Failing the NCLEX a second time

Nursing Students NCLEX

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Hello Guys,

I just received my results and I failed a second time. The first time I knew I failed because all of my questions were geared to the infection control topic. I remember it was the worst feeling ever walking out of the testing center and calling your friends that had already passed. I did the pearson trick and obviously got the bad pop up. I gave up on my studies and was so sad and angry at myself. My friend kicked some sense in me. I studied a second time. This second time I used the Kaplan book along with the saunders book. I felt more confident and thus signed up to take the exam a second time. This second time around my quesions were all priority questions, however I felt more confident. I did not do the pearson trick because I have really bad anxiety. I woke up today, checked and guess what? I failed again. Now Im devastated. I bought the hurst review book, also received a studying plan from my friend. Failing a first time was bad, failing a second time feels worst. Any suggestions?

I don't understand, I thought if you get priority questions and SATAs then that means you are at the level of passing. But people who are getting these questions also fail? Can someone please explain?

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I don't understand I thought if you get priority questions and SATAs then that means you are at the level of passing. But people who are getting these questions also fail? Can someone please explain?[/quote']

Well it depends how many questions u get...if u stop at 75 and get a lot of SATA questions and priority usually means u pass...I stopped at 225 and had over 30 SATA and tons of priority and I passed..u can't really tell..a friend of mine stopped at 105 questions and only had 7 SATA questions..it's computerized so it's different for every1.

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Yah I spoke with someone who passed his NCLEX and said that he didn't get too many SATAs. I guess it's random. The best anyone can do is study as much as they can and then leave it all up to god on test day!

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Yessss that's the best we can do!!! It's all in Gods hands...PRAY HARD!!

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Well it depends how many questions u get...if u stop at 75 and get a lot of SATA questions and priority usually means u pass...I stopped at 225 and had over 30 SATA and tons of priority and I passed..u can't really tell..a friend of mine stopped at 105 questions and only had 7 SATA questions..it's computerized so it's different for every1.

True...it all differs for everyone

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This time around I took 265 questions. Majority of them were priority questions and I bought the PDA book just to make sure my priority "skills" are up to part! . I read in the Hurst book that if you fail and you take 265 questions it means that you barely fail. I dont know the truth to it

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I failed today for the second time! :(

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dont give up...

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I failed today for the second time! :(

What did you use to study?

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Good LUCK!!!!!!!!

Thank you

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I know how you all feel but just keep pushing. After failing the second time, I thought nursing wasn't for me and felt so stupid. I took excell review through a recommendation from a friend. Best review I invested and passed on the third try with 75 questions. Excell filled in the holes of my nursing knowledge that I missed while in nursing school. I strongly feel that you need to have strong content to take this exam. Before, on my previous takes I kept worrying that I should do thousands of questions. My third try I studied from Excell and only did 1,000 questions from NCSBN. You just need to find what works for you. Oh and I also used kaplan and hurst my previous takes :/, but it didn't work for me. Message me if you still have questions!

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I know how you all feel but just keep pushing. After failing the second time I thought nursing wasn't for me and felt so stupid. I took excell review through a recommendation from a friend. Best review I invested and passed on the third try with 75 questions. Excell filled in the holes of my nursing knowledge that I missed while in nursing school. I strongly feel that you need to have strong content to take this exam. Before, on my previous takes I kept worrying that I should do thousands of questions. My third try I studied from Excell and only did 1,000 questions from NCSBN. You just need to find what works for you. Oh and I also used kaplan and hurst my previous takes :/, but it didn't work for me. Message me if you still have questions![/quote']

How much was it and where did utake it?

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