Failed Nclex-PN

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Hey everyone. I took my Nclex-PN a few days ago and today I did the PVT trick, and it took my CC info... I understand that I should be patient and wait for my quick results like everyone else, but I guess I was curious. The first 24 hours of doing the PVT trick I was getting the good pop up "Our records indicate.... I was registered." Then after I got the email that I can pay for my 48 hour quick results I checked again and it said "Please provide correct credit card information" or something similar, meaning it would take it. I am very upset. I do feel I did poorly on the test but I actually studied for weeks for this. I walked in there thinking I was going to nail that test, and as soon as I seen question 1 (yes question 1) I began to panic. I wasn't expecting it to be that hard. Honestly, I felt the questions in Kaplan and Nclex Mastery were way easier. I was averaging 60-65% on them. I don't understand.... I am very upset and feel discouraged.. I'll have to take it in 45 days. Anyone recommend a good course? I hear Uworld was great. I already read Kaplan book front to back twice, and did many questions on Nclex Mastery, no luck. Thanks all!

I used UWORLD only and focused on every rationale. Pay attention to assessments, interventions, precautions, risk factors, complications and life threatening knowledge.

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also pay attention to patient teaching, diets, side effects/adverse effects. the test is all about does this person know how to be a safe nurse . Does this person know what is normal vs abnormal? expected vs unexpected? urgent priority vs non-urgent? safe vs harm? prevent vs promote? this is the "think like a nurse" mindset. it took me a longgg time to understand so i can relate to your struggle however this is a blessing for you to pick yourself up and dust yourself off and try again. I'm cheering for you!!!!

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Thanks. My average on Uworld isn't bad. I either get the same or slightly above average. I just do tests with around 20 questions at a time and I write EVERYTHING down in my notebook. It'll take me an hour to do 20 questions but that's due to the constant writing. I'm so scared. That test was hard, but I know I can do it. I feel like a lot of it had to do with the fact I tried focusing on breathing. I had a severe panic attack, which I'm sure a lot have. So I need to relax during the next test.

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NurseLaura, figure out if its lack of content vs test anxiety and evaluate :) Understand what the question is asking you. Truthfully every question has one thing in common "is this safe or will this cause harm"

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I think it's both. I did feel like I knew nothing, but I hear everyone does. I am doing decent on Uworld, so I am guessing if I didn't panic and really thought each question through without focusing on my panicking, I would have passed. :/. I didn't take my medication before the test b/c I was worried it would mess me up, but maybe I should test myself with, and without it. I only use it as needed for panic attacks... guess that would have made sense to take it.

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Moved to the NCLEX Discussion forum.

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This week I've been working on Uworld and my average is a 45% :/. But it's still higher than the averages of everyones which is 43%. Will I get better with this over time? Did anyone else percentage go up over the weeks? I'm feeling discouraged, as this is my second time taking the Nclex, in 4 weeks!

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