failed the NCLEX-RN

mamajo, LVN · Jun 16, 2010

Thank you onehappynurse. I will pass the second time around. I do not want to pay another 200 dollars plus whatever else at third time. I was hoping they give at least two shots before having to pay full price. What I dont get is I thought the 200 dollars was for the test taking and your license but apparently I did not receive a license...???Oh well, shoud have passed the first time but Ill pass the second!!!

essenam · Jun 18, 2010

Just checked my result today and saw the "F" word!! I couldn't even cry. I am so disappointed in myself. I am taking a couple days off and then I am going to start all over again!! Just know that you are not alone!! Good luck with everything!!

mamajo, LVN · Jun 18, 2010

Hi esseman

Ive taken a week off and Im better now. Good luck to you also. This is one tiny detour that can resolved once we pass the NCLEX in round 2. :)

dw7124 · Jul 7, 2010

I failed the Nclex my first try with 265 questions. I knew the Hurst Review and it didn't help me at all. All of my friends did the Hurst review and pass. I have no idea what to do. I studied so heard and I'm tired. I have the Kaplan online, Nclex 4000, and Saunders. The Hurst people offered me a 45 day self study, but I know all that information. Can someone please help?

mamajo, LVN · Jul 7, 2010

Hello DW7124

Have you received how you did in each content from your board of nursing? I did and it did not look pretty. I failed the safety and infection control and almost passed all the rest. I'm so afraid to reapply but I know i need to. I did not take any reviews and I was told by quite a few people to just go over NCLEX questions at least 3000-4000 questions before taking the test again. We passed the hard part, nursing school so I know we can do this.

cupcake10 · Jul 8, 2010

took the test today and did the pvt it brought me to the cc page. i don't know what to think of this. any input? should i wait and find out in black and white. i feel like crap at the moment.

cupcake10 · Jul 8, 2010

can you email me? i really need to vent.........

NowPedsRN · Jul 8, 2010

Dont give up. I also found out that I failed last week, I am still down about it. At first didnt know if I can get back up and take it again but I am not a quitter just got to give myself sometime and start back studying again. We all got through nursing school, we just have to wait, be confident, be positive and pray God has different timing than ours and we ill pass next around. Good luck!

Motivated. · Aug 31, 2011

Freaking out..

Hello everyone,

I just took my NCLEX-RN today and feel like i am going to be sick. this is my Third time taking the test. All three times i took all 265 questions. I have such mixed emotions right now, after the first time i also did the hurst review and obviously it didnt help me because i failed again. So after the second time, i paid like 200$ to take an online class through ATI with a private teacher and must have spent hours studying, not to mention completed about 25-30 exams.. my teacher online told me that all my scores were amazing. I guess with ATI your aiming for a 60% because that is considered mastering the content. I was receivg high 60s and 70s, so a week ago my teacher gave me the last test the predictor and it said i had an 89% change of passing on my first time! (so considering this is my third i thought i had it down)

I tested today, took me about 3 and a half hours. The first 100 or so questions i felt so confident about, because i read the question and remembered studying that content... however then i started freaking out because i thought to myself "well if im doing as well as i think i am why am i still getting more questions?" i took a break ate a snack, and after i came back it was like a different test. All the questions seemed soo complicated, and more knowledge based as oppossed to application based.. needless to say i wasnt knowledable on the medicines i saw on my screen =(. Im just not sure what to think.... my teacher told me that it sounds like i did well, that everyone feels like this... but for me its like life or death. i need to pass this test! i dont have the $ to keep paying to retake it, and i feel like the more and more time it has been since i graduated school (in march) the more i am forgetting, not to mention those student loans are coming in.

Any advice on how to relax for the few days.. and in the event that i do not pass again.. what i should do?? i feel like i have every review book at home, and have utilized all my resources already.