Failed NCLEX PN, trying again in 3 days.

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Here is my story: In nursing school, I got really distracted and took a job, was the Nursing President and I got married right after school. I graduated March 17th and got married March 28th. After the honeymoon, I moved in with my husband busy with unpacking and I decided I take the test right away and wing it because all my classmates was passing and I got decent grades in school and I took the Kaplan course and I felt pretty confident. I went in and had all 205 questions, 4 1/2 hours in, mostly SATA questions and I knew I already failed. I didn't prepare. I didn't eat that morning, I wore uncomfortable clothes and most of all, I didn't FEEL ready that day. So it had taken me awhile to pick myself up. I took the test April 22nd and did the trick and registering again and it LET me :( and I had to wait 45 days to retest, so I scheduled it for June 18th, then I kept doubting myself. So it moved, from June 25, to now July 3rd. I haven't kept in contact with any of my classmates and I feel ashamed for doing that. I have such a supportive husband and I just needed to reach out to someone. I have been studying my Saunder's cover to cover and using the Saunders questions and the Exam Cram questions and wrote down all my lab values on flash cards. I feel like rescheduling and taking another few weeks to do more questions. All I have been doing is reading mostly since I failed, I just took the exam cram from pearson and I got a 67% I feel so down, should I wait till I get better score?

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I would wait until your fully confident and positive. Your putting so much into this. You need to be vested in this. Think of the lives you will be caring for. You don't want to give care half way you want to go all the way. I know what your feeling. I took it twice and didn't pass. Studying now for the third time. Not gonna schedule until I'm confident in myself. Best of luck. Have faith in yourself!!!

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Please, do not let your score bring you down. Your score does not mean much as long as you read the rationales and understand why you got the answers wrong. Now, I would wait until you feel "comfortable" enough to take this exam. Keeping in mind that you will never feel 100% ready. I would do as many questions as you can before taking this exam again. Have you tried Lacharity? A lot of people (including myself) have found that book very helpful on boards. According to others posting on AN they have also found it helpful on NCLEX-PN.

Good Luck, keep your head up.

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So I finally reached out and chatted with a few of my classmates. They were so glad to hear from me! I am feeling better now that I got to talk about it. I am praying hard and studying hard for the remaining of the day. But I think I'll go for it and try the test again and not put it off!

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I am feeling more confident now. It's not about the RIGHT answer it's the BEST answer. I just need to relax and do something fun before the test and study for the rest of today. All this anxiety isn't going to help me pass. I haven't read LaCharity. I heard it was good. I am going to try a few more practice tests and CALM DOWN.

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If your school provided Kaplan , you should contact Kaplan , everyone says their questions are harder. If you feel like there is certain stuff you still don't know.. Push it back .. That's 200 dollars .. && another time to take it lost . We all feel down , I'm taking mine for the 3rd time July 31st. I'm going to do every source of questions possible . All nurses is very supportive , nice thinking to come here . I wish you nothing but well , your in my prayers , don't give up , we are rooting for you

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