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Originally Posted by Char.LPN

It must be something you're not understanding when you're taking the NCLEX. Did they ask you questions about diseases you knew? did you know what system they arise from and what system they affect? meds? infection control is a HUGE priority when testing for the PN. if you private message me your email address, i would be happy to send you some things that i have. You just need to reconfigure HOW you're studying, i guess. for some reason what you're doing isn't working. If you can afford $129 you should absolutely sign up for KAPLAN QBANK-PN online. thats pretty much all that i used to study and it is the best prep out there for nclex.

I did Kaplan too. I find it so difficult to understand. I do all there practice test. and all i get is 30% to 40%. So that's the reason i stop it. Well if it worked for you. I might be wrong then of not doing it. I have to wait for another 45 days to resit the exam and another month or two to study well for it. I dont know if i have energy to do it again. I am really getting disappointed and depressed about myself. I really don't where or what am i doing wrong why I can't pass this damn test when they say they only test your minimum competency...It seems like i am taking a Medical Board ... I have a plan to go home for the holiday in the Philippines and maybe find someone there who can sit with me and tell me what i'm doing wrong..I'm sad because this is the only thing i need to have and to do now to better my life and God didn't give it to me with all those prayers at night or whatever..Thank you for all your support. Maybe and hoping when i come back fro my little vacation . i'm ready or find a heart to do it again and study. But now its just paralyzed me and i feel so numb about it... I wanted so much to be a nurse someday but this exam is the only thing that stopping me to do it..and I HATE IT..I'm sorry.

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The BON must love it so much to make this exam so hard to pass. They don't realized they shuttered someones dream when they put their life on it and study hard and then they can't pass it because all the nonsense format they put on it. I don't understand why they make the NCLEX-PN so hard when the people who's taking it are not REGISTERED NURSES. PRactical Nurses meaning we need practical questions...NOT HARD QUESTIONS...WHATEVER!

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Originally Posted by LuckyGirl09

WAIT A MINUTE WAIT A MINUTE!!!! I failed 3 times and just passed on the 4th try last week. I fully understand all the crazy emotions that you are going through but you must stay strong. One thing that I have noticed is that studying is overwhelming and is not that you dont know the info but how to apply it. Practice test strategies and questions here and there but give yourself a mental break. You are not stupid by far you made it through nursing school and family and friends dont understand it because they know nothing about the nclex. DONT LET ANYONE DISCOURAGE YOU OR STEER YOU FROM YOUR DREAMS!!! if you need to talk let me know b/c I just crossed this terrible hurdle and when you get there it will feel amazing. Keep your head up and stay strong and pray about it. things will work out!!!

Thank you LuckyGirl09. You are making me CRY! Its so painful ..I can't sleep at night. I just don't understand until now why i FAILED...It makes you question yourself. I did two years of school in the Philippines and sacrificed a lot and then here...FAILURE...Oh well..I guess it meant to be.

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Originally Posted by 2brichielpn08

The BON must love it so much to make this exam so hard to pass. They don't realized they shuttered someones dream when they put their life on it and study hard and then they can't pass it because all the nonsense format they put on it. I don't understand why they make the NCLEX-PN so hard when the people who's taking it are not REGISTERED NURSES. PRactical Nurses meaning we need practical questions...NOT HARD QUESTIONS...WHATEVER!

You have to remember the BON has no input in the exam. It is a national exam and decision is made by the NCSBN

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Please take some time out to relax - in the nicest way possible, you're sounding a little nuts

The CA BRN do *NOT* write or administer the NCLEX. They give you the license if you pass. It is a national exam, the same if you're in FL or CA or NY.

To be honest, I'd rather it was harder to pass - you have lives in your hand once you get a license!

I totally understand your frustration, but a few things to consider. Foreign-trained nurses (I am one too) as a rule, are not taught in the NCLEX style throughout their course. It's a whole new strategy to understand what is being asked and how to answer it. I was a critical care RN in another country for over 10 years and still had to learn how to take NCLEX. If you're having that much trouble with Kaplan Q Bank, stopping it and taking the test anyhow is not a good move. You need to work on it until your scores are better and show that you have a better chance of passing the NCLEX exam.

I *strongly* agree with Sue's suggestion that you go to at least one review class on how to read and answer those type of questions. I went to one, and it was very very useful.

PS: A score on a test does not = intelligence.

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You also said something about medical terminology. Did you not learn med term? if not that could be a huge reason why you're not doing well. When you understand med term, you're able to break down some big crazy word into organs, systems, type of problem (inflammation, pain, etc.). I believe that I still have all my notes from med term on the computer and i could email those to you too - i have the prefix, suffix, etc with definition. if you learn these i think it'd be a major help.

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Originally Posted by 2brichielpn08

The BON must love it so much to make this exam so hard to pass. They don't realized they shuttered someones dream when they put their life on it and study hard and then they can't pass it because all the nonsense format they put on it. I don't understand why they make the NCLEX-PN so hard when the people who's taking it are not REGISTERED NURSES. PRactical Nurses meaning we need practical questions...NOT HARD QUESTIONS...WHATEVER!

honey, u are not the only one, take ok, and relax...u will get it.

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Don't give up on yourself. Quit blaming yourself for failing. All i have to say............keep trying until you achieve the three letter words after your name. . My advice goes thus..........stay away from this forum because it leads to distraction. Wish you the best! PM if you need some help on how to answer NCLEX question.

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Brichiel

Am also foreign trained. I was very lucky that I passed with 265 questions. I did the NCLEX-RN.
Let me just say that exam was damn hard, it was luck that made me pass the first time. I was so sure I had failed. I used the Saunders book. I only saw like 10% of that material at the exam. I was very discouraged.
My friend who is US trained had warned me that the Saunders question are way too easy than Kaplan and adviced me to get the Kaplan textbook. I didn't take him seriously, and that almost cost me a PASS. I prefered Saunders coz it was very easy to understand. But if I had to do the exam the second time, I for sure would not use Saunders. The nclex questions are way too hard and it would serve as an advantage to have been exposed to hard questions instead of facing very hard questions for the first time in the exam room. The exam was so so hard that if I was to give advice to someone who hasn't done it before and is foreign trained, not only would I advice them to use Kaplan textbook, I would also advice them to take a class. This will double your chance of passing and save you time and money.

I left the exam room feeling like a failure. I've registered in this site just to respond to you and give you hope. If you are getting 40% with Kaplan....then that means you are not up to par yet. I was scoring as much as 100% with Saunders. I guess it would have been a different case if it was Kaplan. Try Kaplan and see how you go. Am very sorry that this nursing journey hasn't been easy. But don't give up.

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Don't give up. You worked too hard for this. I have taken my NCLEX 4 times for my RN. I just keep my head up and keep trying. Don't worry what other people think right now. I went up in my scores every time and this last time did 265. There are people who make A's in school but have poor nursing skills and fail the NCLEX. I have to take a refresher course in my state. The BON only allows you to faill three times in one year. I have taken KAPLAN for theory and now have to do clinical hours. Then I can apply again. This really sucks!! Try to take your NCLEX again right away. Take Care........