Failed NCLEX multiple times

[Brickman]

A question to all of the experienced nurses out there. I have seen multiple threads on this forum started by people who have taken the NCLEX multiple times and still can't pass. These threads are always responded to with words of sympathy, encouragement to not give up, study tips, and stories of great nurses that didn't pass the first time. My question is how many times would someone need to fail before you wouldn't want them to be the nurse taking care of you or your family member? I don't want to discourage anyone from success, but then again I'm not sure if I would want a nurse who took more than 2 tries to pass boards taking care of me or someone I cared about. How many times do you all think a person should be able to test before they need to look elsewhere for a career?

[Roy Fokker, BSN, RN]

The exam in not interested in cramming toi prepare for it, or information that you already had in school, but wants to know what you are going to do with the information that you have learned, how you are going to apply it.

Ta-Da!

[CitrusNurse_LPNII]

What, ya have to be licensed to be a nurse, Hmmm

Someone shoulda told us somewhere bout that one :)

Heck, how do ya spell NCLEX. gimme a med dictionary.

Truth be told, I think those that know the material from a good and honest approach in the learning phase will pass. Test anxiety can have an effect, sure but sitting at the table testing should get better each passing minute.

[Spritenurse1210, BSN, RN]

some people have bad test anxiety. standardized tests are just a measure of how much you can learn, not how good of a nurse you can be

[RNBSN2DFW]

Can someone who has test anxiety please explain it to me? I just don't understand how someone feels when testing. Do you get tachycardic? Do you sweat? Do you lose all focus?

I'll tell you exactly what happens. ( I very much suffer from this and I too was amazed I passed the first time). 1. You can't sleep 2. Your memory goes 3. Your heartrate goes up.....tachycardic...perhaps, I for one never checked my pulse. I would make a safe bet that most people who suffer from test anxiety are auditory learners...jmo