I figured I would be scoring a low 60 on the assessment based on how I was doing with the questions. A few tips I can recommend: take notes using UWORLD use the pictures as flashcards write rationales for ALL answers write or wrong - can help you with another question take the questions you got wrong and do them again - a few days later READ ALL RATIONALES I took my assessment 3 days before the NCLEX. My performance was 56% and I did just shy of 1500 questions. The 74% I attribute to really good guessing btw. After that my scores increased and ranged from 57% - 74%. I remembered that I learn best when I write and read the rationales and so I went back to what helped me through nursing school. I took a few questions here and there but wasn't invested due to trying to graduate and my senior practicum. I started really using UWORLD before I graduated in September. Uworld was FAR EASIER than the exam edited by on Alas, I didn't and 2 weeks later, received my license number! So honestly, the exam comes down to nursing judgement and ability to critical think. I left the exam site disheartened convinced I failed. Perhaps its because I sat for the entire 265 questions and i was tiresome come 150, but I thought it was really difficult. Uworld in my opinion, was a lot easier than the exam. I was shocked because I clearly did well on the study site, but come the exam, I was bombarded with a lot of content I never heard of. Therefore, a lot of content i studied on Uworld wasn't too helpful. UWorld was good as far as seeing a similar formatting on the exam and helping you sharpen your elimination skills.but id say 75% of my exam was judgement and critical thinking. I received maybe around 35 SATA, 20 pharm, a few OBGYN, (no peds, maybe 5 mental health), A LOT of priority and ECG readings, and honestly, a LOT of questions I never heard of. Suffice to say, my entire exam was based on those two topics. I took the exam and did the entire 265 questions! My weakest area was pharmacology and EKG. Sometimes I scored 100's, occasional 80, mostly 60-70's though. I was scoring around 60-70% on my assessments (granted, my "assessments" were 30 questions at a time AT MOST because thats how I felt I retained the information better, and wasn't overwhelmed). I took this assessment 5 days before my exam I never bothered to take assessment 2 because I was confident at this point. Unused: 80 questions My assessment 1: I scored 55%, was borderline chance of passing, and to be honest, that's because I took the exam at 11pm after studying the whole day and thought I had enough energy to score well-real dumb on my part lol. I was studying for a solid two months, but perhaps sat down and really hammered in the information for 1.5 months (Im talking 10 hour days at a time, maybe more). My overall performance score is in the 72nd percentile-I got 60% of the test bank questions correct. YOU CAN & WILL PASS !!! ^ From a previous post but thought it might help. Most will say I over did it, in my opinion, no such thing. The NCLEX will be a breeze if you put in the work through UWorld. MAJOR point: YOU KNOW ALL THIS! Be 1000% Confident that you will PASS! The nursing program + science courses have covered each of the topics/areas/terms. Look into CAT for how the test analyzises are you progress. EVERY persons NCLEX experience will vary and is very random in regards to how you are tested. The Test Analysis results will show you what areas are more heavily focused on, as shown by the sections that have more questions. Your test taking abilites will drastically improve with both SATA & MC questions. Use the performance data to see what subject matter you need to improve on and spend time doing those and testing on the missed categories. 1 month 2-Weeks Prior to NCLEX Exam, took a 75 question Practice test each morning - 75 question Mixed Question Block : End of January Start: 61.3% -to- 2x days prior to Exam: 88% * Average of all 75 quesiton practice tests: 72.81% Assessment 1: 61% Very High Assesment 2: 72% Very High NCLEX 82-85 questions PASS As many have posted in previous threads, the rationales are key - read & learn both right and wrong. QBank: 68-69%, 96-97th Rank Overall * 2,436 Total Questions + 150 from 2x Assessments - 120 questions unused - Actual Dedicated studying: approx.
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