this, and if its unsuitable please let me know and I will delete. I know I cannot post the questions themselves . I had at least 6 check all that apply. I had two drag and drop boxes. Didn't have a single dosage cal. I had 3 med questions. Not a single circulation question, 1 peds question ( patient was 14) , no F&E questions, couple of endocrine questions, no maternity, few questions in neuro, LOTS of room assignments, lots of priority, lots of infection control. I was stunned because I thought it would be full of what we were taught was "core content", NO WAY! Sure do not know if I passed. I had 75 questions. I took the Hurst Review and do not think I could answer one question from what I studied in the Hurst review. And to add, I had a few immunization questions! Hurst Review doesn't stress infection control in their main booklet, so I never even looked at the stuff again, but I had some serious infection control stuff that I hadn't seen since my first semester of nursing!

Wow I had the EXACT same thing! (except I had one dosage question). I'm reading yours and feel like I wrote it! I took the Hurst Review also and felt like it was a waste b/c NOTHING prepared me for what I got on that test! I find out tomorrow my "unofficial" results....If that "I passed" is from you CONGRATS!!!

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