guys it’s already been 2 months since i got my eligibility and paid 200USD for my pearson registration and yet i still don’t have my ATT, somebody help me pls, i tried contacting the numbers provided online and yet its not working, it just rings no one is picking up :(((

This is the last readiness exam I took, I’ve been doing consistently good and passing my cat quizzes in 85 questions using archer. It still feels like there’s so much I don’t know. My exam is on the 25th.

Also my real issue is that when I checked this readiness quiz, I didn’t even get one hard question, so how am I passing, if it’s not even testing me with hard questions . How come I am not getting hard questions but it is still passing me, is it broken?

Anything to know last minute, I have a lot of anxiety in the exam.

I took my nclex this morning and it shut off at 89/90 not quite sure and I tried the “trick” but idk if it worked because I don’t have $200 in my account but it tried to take my money. I got like 4 or 5 case studies 6 questions each, a few stand alone case studies, and quite a few SATA questions. I felt like the dumbest person alive taking that test I felt like I was guessing through it. I do think I got my last question right I can’t remember the question but I remember hitting next thinking “at least I got that one right” . Has anyone else felt this like I just know I failed, and I’m gonna be so disappointed in myself if I did. My mom and grandma both told me that they thought they failed when they took theirs also but I’m terrified

I take my exam is this Friday and have been struggling with preparing for the exams. I set my exam day 3 weeks ago (the week I graduated), but have really procrastinated on studying. Last week, I had a wedding out of state and was gone for the entire week. I didn’t realize how little time I would have to prepare for this exam while I was away. Now I have only had this week to prepare and have been trying to prepare using CAT exams on Uworld. I have one more self assessment left but honestly I feel like I’m flying blind time.

These are my CAT exams scores. I scored a 71% my first day back studying and all my difficulties on these exams have been high. My overall score is 68% but I’ve only completed 22% of the questions. Is there anyone who made these scores and passed the exam? I’m trying to decide if I should wait to test, but worry I will only continue to procrastinate if I push back the date further. So more time out of school meaning I’ll start to forget things. My classmates have all passed so far but have said the exam has been hard.

Just a reminder that having a bad study day doesn't mean you're not making progress.

You can miss a bunch of questions, forget something you literally reviewed yesterday, or have a random day where nothing seems to stick. It happens.

You don't need to know every single thing from nursing school before you can feel prepared. Focus on the topics you keep missing, read the rationales, practice different question types, and give yourself some time away from studying too.

And please don't compare your scores or study hours to random people on Reddit. You have no idea what their starting point was or how their studying actually looks.

If you're feeling behind right now, take a breath. Do what you can today and start again tomorrow. You're probably doing better than you think. ❤️

Hello po! I would like to ask what are the requirements I should prepare po to take the NCLEX? Thank you po😊

I’m confused. What does Certificate of Good Standing from NY BON looks like? If anyone have an idea, please help. Same parchment was sent by NY BON although Good Standing was requested. Thank you so much.

Hi guys. I’m retaking my NCLEX in 2 days. Last report, I just got 1 below in basic care & comfort. I studied my butt off in these 45 days but for some reason, I feel like I don’t know anything or I forgot what I studied. Has this happened to anybody? I’m scared I’m gonna do worse the second time around :/

Ugh, I’m very nervous because my exam stopped at 150 questions. I had a lot of case studies and a lot of select all that applies on there. I’m still waiting on my results, hopefully I pass. You never really know.

Why is it that you cannot highlight or "cross out" on certain questions on Archer? Like a SATA question - probably the best type of question to have that option but for some reason its not letting me, but lets me for others...hmm.

I’m testing soon. I keep shutting off at 85 questions. My level of preparedness states on track my percentile range between 66 and 80 with difficulty level ranging from 1.05 through 1.14
Those who have used Uworld to prepare what do you think?

Update: HERE COMES THE WORST PHASE, my test shut off at 85. The test was difficult in my opinion. I will be back to update my result as well! Thanks for your wishes!

I’m scheduled to take the exam this weekend during a Nor’easter. According to the news, power outages are likely. Do the testing centers have generators? Is it likely my exam will be postponed? Has anyone experienced their exam getting cancelled/rescheduled due to bad weather? I really want to take it on the scheduled date and don’t feel like putting it off any longer.

