what is the BEST material i should use for the NCLEX PN

[juh_lee_suh]

ive been taking this test for yrs on & off!! i really want to become a nurse! i graduated in 2008 and when i didnt pass the test i gave up and waited about 1yr & half to retake. i didnt pass again and then gave up for a long while. so now im back 3 yrs later so desperate to pass this exam! i took it 6 months ago and failed && i just took it yesterday and recieved the bad pop up! idk what to do, this time around the test seemed easier but i guess not! im just so upset idk what to do, what to study! i even have a tutor that helps me from time to time & he says im not that bad! whats the best material u guys used for the NCLEX PN? THANKS IN ADVANCE

[kimmie4476, ASN, RN]

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In addition to studying content, maybe try reading up on test taking skills. I think that a lot of times when a person has taken the same test over and over again, it has to be something with the WAY THEY TAKE THE TEST. After all, you passed nursing school the same as everyone else did, learned the same stuff that everyone else did, but yet when you take the same test on the same stuff as everyone else did, you failed. Try going over test taking strategies really well before taking the NCLEX again, or before even doing practice questions from your study guides again and I bet you get more questions right on your practice questions than before.

There are numerous resources on the internet for test taking skills and in the Kaplan's NCLEX-PN study guide, there is a chapter titled "there's more than one way to skin the CAT" that was one of the first things I read in nursing school and it helped me immensely even though I was already a really good "test-taker"

[caliotter3]

Do you have Saunders Comprehensive Review and the Linda LaCharity book on prioritization? Both of these are good places to start. Just don't give up.

[cpachak8578]

dont give up,,, I'm in the same boat. If you don't mind me asking what state are you taking boards I graduated in 2003 have failed 4 times and I am bound and determined to take it and pass. I have applied for North Dakota and they are currently deciding whether my education training will work because I took nursing school in Kansas. I have to take in a different state because in ks you only have 3 yrs to take or you have to take program over. I am in desperate need in figuring out a way to take and pass nclex pn.