Took NCLEX today, GOOD POP UP!!!! :)

suchababe · Jun 22, 2011

hi! congratulations! i wish i could feel the same way too after i take my exam! by the way, what resources did u use? how many months did you prepare? any tips?

ash2987 · Jun 22, 2011

i did kaplan and it was worth every penny!!! at first i was scoring kind of low... like 54%-58% on the qbank quizzes and first question trainer or so... then i looked at the online lectures and followed through with my kaplan book. i read the entire kaplan book (like a psycho, haha). after i finished doing all of that, my scores really started to go up. i got a 64% on question trainer 6 and a 67% on question trainer 7, which they say at 65% you should be ready to test. i did 100% of the qbank with a 60% average.

i started studying the week after graduation, so around may 16th.. but i wasn't studying very hard at that point. probably the 2nd week of june is when i really cracked down and studied nearly 8 hours a day.

another book that really helped me was prioritization, delegation, and assignment by lacharity, kumagai and bartz.

good luck, it honestly is not nearly as bad as you're made to believe it's going to be!!!! you will do great!!! :)

caliotter3 · Jun 22, 2011

Good luck with your official results.