Usually this forum has thread of either great joys of passing or great sorrow of failure. I'd like to take a step back before both you and my own future turns into the nightmare that some have feared for years...failing the NCLEX exam. Nurses Announcements Archive Article
It's been a while since I've written anything lengthy. I'm nearing the end nursing school, and on top of family and school, I've added a job to my life because I got to pay for this somehow.
I got about 4 months before I graduate and I want to ensure success. I keep reading post after post that some people just do 2 or 3 weeks of "whatever review plan" after they graduate and BAM! they are surprised that they have failed the NCLEX.
Honestly, I don't think any particular review plan leads to success. There are people who passed with Review X and people who failed with Review X. So what exactly is the difference? It's your own planning and commitment to passing the NCLEX.
As with anything, the more you practice and the more you study, the better you become at it. A lot of this knowledge takes time to accumulate and although I've been in nursing school forever, so it seems, a good plan at the end of the road is the only way to ensure success.
The other thing one has to remember is that it makes no sense making a plan and having no accountability. If you create an awesome timetable but during your study time you are up watching Scandal...well that scandal is not going to help you much is it?
Too many times browsing these NCLEX forums, I read of people begging for help, yelling they have done everything in the world and they still could not pass. Have you really done everything?
Can you list your plan of accountability? Let's look at your plan as opposed to what you actually did.
THE well-intended PLAN
THE anything goes Plan
Please pardon my sense of humor because this is not true for some. Some people really do study and put their all into it and stick to the well-intended plan. They do the hard time and still fail and those are the ones I admire because they dust themselves off and go right at it again. If that's you then this thread is not for you.
My hope is that for those who are taking the NCLEX for the first time that we really put it the time. Not 1 or 2 weeks before the test, but 3 to 4 months ahead of the game.
It beings now, while you are in nursing school.
It is not my plan to offend or hurt anyone who has honestly done their best and put their heart and soul into this because they really want it. My point is to encourage those who say they want it, but their actions prove otherwise. They waver in making the real sacrifice and commitment that passing this test needs. If you really want to be an RN then make a commitment to ensure your success. Make a plan that you can live with and follow. So at the end of it all, you can honestly say I did it all, I put everything I got into this test and into being a nurse.
Let's continue to be successful in nursing school and make a Plan to Succeed.
Just ask yourself, Do you have a calendar or plan of accountability for passing the NCLEX?
Who is keeping you accountable?
List it here and help others formulate their own plan. Let's help each other succeed.