test questions

now that the holidays are over, (i spent christmas in the salt lake airport :( ) and my wounds are about healed, i am ready to try again! my only problem is that i have no idea how to go about it. i guess taking millions and millions of practice questions? so i guess my main point of this blog is to ask where did people get sample questions? which is the best brand? how many should i do? etc.....any help would and always is appreciated!!!! i did read the kaplan book, which is how i think i psyched myself out to begin with! so that did not work for me. :(
hope everybody had a great holiday!!!

hey everyone just wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year!!! I am still working at Timp in post partum and looking to go to the NICU hopefully soon. I took my boards and PASSED with the full 265 questions. It feels great to have all of this behind me. I hope everyone is doing well and wish you success on the nclex.
Nancy

Jen T. actually passed!!!

Yeah!!!! just thought I'd let you know that even someone who had all freak'n 265 quesitons and took 5 hours passed that stupid test. YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

GRADES ??????

Have we received grades yet for 4th semester? I can't remember if maybe I got them and now their outta site outta mind. Anyway...hope your all doing well Happy Christmas and party hard for New years!!!!!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Since I obviously don't have everyone's address (or the desire to pay that much postage), I decided to post a "Christmas greeting card" on the blog instead. Hope everyone's healthy and happy and enjoying being out of school! Happy Holidays!

Melissa Merrell and fam

HELLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOO!!!!

I'm trying to get a hold of Shawn!!!!!!! Jen Martinez needs a new invite to the blog site, she can't get on.!!! P.S. she took the NCLX and passed whooooohooooo!!!!! I take mine tuesday. We'll see!!! blah.. if Shawn doesn't get this soon will someone who has his email, email him for me and tell him to email me so I can get him jen's email? Thanks so much

jen T.

Merry Christmas To All

So I got into BYU-Idaho's BSN program and will be starting this January as well. Pretty amazing how things work themselves out. Originally they had denied me and then on Monday I got an eceptance letter from them saying that they opened more sections to there online BSN program and that I could start this Jan. if I wanted.( it is good to know that Ameritech is not the the only crazy nursing school out there). I'm glad to here that so many of you have decided to come and work c me at TRH. It is a great place to work. Some news about Amertiech if you have not all ready heard. Libby has since moved on and has went back to Virgina. I hope that place does not fall apart and hopefully Libby whip cracking took its toll and they are doing what they are ought to. It was fun I had to go and get some documents from Ameritech and see all the SMURFS that are still there studying and to realize that I am an RN and graduated, I had to pinch myself. FYI for all those that are going to BYU-I, I signed up for a STATS class through New century learning, what is formerly know as the easiest math ever. It only takes 8 weeks to finish and they have a money back policy if you don't pass. It is an actual class that they hold and it is through BYU independent study. It starts Jan 8. If you want to call me about it fell free (227-4458). The only down fall is that it i about $1,000, but if you suck at math like me it might be worth it. The class sizes are small they only admit 8 students at a time. Classes are T, THUR from 3-5pm. Merry Christmas to everybody and I hope you all have a great holiday season

congrats to all who have passed. i am so very proud of you!!! i would like to start the re-takers club. i do get to re-take my test at the end of january. who knew i needed to be an expert at Schizophrenia to pass the NCLEX? :) but thank you mary for the time advice. i did take longer on this test than the last one cause i second guessed all of my answers. if anyone has any great words of wisdom they are greatly appreciated!!!

Have you passed?

I hope all is going well for everyone. I can't believe that it has already been about 2 months since we graduated!!!
Anyways, I wanted to see where everyone is at? Have you taken your NCLEX? Do you have a job? Where at? Is it going well? Is there any other news you have? How is life treating you, etc.? (That type of thing.) I just wanted to see how everyone is doing.
As for me I just got a job at the Timpanogos Med-Surg department, and I just got accepted into BYU-Idaho's Bachelor's program for January 2008! I am really excited, and things are going well. That is about it for me, so how are you all doing?
(Also, if you know anyone else who isn't posting to this blog that should please let me know. Just give me their e-mail address, and I can send them an invitation to post to the blog.)
Thanks everyone, and good luck in all that you are doing! Go Ameritech students of October 2007!

New info on the NCLEX

I was talking to a girl at work that is a Nursing student. She said one of her instructors just became one of the NCLEX exam writers. This instructor told the students something interesting that she had found out about the NCLEX. Because the test is computer adapted to each test taker that there are a lot of factors that determine how difficult or easy your next question might be. She said one of those factors is the amount of time you take to answer the question. The longer you take to answer the question, the computer figures you don't know the answer and are just guessing, even if you eventually answer correctly. I guess the take home message is. . .don't spend too much time reading and re-reading the questions, just use your test strategy to choose the most correct answer and move on. Just thought you all might want to know that. By the way, I passed my NCLEX a couple of weeks ago! It was the best Christmas present I could have received! Good luck everyone, I'm wishing the best for all of you.

LUCKY ME!!!!

