Failed nclex 1st time Need advice

[PearlRN7]

Sorry for the long post!

I took the nclex recently and had failed it. Walking out of that exam I knew that I had failed it. It was the hardest exam I have ever taken in my life. I cried for days and days feeling so depressed and felt like the biggest failure. I did not want to go anywhere or talk to anyone. I feel like I let everyone down. I studied for about 3 weeks using uworld. All of my friends were using uworld and were passing and I was thinking to myself, "why wasn't I passing?" Looking back i know what mistakes I had made. I rushed when using uworld. I was in such a rush to finish the test bank on uworld that I would read the rationales but not fully understand them and did not know how to apply it to questions. I would be doing 75-150 questions a day a week before the exam and I got so burnt out on it. When i was taking my nclex I got so many prioritization questions that I did not know how to distinguish who was more sick and I had so many topics I had no idea about. I received my report and I got Near passing on all the subjects. I watched so many youtube videos and I am going to use uworld again but really read and understand the rationales because I read that uworld is the best. I also have the Saunders nclex book but it is so big that i dont even know where to start in that book. I also bought the Lacharity prioritization book and I will finish it. I took a week off to get myself back on my feet. Has anyone gone through this? I want to take my nclex as soon as the 45 days is up because I know I can do it. Any advice, words of encouragement, study schedules that were used like how many questions did you do a day and how long did you study for and if you guys have similar stories you want to share will be highly appreciated! Thank you so much!

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

Sounds like you've already taken a huge first step in identifying causes. That's definitely something to be proud of. You may also benefit from learning/reviewing HOW to read and answer NCLEX questions.