Failed the NCLEX-RN for the 5th time!

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I just found out yesterday that I failed for the 5th time and here's whats even worse, I failed at 75 questions! Which means I am only getting worse each time I take it! I was so prepared and worked so hard and now all I want to do is crawl in a hole and never leave :( I was seeing a personal tutor whose past students all passed except me. I just sit down and freak out and can't concentrate! I am never going to full fill this dream that I thought was so close! I signed up for the PN exam today bc I feel as if I am never going pass the RN exam even after graduating from the nursing program here in WI.. I found out too that they raised the passing standard here to 95%! How can anyone have a chance to pass?! All my friends that passed after graduation only needed a 78-85% passing average. Does anyone think that I even have a chance to pass the PN exam?! Or any advice for me?! Please help! All I want more than anything in this world is to be a nurse.

I also want to add that you may just need the confidence. Stay around positivity, read about it, talk about it and it may mean that you don't need to read about negative comments regarding your not passing. Don't think about it anymore. So what, you didn't pass. Put yourself in a bubble and believe in you more. It has worked for me. I am currently working on my BSN and it took confidence. I already had the knowledge, I just lacked the confidence. I think that may be your problem. Alot of people don't become things in life because they don't have the confidence. It isn't simply about being smart. It is a combination of the two.

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Specializes in Nurse Aid.
I failed the NCLEX-RN for the 5th time! Wisconsin raised their passing standard to 95%! How am I ever going to pass with an average like that?!

very sorry you will make it one day,like others say take a break for same time and start over again .Every disapointment is a blessing you will make it one day,but dont give up.Am going for the 4 time its very hard I know, so dont thing your alone.Good luck.

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Don't give up if this is what you really want to do.

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Specializes in Postpartum, L&D, Mother-Baby.

You did not fail; you just did not pass..that's how I look at it. I am preparing to retake it for the 2nd time. You are not alone :nurse:

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Threads merged.

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Hello,

Do you get extremely anxious during the exam; if so, try to relax. I know that you are intelligent,if you were not, you would not have finished nursing school. Hang in the you can do it !!!! I heard great things about susan plan.

GOD BLESS!!!

Sunny

-sunny i have read that you passed the exam.. congratulations. are you so nervous when you took it? it seems that suzanne's plan are quite famous here.. how many questions have you answered when computer did shut down?

im planning to take nclex too.

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Specializes in LTC, case mgmt, agency.
I failed the NCLEX-RN for the 5th time! Wisconsin raised their passing standard to 95%! How am I ever going to pass with an average like that?!

Please consider Suzanne's Plan. I also would encourage you to read the Random Facts Thread and find the Infection Control thread and Obscure Diseases Threads. They were a big help for me. You can and you will do this. I can't remember who these quotes are from but they've helped me in the past and I hope they are of encouragement for you too.:heartbeat

"When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place."

"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail."

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

Remember, this is only a test. You did graduate from nursing school.:D You will be sucessful.

:flwrhrts:Best of luck!!! :flwrhrts:

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Specializes in LTC, case mgmt, agency.
zeldajane~

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it is very discouraging to learn you were unsuccessful on the nclex exam. but if you really want to become a nurse, then follow your goal and dream and don't give up. some of the posters may state their own opinions and this may deter you into preparing for the nclex again, but please listen to the other posters that support you and encourage you to keep trying and keep aiming for the pass results.

how are you preparing for the exam? i used kaplan the first 2 times along with class notes, obviously that didn't work for me. the 3rd attempt i studied from another review book, and failed horribly at 99 questions. for my 4th attempt, i am following suzanne's plan. have you thought about preparing with her plan? she is such a big supporter for people just like you and me who struggle with test taking, especially the nclex. if you don't have it, i would suggest you get the most recent saunders review book (4th edition) and just use that to prepare for the exam.

don't be discouraged, many people pass on their 6th, 7th, even 8th time on the nclex, and there are many threads here on allnurses.com that prove that. don't give up, just practice questions, and read and re-read the rationales to all of the questions you do regardless of whether you answered them correctly or not.

this is something a nursing instructor from my school once told my entire lecture class:

you could be an a or b student in lecture, and perform poorly in clinical and with patients, or you could be a great student nurse performing in clinicals and be making poor grades on the lecture exams, either does not determine how you will be as a nurse. you choose your own path and your grades do not determine how you will perform as a nurse. in the end no one is going to ask, how your grades were in school or how many times you take the nclex, but that you are a nurse taking care of your patient with the best care you have to give.

i still keep in touch with this instructor simply because she is so student pro-active. her teaching method is like no other. i hope after reading this you have more faith in yourself that you are capable of passing the nclex just like the person who passes on their 1st attempt or 10th attempt.

take care~!

jadu1106

wow, sounds like a truly wonderful instructor. very nicely worded jadu1106. my clinical nurse specialist failed her boards twice before passing and she is an amazing nurse who is sooooo smart. don't give up, you can do this.:loveya:

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

OK things are getting a bit heated closing this for a bit of a cooling period

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Re opening thread. Please can members keep on topic and support the OP. Threads that detached from supporting the OP has been removed from the thread. This forum is there for support to members sitting NCLEX RN or PN and can we please remember this

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I just found out yesterday that I failed for the 5th time and here's whats even worse, I failed at 75 questions! Which means I am only getting worse each time I take it! I was so prepared and worked so hard and now all I want to do is crawl in a hole and never leave :( I was seeing a personal tutor whose past students all passed except me. I just sit down and freak out and can't concentrate! I am never going to full fill this dream that I thought was so close! I signed up for the PN exam today bc I feel as if I am never going pass the RN exam even after graduating from the nursing program here in WI.. I found out too that they raised the passing standard here to 95%! How can anyone have a chance to pass?! All my friends that passed after graduation only needed a 78-85% passing average. Does anyone think that I even have a chance to pass the PN exam?! Or any advice for me?! Please help! All I want more than anything in this world is to be a nurse.

Sorry to hear you did not pass. I took my test on the same day too. I just checked my results and I did not pass and I'm an LPN. We work too hard to give it all up. My friend is going for her 6th time and she's an LPN. Don't give up, I've heard of people passing it after their 8th-10th time. I'm going for my 4th time. Good luck to you in what choose. :redbeathe

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Specializes in Med-Surg/ICU.

Good Luck to you Zaylee. It's hard, but you guys can do it.:up:

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