tips on taking NCLEX plsssss help!

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hi everyone,

i took the nclex last year and failed. every since then, ive lost my confidence to retake. i was an honor student all through out the nursing program and look at me now a year later...i still havent passed my boards. i have purchased every book there is..and just recently purchased a dvd set. does anyone have any tips for me? please help me. :o

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

TESTING STRATEGIES

1. Restate/ Reword the question. Be clear on what is being asked

If there is a lengthy client situation or case study, read the stem question before reading the case study.

2. Read ALL distracters before answering. Evaluate each distracter for ability to answer the question asked. It may give correct information but not answer the question.

3. Focus on eliminating responses instead of seeking the “right“answer. In the NCLEX there may be more than one answer that is correct. You are looking for the BEST answer. Focus on eliminating responses and the best answer will surface.

4. Priority Setting – use the frameworks of Maslow Hierarchy, ABC , “unstable before stable” as priority setting guides.

5. Use nursing process sequence – Assessment should occur before intervention. Even in a code you assess breathing and pulse before “911”

6. Safety – do no harm. Err on the side of promoting physical safety for pt .

7. Take care of patient before you take care of equipment.

8. Consider and uphold the 5 Rights of Medication administration standards

9. Don't spend alot to time on questions you don't know, and realize that there will be questions you don't know. Don't panic - try to eliminate responses - then make an educated guess.

10. If part of the answer is incorrect, the whole answer is incorrect.

Although very few, you may find negatives in the question stem. Be alert to these.

11. If you really have to guess - look for responses with

broad focus ("multiple aspects of the child's life are affected" rather than "frequent fights with peers") and average length of answer (not shortest, not longest)

12. Be wary of answers that have absolutes (always, never, only, etc) in them. Be wary of answers that make the client seem inferior, unworthy or ignorant. When asked about numerical values or dates, the one in the middle range is more oftern correct.

http://teach.lanecc.edu/nursing1/trends/NCLEXtips.htm

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
hi everyone,

i took the nclex last year and failed. every since then, ive lost my confidence to retake. i was an honor student all through out the nursing program and look at me now a year later...i still havent passed my boards. i have purchased every book there is..and just recently purchased a dvd set. does anyone have any tips for me? please help me. :o

I guess we're opposites.

I was a 'C' student that passed NCLEX on the first attempt.

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thank you for your tips. im waiting for my ATT to come in and plan on retesting by March. i think one of my problems is i become a nervous wreck once inside the testing center. i only hope i can get over my low self esteem....:o

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
thank you for your tips. im waiting for my ATT to come in and plan on retesting by March. i think one of my problems is i become a nervous wreck once inside the testing center. i only hope i can get over my low self esteem....:o
Click on the link below for a wonderful book on strategies to pass the NCLEX-PN. It's by Kaplan. It definitely helped me pass my boards, and it should help you too. If you don't pass, Kaplan will refund your money.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743273389/qid=1138345461/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-3551325-1708627?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

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Hi.

First let me say -- Failure is not getting back in there to re-take the test.

Secondly -- How bad do you want to be a nurse???

Thirdly -- Do not set your standards too high for yourself. So what if you was a honor student -- don't do that to yourself -- that is setting yourself up to fail. Don't look for perfection. Just do it. [yea I know a cliche']

Fourthly -- Do you believe in God, a higher power -- if so, PRAY -- which that should have been first. Seek God's answers, will. Get everyone you know and do not know to pray for you. I would tell total strangers that I will be taking my NCLEX-PN exam on this date and that I am studing till it is time to be in prayer for me or for my fellow classmates. So honey if you haven't pray before, then start now. Call out to Him, He will hear. Seek His knowledge and understanding -- because He already knows what test questions you will be given, He already knows what that day will be like when you go to take it. So pray, pray, pray and BELIEVE and TRUST!!!

And Lastly -- Do tests questions after test questions, after test questions. Do them to the point you actually get sick of looking at test questions, you are dreaming about test questions, you make everything into test questions.

As we were told at our NCLEX-PN review and then reminded of that through the speech of the person we asked to speak at our Pinning Ceremony "They need to practice 5000 NCLEX questions to ensure they pass on the first attempt."

Ask yourself and be honest to yourself and no I do not want to know the answer -- just how many questions did you practice each day when you took the NCLEX the first time. This question is between you and the good Lord.

If you have retook your test, I pray that you have passed. If you haven't, I will be praying that you will.

God Bless

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dont Worry I Too Failed !!!

Keep Striving

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