FAILED NCLEX RN 5 times! Desperate need of help!

whygeeRN · Aug 22, 2015

Don't get discouraged!! You'll pass it!!

Horseshoe, BSN, RN · Aug 22, 2015

It's been a LONG time since I took NCLEX. Do you get ANY kind of feedback about your areas of weakness? Do YOU have an inkling about where you are going wrong? How do you fare on the practice tests?

I'd look into finding a private tutor. It might be pricey, but hey, it's an investment which could certainly pay off.

Good luck.

Editorial Team / Admin · Aug 23, 2015

Moved to NCLEX Discussion forum.

nursingstudentjess · Aug 23, 2015

Try Uworld, I think it's $50.00 for a month subscription but well worth it. The rationales are great very extensive and informative. It was one of the resources I used along with Kaplan and hurst. I learned so much from the program. Don't give up, you made it through school .. you can do this!

**NICU Guy, BSN, RN** · Aug 23, 2015

What kind of grades did you get in school and what is the NCLEX pass rate for the school? A "wonderful university" that has a student that failed NCLEX 5X has failed to ensure they are prepared to take the test.

LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN · Aug 23, 2015

What does your performance report say?

The issue may not necessarily the source of the review, but how one approaches the NCLEX itself: understanding the four concepts of becoming a competent, entry-level nurse:

1. Safe, effective care;

2.Health promotion;

3.Physiological Integrity;

4.Psychosocial integrity

Will determine WHAT the question is asking you; the question may be Respiratory related-but is it a Health Promotion or a Safety, or a Physiological or a Psychosocial one? Would you know the difference and choose the BEST answer?

Once one understands the concepts of NCLEX, they can do so successfully.

Don't look at content; you know most of the material because you passed nursing school; begin to do questions related to each concept; review all questions and rationales; ANY rationale you struggle with, THEN review content. Lather, rinse, repeat.

When practicing the questions, prepare the questions like a mock NCLEX exam, review the minimum and then work up to the maximum for endurance purposes.

After looking at your report, focus on the weakness and review questions and rationales; make mock NCLEX tests and start with the minimum and gradually until the maximum; you have to have an endurance in answering application questions.

After each "exam", make sure you are reviewing the rationales; any rationales you are not clear on THEN

look up the content.

musicman1976 · Aug 23, 2015

I know it's been suggested already but try UWorld if you haven't already. It helped me pass on my third try

anchorRN, BSN, MSN, RN, APRN · Aug 24, 2015

I'm going to throw this out there: I worked with a girl who failed the NCLEX multiple times. She had really bad test anxiety. She ended up speaking to her doctor who prescribed her a dose of Clonidine (NOT Klonopin!) that helped ease her nerves on test day. She took the test and passed. I was very happy for her and a lot of her issue was the test anxiety. Obviously this is an extreme example of how to get yourself through a stressful time and I'm sure there will be others who disagree, but in the end she passed.

Deandanl · Aug 24, 2015

No I have never heard of UWorld thank you for the recommendation I will check it out!

Deandanl · Aug 24, 2015

I don't blame my failures on my school. I don't think my issue is content on the NCLEX I think it's more strategy. I'm not sure what the pass rate is for my school but I'm pretty sure I'm the only one of my classmates who has not passed, so embarrassing. I also feel like maybe being an LPN for 5 years has some what hindered me in the way that I answer the questions, it's a possibility.

Deandanl · Aug 24, 2015

Thank you for the positivity it's just so hard to pick myself and keep trying. I keep thinking this is a sign from God that I am not supposed to be an RN but my family keeps telling me not to quit and that nothing comes easy in life!