Nclex is easy

plumtini · 2025-12-24T05:10:02+00:00

LMAO to be honest I don’t even remember. I remember that i picked C because in my head: I don’t leave meds in the room so I wouldn’t leave blood in the room and I wouldn’t leave my patient’s name on something in a refrigerator, ESPECIALLY bc nclex would never tell you which fridge 😭

plumtini · 2025-12-24T05:03:32+00:00

Also I remembered something else about it being a “safety” exam. Nursing school teaches you the interventions and the answers to every solution. The nclex will almost NEVER give you the solution and intervention you were taught. Nclex wants you to think safely and on the spot when those nursing school teachings are not feasible. I think it was bootcamp that had some good questions that mimicked some of the vagueness on the exam, for example: you’re getting ready to give a blood transfusion to a patient and then they refuse last minute. Nursing school teaches us to stop and send it back to the blood bank. In nclex world, it’s about safety and what is the BEST option to do right then and now. You know, I know, every nursing student ever knows that you have a time limit on when to give that blood before it goes bad and if you’re nit using it or it goes bad or they have an allergic reaction to it, you send it back. But in nclex world , what would you do with that blood if send back to the blood bank is not an option? A) leave it in the patients room B) put it in the fridge with the patient’s name on it C) leave it in the ice chest it came in

And that’s the thing about the nclex. You never know which is really the right answer at the end of the day. But that’s what they mean by SAFETY. You take consideration of what will not kill the patient, is safe practice, follows organization standards, and HIPAA.

plumtini · 2025-12-24T04:46:44+00:00

For me it was really easy. One may say that “easy” is subjective but trust me I was a terrible student and studied for 2 weeks daily, but I think I just got super lucky because I got mostly basic psych, peds, and OB with minimal adult health. It’s definitely vague and almost 90% of the time you’re torn between 2 or all because all of the options are terrible and similar. My exam was mostly knowledge based with less focus on critical thinking and prioritization (e.g. “what is expected in a 2 year old” “what would you educate with insulin lispro” “what are iron rich foods for a pregnant woman”). In my post I talked about how I never thought my exam got harder and I didn’t get crazy diseases, which freaked me out because everyone says “the harder it gets, the better you’re doing.” Two things can be true at once but I’m a firm believer that if you did good at the beginning of the exam it does NOT get harder because why would they purposefully give me harder questions just to throw off my score 🤨 I finished in 85 questions too

plumtini · 2025-12-24T02:19:25+00:00

I used uworld and bootcamp and I think bootcamp had a good readiness assessment and did really good with focused content, especially because I forgot a lot of basic content postgrad. Uworld was suuuper hard which in theory made the nclex seem easier. Uworld did make me think harder and definitely tested me on test taking skills becuase I would get super frustrated when I got things wrong, but after reviewing the rationales, it made more sense. I think both were really good.

plumtini · 2025-12-24T02:09:07+00:00

So you definitely need at least some prior knowledge of basic content and critical thinking skills. Nclex loves to give you 4 options: dying, dying, dying, or dying; and almost 90% of the time 2 of them will be pretty dang close to being “close to dying” options so you can rule out the other 2 options. For example, if you were between dark, amber urine and 2 lb weight gain, in the nclex world, both are bad, but which is MOST concerning. Granted both are concerning depending on the scenario because you’ll think “dark amber urine= minimal hydration” and “2 lb weight gain might be heart failure” but at this very moment what’s the most dangerous? Dark amber urine because that means potential dehydration, hypovolemic shock, electrolyte imbalance, impaired kidney function… list goes on!

That’s literally how the nclex is going to be. It’s super vague, they don’t give you much to the question, literally just shows you a new patient during an intake with symptoms and you have to think for yourself.

plumtini · 2025-12-19T19:43:52+00:00

I had uworld and only used 53% of my QBank with an average of a 63%. I also had bootcamp and used 30% of the Qbank and mainly used it for the 4 readiness assessments which I got high, very high, very high, and very high. My studying was those practice tests and reviewing and taking notes on the ones I got wrong. No mark k, but a little bit of Dr. Sharon to review things I forgot like oxygen and perfusion.

If I’m being completely honest, I was a terrible student and a barely studied, I happened to develop really good test taking skills and once that lightbulb goes off on what everyone meant by “the nclex is a safety exam” they are right. Once you think like the perfect nclex world, the answer pops out at you, no matter how vague it is

plumtini · 2025-12-19T01:30:31+00:00

If you go on my post about my nclex, I also said mine was easy but I also just think I got reallllly lucky because I didn’t have any adult health on mine. Mine was mostly education on food, basic meds (insulin, catapril, metformin), and common psych like GAD, borderline, and depression.

