Failed NCLEX

On 2/4/2021 at 11:43 AM, kamilleh174 said:

These were all great resources, but they all required too much time and I did not complete a single one of them. I had too many resources and it was impossible.

Time studying for NCLEX is the most important task in front of you. Make that your priority.

On 2/3/2021 at 1:52 PM, kamilleh174 said:

I have really bad test anxiety and I think that has a-lot to do with it, but would also love some new recommendations on resources!

https://www.llcc.edu/student-services/cas/helpful-handouts/test-anxiety/

On 2/16/2021 at 3:45 PM, autism4life said:

One of my old professors told me not to study for NCLEX, because it's impossible. "you have been preparing to take this exam since you started your pre-nursing classes." She also had stated that NCLEX was not about concepts, or if you knew the action of a particular drug, or about some abstract disease you and I have never heard of...its is fundamentally testing wether you can practice "safely". She stated that is the key. When in doubt, choose the safest option. 

I will agree, You got through nursing school and your grade in fundamentals is the most important grade...Answering the question "what is safe practice."

I will comment here on students who fail many times and then say what helped the last time. Your studying for NCLEX is based on many modes of learning. The student who has used programs A to Z have a cumulative knowledge cannot  attribute their passing to the last testing preparation product they used. 

Hi guys, 

I took my NCLEX last Wednesday and failed. Those questions are very hard and it feels like I never seen them or something. I feel devastated because most of the people in my class already pass. Im planning to retake end of December or early January. Any material you use for those who pass would be appreciated. Thank you. 
 

ps. Im going to try Kaplan and klimek this time. 

It took me 3 tries to pass mine but I think if I would have studied Kaplan I would have passed it the first time. I am uploading a picture of the book that I studied thanks to my college dean. She loaned it to me and I studied it for 3 weeks straight and passed. Well that and praying. Good luck I wish you the best. But don’t get discouraged a few people I know did not pass it on their first try either. 

Thank you so much. I bought the kaptest course. I will get this book too. Im planning to retest in December. 

On 4/8/2021 at 5:20 AM, Hannahbanana said:

Everybody stop and exhale here. 
Think: what is the BON’s objective in using a test for licensure? If you don’t say, ”Identifying people who would have the judgment to be minimally competent new practitioners,” you’re looking at it from an unhelpful perspective. That’s what NCLEX is supposed to provide to the nursing profession: beginning nurses who can think.
There are three types of learning tasks, all of which your faculty strives to provide you: The two that students tend to focus on the most are  “facts to be memorized,” and “manipulative skills to master.”
But, just as in the scripture of most religious and ethical structures, there is a third factor that is always called, “the greatest of these.” 

That is judgment, also called critical thinking, or, as I like to characterize it, the “Why do we care?” bit. It’s the hardest to teach, but in part that’s due to how students focus so hard in the other two. Students so often think the other stuff (assessment, analysis, looking at planning actions, all that NANDA-I practice) is just fluff to be endured and then put aside ASAP. Well, I’m here to tell you you’d be really, really wrong about that. 

THAT is what the BON cares most about, and therefore emphasizes in each version of NCLEX. Sure, there are straight memory questions, like what’s a normal range for serum potassium or arterial oxygen, and how do you know that Salem sump is placed properly. But if you think carefully (which is what they want to discover if you can do) the questions are asking, “Do you know why this matters?” “Why do we care?” “What should I consider this in the context of this patient situation?” 

Everybody learns tasks eventually; nobody, and I mean nobody whose opinion matters, expects a new grad to be proficient at them. We know you might not have had a clinical situation where you placed some invasive gadget or something, ever saw a complex something else. We do want you to know how to think,  to ask questions if there are missing puzzle pieces, and not just barge ahead on your inadequate data set. 

So when you prepare for these kinds of tests, choose study materials that don’t just give you the right answer in the back-page key. Choose the one that tells you why the wrong ones are wrong, too. These will me helpful in building your judgment muscles...and that IS the whole point. 

^^ This! ??