Finally Passed on 5th try!UWORLD IS BOMB!!!!!

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Hi Everyone! I am posting because I finally passed NCLEX after trying 4 times and failing. I can honestly say that the first 4 times I thought I was prepared,and I was not even close lol. I was a AB student throughout my entire program, and the pass rate for my school was 98%. So imagine my surprise when I failed the first,second,third,and fourth try. The first 2 times I got cut off at 75 and used Kaplan only. NCLEX was nothing like nursing school,and Kaplan was hard for me to grasp unfortunately. The third time I tried Hurst and a bit of Remar review. Still no good lol. The fourth try I buckled down and got serious with studying. The first 3 attempts I studied but not the way I should've,and it showed. The fourth try I used Remar quickfacts and UWORLD! OMG.....this is when the game started changing for me. This time I went to 265 after being cut off at 110 on the third try. I did not do all 1800 plus questions,I had about 200 left. However, I still went the entire way,and actually felt like I was grasping the critical thinking process. I didn't pass,but I knew I was getting close!The final try I studied a month straight doing nothing but uworld. My friend sent me notes from the excel review which were awesome as well. I did the entire qbank,and finished at 58%. Test day I woke up,ate breakfast,and prayed. It was now or never at this point. What I did differently this time: I read each question 3 times(something I never did before). This allowed me to catch myself if I missed one word that changed the entire question.(This happened ALOT!).I know people say don't change answers. The first 4 times I didn't,this time I did ALOT lol. Again reading the question more than once will help you from making simple mistakes.So please read the question more than once guys. I also had my content down 100%. I went to 97 and the screen went blue! I couldn't believe it,but I knew in my heart I passed. This test was so different from the others. It literally looked 100% identical to UWORLD. I even recall seeing exact questions from UWORLD. Another thing, NCLEX hit me with EVERYTHING I missed in my other test. No lie guys. EVERYTHING! I had 16 sata,3 EKG, 2 drag and drop, and 4 pictures of positions. My next to last question was a pic, and my last question was a very simple one liner. Also the rest of the text was on patient teaching, infection control, and a new question style(delegation teaching to other RNs).People say you don't have to know content,and that isn't true. Last but not least I believed in my heart that because I did EVERYTHING I knew how to do(meaning study my butt off every free chance I got),I would pass. You can do it guys(don't give up)!

NurseTracey561

90 Posts

Yayyyyyyy congrats girl !! I test tomorrow !! Used uworld as well and PDA,hurst and Saunders :coollook:B please pray for me lol

Yogsdaleo,RN

94 Posts

Good job!! Congrats!! Do you think Uworld did a pretty good job with covering content that you saw?

NurseBaddieRN

133 Posts

Thank you,yes it did! Repetition is key! The more you do the questions,the more it sticks. You can do it!

tameen

131 Posts

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:yes:

NurseBaddieRN

133 Posts

Thanks so much!

NurseBaddieRN

133 Posts

Thanks so much hun! You got this. Prayers going up!

NurseBaddieRN

133 Posts

Remember to read each question twice!

Yogsdaleo,RN

94 Posts

Thank you,yes it did! Repetition is key! The more you do the questions,the more it sticks. You can do it!

Yes I am seeing that. I already completed the Qbank and have been just doing the wrong questions, and repeating the right ones. Hopefully it's enough because using other resources was just too much. I can only concentrate on one resource at a time.

Flnolegirl

733 Posts

Congrats I test on Thurs... And I pray to God that the 3rd time will be a charm... I also live here in Jacksonville and applied to the RN grad program @ Baptist... Again congrats RN on a job well done.

Flnolegirl

733 Posts

@yokharis I am doing the same thing & got frustrated as I felt like I had memorized the answers.. so I took a break and will do another test tonight.

Flnolegirl

733 Posts

@NurseTracey561 you got this I know you will pass.

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