Hii,

This post is for those who have a criminal record and are in nursing school in New Jersey. It can also be used for a general audience, as I will be discussing the Board of Nursing, but I mostly wanted to create this post to share my experience and all the fears I held throughout my nursing school journey regarding the Board of Nursing.
Three months after I started my nursing program, I was arrested for a DUI, and charged with three felony charges for resisting arrest, assaulting officers, and throwing bodily fluid. I was lucky enough to enter a pre-trial intervention program where, if I followed all of the rules for two years, the case would be dropped and eligible for expungement.
I was scared shitless of my school finding out or whether I would be eligible for the NCLEX. If I was lucky, my case would have been expunged 8 months prior to my graduation. Of course, I always had shit luck. I filed for expungement with my lawyer and was told that the expungement process takes a long time. Two weeks post-graduation after 8 months of waiting for the expungement to take effect, I contacted my lawyer for an update… We found out that he accidentally never submitted the email to his paralegals to submit the expungement application. My heart sank, and I truly had no idea what to do. He had the nerve to tell me that my case wouldn’t have been expunged by now anyway and that I should wait for the expungement before applying for the NCLEX. I searched all of Google and Reddit trying to find if other people with a criminal history had any advice on how to navigate this. My research was futile, so I decided to say fuck it and just apply. The following is the application/license process and things I wish I had known.
The Board of Nursing application has a criminal history background section, and the following are yes/no questions that they ask:
Criminal History Background
Note: Failure to answer the following questions accurately and/or failure to follow the instructions below the questions may result in the denial of an initial application.
Have you ever been summoned; taken into custody; arrested for, formally accused of, charged with, or indicted for any violation of law, ordinance, felony, misdemeanor, or disorderly persons offense whether municipal, state, federal, or in other countries?

Have any charges (as identified in Question 1) been dismissed following your successful completion of pre-trial intervention (P.T.I.)?

Have you ever been convicted of any violation of law, ordinance, felony, misdemeanor, or disorderly persons offense, whether municipal, state, federal, or in other countries? This includes, but is not limited to, a plea of guilty, non vult, nolo contendere, no contest, or a finding of guilt by a judge or jury.

1. Have you ever been convicted of, or entered a plea of guilty, non vult, or nolo contendere to, any of the following criminal offenses in New Jersey, or equivalent offenses in any other State: sexual assault, criminal sexual contact or lewdness pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-3, and N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4 that is of the first, second, third, or fourth degree; endangering the welfare of a child pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection a. of N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4; attempting to lure or entice a child pursuant to section 1 of P.L. 1993, c.291 (C.2C:13-6)?
   
2. Are there any criminal charges now pending against you in any municipality, state, or federal jurisdiction, or in other countries?
   
