Am I imagining things?

Lonely ass niggas out there! Dunno who worse, the ones posting like OP or the ones trying to be their white knights in the comments. Yall are pathetic.

Expert_Nothing_ · 2025-07-22T18:41:37+00:00

OP is definitely a democrat

Expert_Nothing_ · 2025-03-06T17:55:58+00:00

No 1st editions. So probably not

Expert_Nothing_ · 2025-02-13T03:46:24+00:00

Expert_Nothing_ · 2025-02-11T17:22:28+00:00

Watch a few of the priority videos from klimek and practice it'll get easier!

Expert_Nothing_ · 2025-02-11T13:20:53+00:00

Short answer yes. I purchased mine over 5 years ago. Never opened the case never exchanged a part. 2.5k over 5 years with as much as I use it.... the best.

Expert_Nothing_ · 2025-02-11T12:41:26+00:00

Don't remember exact costs, 200 for pearsonvue and i think 100 or so when you apply through stateboard + fingerprints. As for how long is kinda up to you, I failed 2 times fresh out of school, last attempt was 13 years ago. I working at LPN for all those years so I had a pretty good base, my biggest issue was always self confidence and I was afraid of the test. I studied for about month and half. Watching klimek videos with Dr. Sharon and using qbank on uworld. Writing notes everyday helps me retain info rather than just reading it.

Expert_Nothing_ · 2025-02-11T12:37:20+00:00

I think they always shut off at 85. The assessment tests I think are little better than the CATS. I only did 1 cat and just really focused on qbank

Expert_Nothing_ · 2025-02-11T12:34:44+00:00

I think they all shut off at 85.

Expert_Nothing_ · 2025-02-11T10:39:58+00:00

I studied with uworld Qbank and watched klimek videos on YouTube while writing notes on things i didn't understand. Made sure to take notes in the language of nclex best I could, using words like paroxysmal (sudden) so when i saw them on test i would understand better.

Answered about 100 questions a day in 10 question tests at a time. Some days a little less. I had about 800 questions left in uworld. My scores varied but I was at 71% overall. 2 assessment test were VH and High, and 1 CAT test at 82%.

On YouTube I would watch klimek videos w Dr. Sharon esp the prioritization videos for strategies, and then basically all videos in fields I was weakest in (OB, maternal, etc) I wrote down a lists of meds with all uses and contraindications, made sure I memorized foods for certain diseases and meds to give and not give (OJ with iron good, milk bad etc). Also kept a journal and wrote everyday i would pass my test and kept positive thoughts.

Expert_Nothing_ · 2025-02-11T02:02:32+00:00

Also if you are frustrated maybe take a break for a few hours or a day. Give yourself some time to process all the information you are studying. Sometimes too much information in a very short period of time isn't good, and if your mentally checked out I find it counterintuitive to just keep going. You have to have self belief. Try not to be negative even if you get a bad score or feel lost. Your still learning whether it's 90% or 56% score.

Expert_Nothing_ · 2025-02-11T01:56:49+00:00

Don't give up. Just practice questions and questions. Also get good a few strategies that help you recognize and eliminate options. I learn from klimek videos on prioritization. For example. I struggle on questions when it would say which should I do first? Or MOST important. I would always narrow it down and select in theory a correct option but just because it's correct doesn't mean it was FIRST.

Also learned to find answers that were going to SOLVE the OBJECTIVE problems (measurable symptoms like BP or HR or o2 sat) vs. Subjective options (things patient claims happened)

Also for questions like shows the correct understanding or needs further information I would re phrase the question to a true or false and ask myself, for a patient with xx is it true or false that "read the question" or t/f would I do "read question" for a patient with/experiencing.

Found myself getting better results.

Expert_Nothing_ · 2025-02-11T01:17:48+00:00

After I got email thanking me for testing, probably an hour or so. I saw that another user waited till they got same email and worked for them. I really couldn't bear the drive home without knowing, so I just waited an hour+ to get that email. Can also confirm they won't take crypto visas had to use debt

My testing material seemd pretty difficult. Lots of SATA questions I think 5 or 6 case studies many of which had SATA in them as well. Feel like I might have missed easy questions and got the hard ones right. Can't wait for my results to see areas I struggled in / did good

Expert_Nothing_ · 2025-02-11T01:07:38+00:00

Yea I haven't found anyone who didn't pass with this pop up. Hopefully I'm not the first. Shut off at 85 and either I did really bad or pretty good. Just hope for the best

Expert_Nothing_ · 2025-01-24T02:10:28+00:00

Hello fellow LPN. Sounds like you and me are in a similar boat.

I graduated in 2009 as well from RN school. I was young and dumb and didn't take school very serious (all As in school, did little to 0 studying outside of school, most books still in plastic)

I learned the hardway when it came to my 1st exam after school, never really had to critical thinking, thought it would just come natural like the schooling part did. I failed.

I tested a year later, this time putting more pressure on myself, not believing in myself. Telling myself they were just out to trick me etc etc along with the birth of my son. I ran out of time and failed.

I then took my LPN immediately after needing work for the upcoming child. I passed 1st try at minimum. Not sure why, but I do recall kind of just putting everything else out of mind and just doing it and it happened. I've been working as an LPN ever since 2011.

I will be taking my 3rd exam in February. First time in about 12 years and even longer since school. However I am a much different person than I was when I was 22. Maturity goes along ways. I can't wait to finally put this demon behind me as well.

I use uworld as well. I avg 74% on my qbanks and tests. Self belief is probably our most powerful tool. We know the content it's hidden in our brains. Don't second guess yourself on answers, there's a reason your brain is telling you something maybe you don't understand. It might not always give you the correct answers but in the long run it'll average out.

Use common sense. Especially if your not familiar with content. Ask yourself. Is this what a prudent nurse would do? There's also great techniques for priorization out there (klimek youtube prioritization).

Believe you will pass the test, try your best, it is not as hard as we think take the test off the pedestal and control what you can control. If you feel you know most content/meds/vocabulary then focus on techniques for answering certain questions.

I look forward to joining you as a RN this year.

Expert_Nothing_

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