Failed NCLEX-PN

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i took my pn about a month ago and just found out that i failed, any suggestions?

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Specializes in Wound Care, LTC, Sub-Acute, Vents.

i'm sorry to hear that. i haven't taken mine yet but don't loose hope. keep taking and taking it until you pass. hopefully, your second time would be the charm.

good luck,

angel

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i took my pn about a month ago and just found out that i failed, any suggestions?

sorry to hear that you failed. I wish you good luck next time. My advice would be to practice those areas that you were the most weakest in the NCLEX-PN. learn lots of "priorty" questions, meds, and esp "select all that apply" questions. Hope this helps. :):):):nurse:

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does anyone know a review book that has alot of priority questions in them? thanks. i would appreciate it., im planning to take the test for the second time around.

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Specializes in Community Health, Med-Surg, Home Health.

When I was preparing to take NCLEX-PN, I was looking for priority books, too, but could not find any. Saunders has a strategy book (I didn't purchase it, though because I discovered it days before the exam) that might be useful. Sorry to hear that you failed this time. Study what areas they told you were weak, take a break for a few weeks and begin again. Best of luck to you.

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Specializes in LTC.

I am sorry to hear you failed, trust me I know how you feel. The only thing that really helped me was the Kaplan strategies book 2008 edition. It was great .

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thank you so much to everybody who is sending out encouragements and different ways to study but has anybody felt like they went to such a horrible school and after they graduated they felt like they didnt know anything, i do.... and its killing me to have to start studying again because i feel like i have to go over everything from day 1. Thats gonna take a lifetime.

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meso, i have waited 4 months to take my test. i am currently prepping to take my first NCLEX-PN. i feel the exact same way you do. I know i will need to go over everything from day 1. It wont take a lifetime...i promise. I dont have that long (smile) Keep studying and studying ... me too...andpray.

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The process I used seemed to work since I just passed on my first try.

Here's what you need to do first

Buy these books:

1. NCLEX-PN Questions & Answers Made Incredibly Easy

2. Lippincott's Review for NCLEX-PN

3. Saunders Comprehensive Review for NCLEX-PN

4. Straight A's in Nursing Pharmacology

Getting the latest edition of these is probably best

Our process that worked with about 97% of our school was to basically do 200 questions a day. You start with your best subjects in Incredibly Easy since it's the easiest. Then move onto the next easiest book which would be Lippincotts on the same subject and lastly, do the questions in Saunders, also on the same subject. After all that, you should be an expert on that subject! Grade yourself on every test you take...read all your rationales...just to warn you, when you start out, you will be getting around the 50 or 60 percents. Don't give up...the more you do it, the better your scores will get. After you finish all the subject specific tests, move on to the comprehensive tests. And once you are scoring in the 80's...you should be ready! I followed this process exactly and I passed at 85 on the NCLEX-PN, which is really good. Do this for about 6 weeks or until youve done about 6000 questions. So, say you do 200 a day for 5 days a week....give yourself two days for rest...then you have done 1000 questions a week.

When you finish one subject, start on the next one and do the same thing.

With each subject you do, try studying the pharma on that subject also. It helps to incorporate it in. Read the pink part of the Straight A's in Pharma, and take the test at the end. If you get below a 70%, then read the whole white part.

DO NOT skip pharma. That's probably THE most important thing on the test. I got over a dozen med questions on it. Thank god I studied it.

One more good book for pharma if you have time is Pharmacology Made Easy for NCLEX-PN. It's self explanatory. Read it and do the questions pretty much.

That's really all you need, is just to do question after question and know the rationales for them. It's going to be a lot of work, nursing is not easy...but I wish you luck and I hope my advice comes in handy!

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I believe that this study guide is really gonna help me, thank you so much for putting your time in to help me out, much much much appreciated, i wish you all a happy new year.

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What type of questions are on the nclex-pn? I am no where near the time to take it, but would like to know what subjects are going to need extra attention. I have test anxiety, and always overstudy on things that are important. We are going to be doing IV therapy at some point in class, and we were told we would be practicing on each other. We also need to get , anyone have any idea how much that runs? Thanks :heartbeat GOOD LUCK

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