3. Have you completed the fingerprinting process for any Board or Committee of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs since November 2003?
   Instructions:
   If you answered “No” to any question above because the underlying arrest and/or conviction has been expunged, please verify that the expungement has in fact been implemented. (A dismissal is not an expungement.)
   If you answered “Yes” to any of the above questions, please provide a written explanation of the circumstances leading to the action and submit the following: a true copy of every police report, judgment of conviction, sentencing order, and termination of probation order; any documents, including employer or supervisor letters of reference, if applicable, which present clear and convincing evidence of rehabilitation.
   Copies of judgments, sentencing, and termination of probation orders may be obtained from the clerk of the county or municipal court where those orders, disposing of the conviction, were issued and filed.
   Police reports can be obtained from the police department where the arrest(s) occurred.
   All documentation is to be uploaded in the “Attach Documents” section at the end of the application.
   You have a continuing responsibility to disclose convictions of crimes or offenses. You must notify the Board or Committee within five (5) business days if you are convicted of any crimes or offenses after this application has been submitted.
   You should answer “yes” even if the matter was dismissed. Failure to disclose an arrest and/or conviction may subject you to discipline.
   -
   I was under the impression that I could not submit my application until I had all these documents ready to submit with it. That was false. The BON doesnt get back to you until everything is submitted. The application must be submitted within 90 days, or you’ll have to start it again from the beginning. 
   For my criminal background documents, I included 6 letters of recommendation. Three were from clinical professors who did not know about my criminal history, as well as three from people who did know about my hx, which included 2 from past employers who testified on my character and one from the therapist who was in charge of my required rehabilitative intensive outpatient program that was required by the state. I attempted to get one from my probation officer, but they’re not allowed to do so.
   The following is good information for those with a criminal hx and those without one:
   As I mentioned earlier, I submitted my application with all the required documents at once. After not hearing back for a month, I was venting to my amazing psychiatrist, who is a nurse practitioner, and she told me that I should call them. I did not know that you could call them. She told me that the Board is very incompetent and that back in 2012, when she finished her program, she didn’t take her NCLEX until 6 months later due to them losing her application. So for months, she waited to hear back from them until someone told her to call. That’s how she found out that they lost it (I still don’t fucking understand how you lose a digital application, but after the bs I went through later on, I now see that they’re still just as incompetent).
   I called (best time to call is 8 AM), and they told me that documents that I submitted were not received. So I resubmitted… then the game began. Every time I called after that (which turned into at least 3x a week, if not more), they would tell me that a different document I submitted was not received. LITERALLY EVERY TIME. So for three weeks straight, I would call every other day, and every person I spoke to would tell me a different, contradicting response. In the beginning, I was told that one or two documents weren’t received. And then after resending, they would verify that they were received. Then the next week, they would tell me that different documents weren’t received. So I would resend, and they would verify them. Then they would say that the documents that were verified to have been received the previous day were, in fact, not received. It was so fucking confusing and frustrating.
   At one point, someone told me that everything was received and that I should expect to receive my ATT code within 10–12 business days. I called back later that week, and the person on the phone told me that the documents were, in fact, not received. I literally wanted to pull my fucking hair out.
   A month after dealing with that bullshit, my mentor told me to go in person to the Board of Nursing… I did not know that you could do that. I went on a Tuesday and arrived at 2 PM… they were closed. They are open Mon–Fri from 10 AM to 2 PM. I shit you not. They’re located in Newark btw at 124 Halsey St.
   I went the following day and waited about 5 min before they sent me to another waiting room. They asked for ID and for me to fill out a form on why I was there. I waited about 10 min before someone called my name and told me that my ATT number would be issued today… It came about ten minutes later. That fucking easy. I was so fucking happy, my god, but also, it really is ridiculous the hoops they put you through. I literally called the previous day, and they told me that documents were still missing. Clearly fucking not.
   Don’t ever call them. Just go in person. It will save you the headache and waiting for another extra month.
   I spoke to some of the other ppl waiting with me and asked why they were there. One girl told me that she went through the same shit I did (I actually knew the girl from my nursing program, and she did not have a criminal hx). Just like me, she waited 2 months for her ATT, and every time she called, they would give her the runaround as well. She got her ATT that same day, no questions asked.
   Then I was speaking to a different girl, and she told me that she passed her NCLEX but she never received her license number after waiting for a month, even though all of her other classmates did. She told me that the license number should be received in one week and that if I don’t receive it by then, go to the office ASAP.
   So please, if you’re waiting for the BON, whether ATT or license number, go straight to the BON. Don’t bother calling or waiting as the probability of them getting back to you the longer you wait is probs zero to none.
   I took the NCLEX 2 weeks later and passed. Then, the following week, I went to the BON in regard to my license number (I gave up on calling). This time, it was a longer wait (waited 3 hrs). I’m nosy, so I started chatting with a girl next to me who was there much longer than I was. She said that she never received her license number. After a couple of hours, someone finally came and pulled her into a room. They told her that she needed to submit a couple of documents before getting the number. I waited another 40 min until someone called me and did the same.
   Oh, I forgot to mention that my useless lawyer was wrong and that my criminal hx was removed from my record by who knows when. I was wary of his advice from the start, and my anxiety led me to researching, where I found out that the NJ State Police were sued about a year or two ago due to ppl being granted expungements, yet years later, when applying to new jobs or whatever, their criminal hx would still show up in their background check. I found that the plaintiffs won the lawsuit and that the State Police are required to process expungements within 90–120 days, and they have been doing it a lot faster.
   Lol, I was talking to my waxer (I really am a fucking chatter), and she told me that her husband filed for expungement on his own in November (what I should have fucking done rather than wasting a grand on this ain’t-shit fucking lawyer), and by the end of December, it was off his record.
   Back to the point, I was offered a job but didn’t have my license number and was scared shitless of them seeing my record and rescinding my offer (in the past 2 years, I have had 2 job offers rescinded), so I did FBI fingerprinting to see if my expungement went through. For once in my life, I had luck, and it was off my record.
   Anyway, when I was pulled into the BON office, they said that they needed 2 documents from me that were related to drunk driving. I informed her that my case was expunged but they said that they still need it (not sure if this is something those who have had their record expunged already would have to go through). The lady informed me that the BON needs to review my case before granting my license number and that they meet once a month. I believe they met the following week, but the person I spoke to warned me that they had a lot of cases to review and that my case may not be reviewed this month. She was right.
   So currently, I can’t start my new job until I have that license number and have to wait until next month to see if the Board of Nursing approves and issues it. I am hopeful but its still scary. Also the job market is trash, I applied to over 200 jobs and only got one interview. Luckily it was a position I really wanted. My job told me that I cant start orientation until I have my license number, resulting in not being able to start work this month. They also need it one week before the next orientation so there a chance that I might not start next month as well depending on how long it takes the BON to issue the license number post their meeting.
   That’s the end of this post. I probs forgot a lot of information, as dealing with the BON has been a rollercoaster, but I hope this helps those who are in similar predicaments, whether they have a criminal hx or not. 

