FAILED NCLEX: Advice on how to prepare!?

[melmel919]

I took my NCLEX for the first time last week and failed. I had all 145 questions.

I did all the Mark Klemik lectures and ALL of the UWorld test bank with a High chance of passing, but I still ended up failing. I feel defeated and do not know how I should study for my second attempt. Does anyone have any advice on how I should go about studying for the NCLEX on the second try?

Should I use the UWorld question bank again or purchase an additional resource to study. I already got Hurst after reading good reviews but I do not know what else I should do on top of that.

I appreciate any advice!!

[sirI, MSN, APRN, NP]

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[AllNursesAcct, BSN, CNA, RN]

If you did all Mark Klemik and all UWorld then you should have been incredibly prepared, and I bet you were. In fact I am willing to bet that testing anxiety was a bigger issue than the actual content, would you agree? I am wondering if you continuing your preferred study method but coupled with some anxiety reducing habits might help you more.

 

I will say though that I didn't find UWorld to be very similar to the test itself, I felt like the bulk of the test was patient communication and education as well as delegation and management. UWorld felt more fact-specific with a very treatment/medicine focus while the test felt more abstract. Did you feel the same? Maybe go back to UWorld or another study source and focus specifically on those topics.