Re: Failed NCLEX - study/answer tips? Originally Posted by smn2009 
Helper/Gwenny...
I just sent both of you a PM message with the web addresses.
Good luck with your studying!! 
Thank you SOOOOOOOO Much for all of your help. I am taking my PN boards this Monday & I did get your message.
I tried to write back to you that way but it said I couldn't ??
Not sure if that's because I have a "free" account or if I did something wrong??
I will look over what you sent me & decide from there what sites can be helpful or not.
I do have a ton of books from Nursing school that I did buy when I had the extra cash.. Some of them are ones that have lab values in them & I noticed that some differ from the exam cram & I was told that each book may be off a bit on the lab values but on the board if a lab value is off you will know it because they will be off enough to acknowledge so if you "know" your labs & I do.
The director of our program gave us a lot of handout that we later found out was right out of the Kapl. book..
I was told to read over the "Maslow is a verb" one and that it help tremendously to decide which answer to choose even if your not sure of the disease.
I hope this is true....
I know we were taught to go with the A,B,C'S & then Maslow & always whichever is of the highest priority..
I have been doing all of that & when I do the NCSB tests I am scoring an 85 each time so I think that is good??
When I do the simulated exam cram I do great.. I even save the pic using my "paint" program as proof so if something doesn't go right on Monday I can show my teachers at school & they all feel that I will do just fine since I did really great in nursing school.
I was told my downfall might just be the "test" anxiety so the director is worried about that since the only 2 people that have not passed the boards have the same problem.
But, when we did our pre boards the week of graduation I scored an over passing grade & was in the top 3 of the class for that test. My concerns is that we did that in June & it's now Sept. I had plans on taking my boards much sooner (in July) but I had financial set backs & took a job as an LPN supervisor right out of school & I think that was my biggest downfall.
I work so much that I didn't have the energy in the summer to study every night like I thought I would. But, I did study!
So, if I can just stay calm & focus I think I'll be ok.
I am having dinner tonight with a dear friend that is an RN & a former co worker that is going to ask me some ?'s after dinner to try to help me out & calm me down & she is very religious like me so I think that will help a lot too...
It helps to have a place to come to & vent & everyone here is so nice & positive too..
I really want to say THANK YOU & let you know that I do appreciate that you took the time to send me all of that stuff..
It means the word to me
Thanks again
Bernadette
But you are human like the rest of us!! 
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