Alright everyone it's a done deal..I faced the beast! here are my thoughts:
I swear I only slept for like 2 hours last night, I woke up super early because the Pearsonvue test center is located a nice long distance from house. The anxiety of this exam was driving me nuts ( trust me to all those future nclex test takers--I know how you feel).
Alright so I get there, pray in my car, walk out, use the bathroom, and enter the center ( I was there about 1 hour earlier). My thoughts on the exam--based on previous posts on this website I was so terrified that the exam was going to be sooooo hard. Some questions were tricky ( and I'm sure I got plenty wrong), but others with the basic nursing knowledge we all should have acquired during school were not easy--but not hard to answer as well. I had 10 SATA, about 5-6 meds, about 4 infection control, and like 5 priority type questions. I had no delegation. I had 2 OB questions and about 5 psychiatric questions ( that threw me off a bit). I had one math question. The computer shut me off at 75 questions. As soon as I was leaving the test center the proctor kept looking at my eyes to see if I was crying or something; but I wasn't...why? because the exam was NOT TO BAD at least in my experience. Driving home I felt anxious--so I stopped to get a nice ice coffee and came home to check PVT ( I got the good pop-up :) but I won't be popping champagne bottles till I receive my results.
Either way I will let allnurses.com know of my results when I get them. This website has really helped me sooooo much when it comes to facing the NCLEX-RN and the support of all the members is amazing! :redbeathe
To all the future nclex test takers: there is a great I meant GREAT!!!! mnemonic that helped me memorize infection control and I found it on this website ( please find it, study it, and know it..It's funny too: My Stupid Chicken Hez TB--Spiderman--and Mrs Wee--If you have no idea what I'm talking about search for the infection control mnemonic on this website and you will find it..again STUDY IT!. and please do not let anyone every scare you into taking this exam--stay away from negativity, think positive, believe in your self because I PROMISE YOU 100% you will feel so much better after taking the exam :) DO NOT LET ANYONE TELL YOU THE EXAM WAS SO HARD AND GOOD LUCK ON PASSING BECAUSE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE! (STAY AWAY FROM NEGATIVITY--AGAIN YOU CAN DO IT!!!!) Prepare yourself for the exam--do not procrastinate if your exam date is near. This is how I prepared:
I graduated May 17th 2010: I started content review with a book we got on campus ( it is so impossible to memorize every little detail about every little thing we learned in nursing school--so do not overwhelm yourselves because that it was I did and after taking the exam today I said to myself "why did I kill myself and try to memorize every little bit of something" the NCLEX RN is not testing you on memory, it's testing you on knowledge. I would review material and then do about 100 - 150 practice questions a day with the NCLEX RN 2010 Davis book, this book has 2000 questions and I finished it. This book was also great for content review ( I even found it much more helpful then the review book we got on campus because the rationales for every question go above and beyond explanations--I would write down important tidbits that I may have forgotten and then quickly review them everyday (this really does help). After I finished the book I had about 1 week lag time before my exam and something inside me told me I needed more practice on questions..so I took my graduation money and purchased the KAPLAN QBANK ONLY ONLINE and let me tell you it was the best money I have ever spent ( now I am not saying you can only pass the nclex rn with kaplan; because so many people also pass there boards without it--but for me Kaplan was just what I needed. *In my honest opinion: I found Kaplan's questions to be much harder then the boards..after I completed my QBANK I knew I was ready and here I am today awaiting the results. One more thing: there are no trick questions on the nclex, read them carefully, take your time, do not rush, relax and breath, read the answers, eliminate the ones you think are wrong ( and if you don't know think about it..still don't know... what is your gut telling you? choose that one ) The exam is very straightforward.
Here's to hoping I passed! and to all the future nclex test takers whether it's your first time or your repeating..GOOD LUCK, STAY POSITIVE, SMILE, AND YOU CAN & WILL DO THIS :cheers:
Lucky, you are so correct!! I took my test today and it shut off at 75. I feel pretty confident that I passed. However, I will not celebrate (either) until I know for sure :). I didn't think that it was very difficult. I expected it to be a lot harder (by all means, I do not think I'm a know-it-all); but, I was surprised let's say. I got infection precautions, delegation, prioritization, meds, psych, which foods belong to which supplement, pedis, and some misc. If you do the practice tests, review your content, Relax, Breath, Pray, read each question and each answer very carefully, you should do fine! The NCLEX questions will be so familiar to you by then also. I used my ATI books (we didn't get to keep our text books from our school) and Saunders CD only. We did a Drexel review in school, however, I found that it was not much different than Saunders. And Drexel has several errors on their questions. This site has helped me so much also!!!!! I referenced to it quite frequently (i.e. the mnemonic for infectious precautions is GREAT!). I will post when I know whether or not I passed!!!!
I took my Nclex rn on June 29 and just found out that I passed. I am very happy. I too did the same prayed in my car, went to the bathroom and tried to stay calm throughout the test and it worked. About two days before my test date I came across your post. And I am very grateful that you posted that infection control mnemonic. I had tons of those those type of questions. Thank you for your POST!! You sure did relieve me
Just wondering what were your scores on the q- banks that you did from kaplan and is that a good indicator if I am ready?
thanks!
Hey :)
I would average around 60% on my Qbanks, sometimes upper 60%. I would not get too tied up with Kaplan predicting your outcome with the NCLEX but I will tell you that Kaplan is way harder then the NCLEX: at least for me it was. Best of luck! :)
Took the nclex exam today!!! Had 118 qu's. I was so shocked when it shut off!
As soon as I finished the test I called my brother to log into pearson site and i found out within minutes that I had the good pop up!!! Yay!!! I am flipping out! It's a miracle! Thank G-D a million times over! More guy power coming to nursing! Cant wait to get the official results but I am psyched and relieved.
Thankyou sooooo much for your advice...Iam taking mine on the 23rd, from your advice you've really highly recommended Kaplan. Wish I had the money to buy it!!
) The exam is very straightforward. 
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congrats, great post!!