Took NCLEX for 1st time

Nursing Students NCLEX

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Yesterday I walked into the Pearson testing center to take my NCLEX. I was sat down at a computer and before I did anything I took a deep breathe, closed my eyes and told myself "You've got this. You know the material. You will pass." I finished in 75 questions and had lots of SATAs and "which pt would you see first" questions. I hear those are good signs. I went home and after a couple hours did the Pearson vue check. I logged in and tried to reregister for the NCLEX and it wouldn't let me. That's the good sign. I'm still nervous until I see my actual results. I tried to check it today, but no results yet. Tomorrow I should have the unofficial results. I'm so relieved its over, but won't be completely 100% stress free until I see the word "pass". Aggghhh I hate that they are making me wait 48 hours for the results! Don't they understand how stressful it is lol

What I did to prepare:

Kaplan, Kaplan, Kaplan! I took the 4 day class and did qbank questions and all of the question trainers. I reviewed every single question I did, right or wrong, and read the rationales. If I didn't understand or know something I'd look it up. There were lots of meds that I didn't know. At first my scores were between 56-62. Then they started improving and ranged from 60-78.

I graduated on 2/28/14. Took the Kaplan class the second week of March. Then after the class focused on the qbank and question trainers. I really wanted to push my date back, but the nurses I worked with told me not to. I had originally scheduled NCLEX for 4/18 but pushed it forward. At work the RNs would say that you never feel that you have studied enough and always want more time to study.

Now to wait 1 more day for my quick results.

Congrats!!!!

Congratulations!

I agree with your post. I feel like there really is no "right" way to study for the NCLEX. That thing will throw random crap at you no matter what. Haha. I think its great that you took it early. I took about a month after graduation to take mine, and I wish I would have taken it earlier. I was constantly rescheduling my date and pushing it up and up and up. Good luck with the start of your career!

Go to the website of the BON the license verification site where you took your exam sometimes they post it 24 hours after the exam..what state did u took it?

Congrats

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