Failed NCLEX first time

[jeddicarn2b, BSN]

I recently took my NCLEX-RN a few days ago, unfortunately I failed. I am looking for advice from other nurses and students who recently graduated or just passed their NCLEX on how to pass. I studied with UWORLD but honestly probably did not do as many questions a day as I should have. When it came to test day I completed 1,000 questions to date. On the day of my NCLEX I had all 265 questions and I sat for 4 1/2 hours. I did not want to take any breaks during the test nervous I would not be able to refocus (probably one of my biggest problems, also because I get so anxious). When I left I felt so defeated and later received the bad pop up. The next day unlike my other classmates I did not receive a congratulations email. I am feeling pretty defeated right now, but I want to be a RN and I want to complete my goal. Looking for advice on what helped others to pass the NCLEX, thanks!

[BarrelOfMonkeys, BSN, RN]

What helped me was consistency. I treated studying like I was being paid to do it: same time(s) every day, followed whatever recommended questions per day, took a local live review course, studied woth friends same time each week, etc. I kept at it and was nervous as well. Yet, when it came time for my exam it went fast and I felt like I knew some of the answers. I tried to be prepared by going a long with what my local review course recommended with question banks and info review. Good luck on your next exam!!

[sheshappy]

Please do not give up! As discouraging as I'm sure it is you have another opportunity and you can pass. I just passed this month. My computer cut off at 76 questions. I pretty much solely used UWORLD. I didn't buy the exams just the test bank. I finished with about 500 questions left to go. I studied for about 3 weeks. I did a min of 50 questions most days. On days fully dedicated to studying I did about 200 questions in sections (50 at a time). Always read the rationales I learned so much from those rationales. My overall score when I was done was 59%. In the beginning I would get anywhere from 40-55% on the blocks. The last week I was getting 55-70% on the question blocks. I hope this helps. You can do it!