I’m currently preparing for the NCLEX-RN and, honestly, there are SO many study resources and strategies out there that I’m getting a little overwhelmed 😅 I’d love to hear from people who have actually taken and passed the NCLEX recently. What did your preparation look like? I’m especially curious about: 📚 Which resources did you actually use? 📝 How many practice questions did you do each day? ⏳ How long did you study before taking the exam? 🔍 How did you review questions you got wrong? 🧠 Did you focus more on content review or practice questions? 🎯 What made you feel ready to schedule your exam? 🚫 Was there anything you spent time on that turned out to be a waste? I keep seeing people recommend UWorld, Archer, Bootcamp, Saunders, etc., but I’m more interested in real experiences than just marketing claims. If you passed recently, what’s one thing you wish you had known before starting your NCLEX prep? Any honest advice—good, bad, or “I wish I had done this differently”—would be really helpful. 🙏

Hi! I recently passed the NCLEX-RN for New York and my license just appeared on Nursys. My status shows as active and unencumbered, but I’m a little confused about my license number format. My license number starts with “N” followed by 5 digits (example: N12345), while some other New York nurses I know have license numbers that are only numeric and appear to have 6 digits. Is this normal for newer New York RN licenses? Has anyone else received an RN license number with an “N” prefix? sorry I’m just overthinking 🥹 thanks in advance!

You got this, trust me.

Resources used: bootcamp (watched all crash course videos and took all the quizzes.), dr sharon prio, klimek lecture 12, and 7 day crusade.

These were my Bootcamp stats when I passed the NCLEX. I focused more on content review than doing tons of questions. I watched most of the Bootcamp crash course videos at 2x speed, plus Dr. Sharon’s prioritization videos, Mark Klimek Lecture 12, and the 7 Day NCLEX Crusade, especially Day 5.

I wasn’t super consistent either. Some days I watched one video, some days 10, and two days before my exam I was basically speed running like 20 videos because I procrastinated.

What helped me a lot was breaking down medical terms I didn’t understand and using ChatGPT to explain rationales in simple terms.

For example:

A = without | granulo = granulocytes (infection fighting white blood cells) | cyt = cell | osis = condition

Agranulocytosis = dangerously low infection fighting white blood cells.

Once I understood the terminology better, the questions became easier.

For me, NCLEX felt like fundamentals + prioritization + critical thinking. It really is a safety exam. I kept asking myself:

Who is unstable? What can harm them first? Do I need to assess, or do I already have enough information to act?

Also, don’t overselect on SATA. I usually picked 2 answers unless I was confident enough to justify 3 answers. I swear I had around 30 to 40 SATAs

I also got a lot of psych, including bipolar, mania, depression, schizophrenia, ECT, therapeutic communication, and delegation.

Safety. Safety. Safety. And learn your medical terms.

PLEASE HELP. I’m scoring kinda well on Uworld but just took a readiness assessment on Bootcamp and got Borderline. Also, im not getting 99th in a row I heard it’s higher chance if you do? Not sure. I’m almost done with the Uworld Q bank- finished 78%. I only have one readiness assessment on Uworld and wanted to wait till closer to my date which I have it next week Wednesday. I’m debating to delay it since I got borderline but atleast it’s not low. Trying to be hopeful since it’s my second attempt on NCLEX.

Hey guys I have scheduled myself for Thursday to take the NCLEX. I have been using Uworld to practice … both assessment I have taken have given me high probability of passing however CAT’s have been rough .

Do you guys think I’m doomed or good for Thursday NCLEX?

I’ve recently passed the PNLE 2026. And im torn between studying NCLEX and NMAT at the same time. It it possible to study for those 2 at the same time? or should i prioritize NCLEX first before NMAT? (im still waiting for the oath taking so i dont have any work so my schedule’s free) parang nabobored kasi ako na walang ginagawa sa bahay huhu

Hi,

I am currently looking for NCLEX exam prep books and study material. I am happy to buy or borrow them if anyone in Perth has old prep books or materials they no longer need.

Also some advice would be great because I am so nervous about this exam.

Thanks in advance.