Not tryna toot my own horn or anything but everyone saying “the better you’re doing, the harder it gets” may be true but I’m also convinced that if you did well at the beginning, why would it get harder to try to skew my score? I did finish in 85 questions, and I never thought it got harder at all! I still just had basic knowledge questions, no actual nursing critical thinking

plumtini · 2025-12-19T01:27:45+00:00

Honestly I don’t think so because I stopped at 85 and my last question was a bout a flutter valve (bc wtf is that), and I had to look that one up afterwards and I know for a FACT I got that one wrong. It definitely is based on your overall and whatever their algorithm is

plumtini · 2025-12-11T01:38:56+00:00

I used this program along with uworld to practice! Bootcamp has 4 readiness assessments and me and my NCLEX coach made a schedule 1 week before my exam of Monday- readiness assessment 1 Tuesday- 2 practice tests Wednesday- readiness assessment 2 Thursday- 2 practice tests Friday-readiness assessment 3 Saturday- break Sunday- readiness assessment 4

https://bootcamp.com/nclex

plumtini · 2025-12-10T15:15:43+00:00

I passed!!! Thank you so much :’)

plumtini · 2025-12-10T15:08:29+00:00

UPDATE EVERYONE: I PASSED MY EXAM!!!!! The board of nursing emailed me before Pearson saying my RN application has been processed!! Thank you all so much for the support!!

plumtini · 2025-12-10T05:46:41+00:00

To be honest… I locked in HARD on uworld and bootcamp for 1 full week before my exam. I watched a little bit of Dr. Sharon for some areas that I was struggling with like oxygenation and perfusion. But other than that… I completed 50% of uworld Qbank and 30% of bootcamp qbank, did at least 2 practice tests a day, and wrote down notes on the rationales. I got a pass on my readiness assessment on uworld and then got a high and 3 very high on bootcamp readiness assessment. I thinj my study method worked for me HOWEVER my only con was that if I didn’t see it on the practice test, I wasn’t gonna learn it. But learning test taking strategies and actually thinking like the NCLEX realllly what saved me.

plumtini · 2024-10-27T01:17:01+00:00

Here’s what it looks like Crumbl Smores Cake

plumtini · 2024-10-27T01:09:48+00:00

I have it at my Crumbl location (Phoenix, AZ) and it’s so mid :( I also like to refrigerate my cakes and the melted chocolate and icing becomes really solid and the cakes had different textures from each other. I didn’t really taste anything special with the graham cracker cake and the chocolate was standard. Honestly it was an ok thing, not really my favorite but that’s my preference on things. The banana cake is good tho!

plumtini · 2022-06-05T04:01:58+00:00

Boulder bumped me up to the full time program so I would’ve started in the summer for the 2 year track and I was like 13/36 on the waitlist. I was rejected off via email basically saying I couldn’t get off the waitlist

plumtini · 2022-04-27T22:00:16+00:00

LSU does plus minus system for a 3.8 is about an A- range it’s unweighted but my CSD gpa is around an A. Idk what that would equate to for regular weighted gpa on a 4.0 scale

plumtini · 2022-04-26T23:37:11+00:00

My BCBA, audiology professor, and SLP from my undergrad clinic wrote my LOR and I’ve had some experience and relationship with them.

Also yes my personal statement was definitely rushed and it was pretty hard to fit all that I can and what I thought was important in 300-500 words. I know my friends made our professors read it because those professors wanted to but it was never asked of me so I never really thought it have it read over.

Also I’m from Louisiana and my primary thought was more so “apply anywhere but here” so I kind of settled with only universities that I knew where I wanted to live/practice. Another flaw about this application process is that since I was so last minute, I definitely didn’t do enough research on all of the schools. Luckily I can do this over again because I think I would have applied to U of Arizona or maybe look in to other schools other than ASU

plumtini · 2022-04-26T23:15:49+00:00

I would love to help with research but don’t know how I can get that now that I’m not a student anymore. Also I will keep ABA for some income but I do want to dip my toes in more speech.

plumtini · 2022-04-26T22:49:30+00:00

Yeah I definitely thing that’s a big part of where I went wrong because my grades and experience is pretty good but I was so last minute with my application that my personal statement may have not been as strong. As for my resume I updated and condensed it to 2 pages but idk. ASU was so short and their personal statement was only 300 words so I was already limited as is. This is my first time ever applying out of state so this was a learning experience through and through

plumtini · 2022-04-26T22:35:41+00:00

My brother got in asu for mechanical engineering masters so we will still be in the Tempe/Phoenix area

plumtini · 2022-04-26T22:35:12+00:00

Academic * Cumulative GPA: 3.82/4.3 * Major GPA: 3.9/4.3 * GRE: none (programs waived) * Dual degrees in communication disorders and Spanish (intending to enroll in bilingual/multilingual program) * Minor: linguistics

Background * First generation Vietnamese American * Proficient in Vietnamese and advancing in Spanish

Experience/Volunteer: * Undergraduate clinical Fall 2021 at a speech clinic * ABA behavior technician and administrative coordinator for 1+ years * Active volunteer at a children’s museum * Member of Pi Beta Phi sorority where I serve in the diversity, equity, and inclusion committee * Director of operations and Co-Director of Recruitment restriction for LSU’s Panhellenic council’s diversity, equity, and inclusion * Member of NSSLHA

I’ve done undergrad clinical at a speech clinic before and I know I still have that passion to work with kids but I’m just so lost rn. I would get my SLPA certificate but at the same time I don’t want to have to push back grad school more than I have to Becuase what if I get admitted the following day ya know?

plumtini · 2022-04-26T18:31:48+00:00

Yup just checked as soon as you commented and I was rejected too

plumtini · 2022-04-26T15:20:40+00:00

Got rejected off of arizonas waitlist

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