Failed the NCLEX

[JacelRN]

Hello everyone,

I see so many posts on people passing the boards their first try but unfortunately, I am one who didn't. I know I am not alone but I wanted to hear from anyone who may have had similar problems with anxiety in taking the NCLEX. I know for me I pushed myself way too soon to take the test after graduating, getting married, honeymooning and taking the test the following week.

After about question 88 I had a panic attack and my pulse started racing. I never recovered and the computer shut off at 155 questions. I had no idea how I did until today.

I plan on taking Kaplan's online course as my second prep class and hope it helps better than the first course I took.

So if anyone has any words of wisdom for me, I would appreciate it.

Here's to Abraham Lincoln who never gave up and neither will I.

Jacel

[LV_ORnurse]

i just found out i did not pass the test. i know i studied, but i think i may have overstudied that what i was startifn to do was memorizing the questions and the answers and did not fully understand what the question was asking and what the answers were. i took kaplan and they did help me review, but i need help on my test taking strategies. not sure where to go from here. saunders? kaplan, again? suzanne's plan? ncsbn course? help!!!!!!!!!!!:uhoh21::smackingf:banghead: the icons explains how i feel!!!!!

[meehshell]

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[meehshell]

i found out i failed the exam about 3 weeks ago, and i am still pulling myself off the ground from disappointment. it is just so hard to find that sense of positivity after investing so much time studying and finding out that i have failed... although after reading everyone's words of encouragement and shedding a light in the whole ordeal i am slowly but surely opening up my books once again to start reviewing. thank you all for being so positive, i think that is the main aspect i need to work on with myself.

[LV_ORnurse]

hang in there meeshell. only you know that you did your best. take your time reviewing. that's what i'm doing. look over what you need to do when you got your candiate performance review. i feel a bit better because i almost passed, except for psych, whici i fell below the standard level of passing. i'm starting with the basics and incorporate what i've learned from kaplan. hand inthere. there's a ot of support in this website. and pray and believe in yourself. that's what i'm doing.

[meehshell]

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[LV_ORnurse]

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What? meeshell?

[meehshell]

sorry... it's just that my post was up twice and i didn't know how to erase it

but thank you so much for your support... and you're absolutely right, there is a lot of support in this website. every time i read one's comments it just makes it that much more driven to keep on going.

[meehshell]

hey bettyvn...

i guess we're on the same boat testing out suzanne's plan. i started doing the questions today and will keep on trucking until i finish the whole book. i have heard a lot of good things about her plan and hopefully the same will happen to us in the end.

i just find it more therapeutic that i am not alone in this struggle and there are people just like me out there. good luck!

[jopal]

You guys are great...I feel like I'm in therapy. I failed twice and I studied soooo hard. I used Kaplan mostly and I was averaging around 80% on their tests.

I feel like my whole life has been on hold for the past year.

Anyway, I got the Saunders books and I'm finishing up step one in Suzanne's plan. Hopefully I'll her plan soon and once again...start studying.

[lissyenfer]

Hi, Did you schedule a date yet? Let me know maybe we can encourage each other and motivate us. About Susann's plan. Are you doing the entire book. I have read some of it but sometimes I get bored any pointers on how to study better.

[jopal]

Yeah,

I rescheduled for the end of November...Suzanne suggested that I need to move the date out further out to the begenning of December because I do not have enough time to complete her program.

I studied so hard using Kaplan and to be honest, Saunders questions seem a little bit easier to me (I should know...I've taken it twice!:angryfire) When I get bored with a chapter in Saunders, I tend to move on to the next chapter and go back to the chapter later on in the day or I take a break for a few minutes and then go back to the chapter!!

I plan on doing the entire book, according to Suzanne's plan. I figured I'd try anything at this point considering that Kaplan didn't help me at all.

We should all definately encourage each other. Hang in there!! You and I will BOTH pass the next time around. I've learned that positive attitude is the best way to go!!! Good luck :)

[Matilda50]

i would check the sticky at top of thread new revised first tip of suzanne's plan. i am using it i will be taking it a 3x in oct. keep your head and have faith , believe and you will succeed. we never know why god puts us in theses situations but, know he knows what should happen in our future that we will never know because we did everything would be easy.