WELL I WAS NOT AS FORTUNATE AS MOST OF YOU WERE. I HAD ALL 265 Q'S ON MY TEST AND SOME HOW AND SOME WAY I CAME OUT ON TOP AND PASSED. IT WAS A CHALLANGE TO SAY THE LEAST, 5HRS AND 265 Q'S LATER I WAS DEPRESSED,I THOUGHT THERE WAS NO WAY I PASSED THE TEST. SO IF ANY OF YOU HAVE TO ANSWER ALL 265'S THERE IS STILL HOPE AND IF YOU ARE STILL GETTING Q'S YOUR ARE STILL IN THE GAME AND STICK TO IT AND YOU WILL PASS. IM GLAD THAT SO MANY OF YOU HAVE PASSED AND I CONGRATULATE ALL OF YOU THUS FAR AND TO THOSE OF YOU STILL STUDYING WORK HARD AND GOOD LUCK YOU WILL PASS, TAKE ME AS AN EXAMPLE, IF I CAN PASS EVERYONE CAN PASS.

..Oh, I'm Thankful..

Well everyone..I am extremely thankful today for I too, passed the NCLEX. I had 75 questions and about 7 "select all that apply." I thought it was not too bad because I must have been preparing for a lot worse. I'm happy to see that many of you have also passed. Good luck to those who still are scheduled to take it. My advice, just do TONS of practice questions. What a wonderful Thanksgiving gift for me. Thanks for all the support everyone!

Nclex

Hey guys, I took my nclex on Tuesday. I had seventy five questions and luckily I passed. Yeah! no more studying. Good luck everyone.

RN's Needed in St. George!!!

Hey just thought I'd share that if anyone is thinking of moving, or knows someone who lives or maybe moving to St. George, that my company needs people to staff a new dialysis center down there. I think nurses and techs. Just thought I'd pass the info along in case anyone was getting out of SLC or wanted to.

Miracle of miracles.

Good news, my fellow graduates...miracles do happen. I passed the NCLEX! I was completely devastated and felt that I had failed for sure so don't worry too much if you feel the same way. It will be a relief to be able to sleep tonight. Best of luck!

..practice scores??..

Hello again. It's Ashley Owens. I just wanted to get a feel for how everyone is doing on practice tests. I've been using Sauders Q and A, the book Ameritech gave us, and Kaplan. I'm getting 75-80% on Saunders comprehensive tests. 70%-ish on Kaplan, and on the Delmar book that Ameritech gave us I'm getting about an average of 75-80%. What are your thoughts on this?? Good enough to take it??

FYI

FYI if you have a yahoo email and didn't receive an Auth to Test, check your bulk or spam box, or call Pearson Vue. They told me that some yahoo addresses were not allowing their emails to come through. Also Ogden has a little more availability than Draper, if you don't mind the drive. I scheduled for Nov 15th. Good Luck!

SAY IT AINT SO

HELLO EVERYONE: IT IS TRUE I CAN FINALLY TAKE THE NCLEX NOW. I GOT MY ATT YESTERDAY SO CHECK YOUR EMAIL. I WOULD SIGN UP QUICK, THERE ARE NOT MANY SLOTS LEFT FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER THE EARLIEST I COULD SIGN UP WAS THE 21ST OF NOV. I JUST WANT TO WISH EVERYONE THE BEST OF LUCK ON YOUR TESTS, STUDY HARD AND STAY POSITIVE AND YOU WILL ALL PASS. I HOPE ALL IS WELL AND ONCE AGAIN GOOD LUCK. p.s. Paula, Mary and Heather I can feel your tension and stress so take some deep breaths and think ABC's. just kidding

Study Group

Hello everyone! Heather and I are getting together a study group this Saturday 5-9 at the American Fork Library (64 S. 100 East). We would love to have everyone come that is interested. Since we have all been doing our own personal studying for the NCLEX, this will be a nice change of pace. Hope to see you there. Mary

TRANSCRIPTS AT LAST!!!

Just FYI! I called today 10/30/2007 and asked about our transcripts and they said they took them up this morning to DOPL. We'll see. Good luck everyone!!!!

..This is only the beginning..

Alright everyone...

I just wanted to say thanks to everyone in the best nursing class to ever go through Ameritech. I will forever remember the memories that every one of you left with me. I'm excited for all of us to start our careers..to go back to school..and to make a difference in the world. I hope everyone stays in touch through this blog and please keep me posted on what you're doing. My blog spot is ashandcam.blogspot.com. Thanks again, everyone. GOOD LUCK.

What's up?

Hey congrats all. We are almost RN's hee, hee. Hey anyone know if Ameritech has sent or taken our stuff up to dopl yet? And is there anyway we can find out our grades in the interim? Hope everyone's partying hard, I know I am lol. Haven't tried the oxygen thing yet but I'm working on it. Love ya guys.

Jen

First pictures on the blog!

Thanks to Shawn and everyone who thought to do this. I am excited to be able to keep up on what people are up to. I know most of us are stressing about getting our NCLEX scheduled (or at least wondering when our transcripts will be in!) but I thought it was nice to take a moment and enjoy graduating. Here are a few pictures from Friday night.

Any Others?

Well, I have sent e-mails to everyone that I have an e-mail address for so that they can post to this blog, but I believe that I am missing some of our other classmates. Those that I am missing are Ben, Brian, Sharon, Emily, Shauna, Ingrid, Valentine, Megan, Candice, Denise, Dawn, Deborah, and Tiffany. There may be a few more, but I think those are the only others that I am missing. If anyone has any information for them so that I can contact them I would appreciate it. Also, if anyone knows of anyone else I may have missed please let me know.
Thanks again everyone, and good luck studying for the NCLEX!

Congratulations!

Congratulations everyone on graduating!
I hope that you will all keep in touch, and I think this blog will be a good way to do it. If any of you are having trouble getting things set up to post to this blog or anything please let me know. Again, congratulations everyone, and I wish the best to you all!