Failed NCLEX 3 TIMES-Canada

[Emmie80]

I have failed the NCLEX three times. Although I am devastated, lost my job, and am broker than a nursing student, I am still keeping it together, I have faith and am hopeful, however, I have lost faith in the system.

I was originally sent another person's results. I called the board, and they told me to delete the email (I had already done that). Then I got a call from the board 15 minutes later requesting written confirmation that I had deleted it while on the phone, I was driving and said I would send an email when I got home, and she asked me to pull over and she would stay on the line while I send the email. I pulled over and sent the confirmation email. They said it was a computer error, etc.  After getting my failed results, I started questioning if it was an error. There's no way I failed. My questions were getting significantly harder, random meds I didn't know about. I had got high chance of passing on all my Uwrold assessnets and Archer. So I called the board the following day, the person I spoke to was so much more compassionate than the earlier call, she said exams are handled through NCSBN (which I knew) but I wanted to know if a human being looks at the exams or is it all computers, she "highly "suggested for me to call and request to have a person look at it. I asked her if she had this kind of request before she said "I Highly recommend you contact them and request it", by her tone I am assuming this is a possibility. So I did call NCSBN no one answered, I submitted a request, and got an email that they would forward my request to a different department to see if additional psychometric analysis could be done.....it's been  4 days.... Has anyone ever had this kind of experience?

I was a good student in school and never failed an exam. This is my 2nd degree. I am just blown away. Nursing school definitely did not prepare us for NCLEX. This exam is torture, I have bald spots from stress. I have aged and feel like poop. 

 

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

How frustrating for you!  It will take time for your NCLEX scores to be reviewed --expect weeks not days for request to wind its way through the system + outcome determined.  Hope you can take some ME TIME to destress and focus on self-care.

Going forward, this info I posted in another thread may help you to prepare for the newer NextGenNCLEX.

Please share the review outcome so we can offer other advice. Your not the first nor last to retake NCLEX multiple times prior ro passage and successful career.

((( HUGS)))

[Emmie80]

NRSKarenRN said:

How frustrating for you!  It will take time for your NCLEX scores to be reviewed --expect weeks not days for request to wind its way through the system + outcome determined.  Hope you can take some ME TIME to destress and focus on self-care.

Going forward, this info I posted in another thread may help you prepare to prepare for the newer NextGenNCLEX.

Please share the review outcome so we can offer other advice. Your not the first nor last to retake NCLEX multiple times prior ro passage and successful career.

((( HUGS)))

Thank you 😊. I didn't think it would take days and as I am sure this is not a priority request for them, I am just a needle in a haystack. I did rebook my exam as I thought sitting and waiting for a reply from them could take weeks/months as you also mentioned. I am in my 40s and I am resilient. I am not giving up, just frustrated and tired. Also do you mind resharing the link you attached. It doesn't see to work. Thank you 🙂 

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

Hi thanks for your followup --fixed the NCLEX link.   🙂

[AnnieOaklyRN, BSN, RN, EMT-P]

I am sorry you are struggling!!

Remember NCLEX is mostly a test of critical thinking and common sense, so while you do need to know some nurse type stuff, being able to think critically and prioritize is even more important. 

For example, MOST medication questions (if I remember correctly, I took the test almost two decades ago,  so it may have changed since then) are not asking you about specifics regarding a random drug, that is just there to confuse you, they are asking you some other question that requires thinking critically and/or prioritizing, usually it has to do with the ABCs.  For example, the question might ask what you would do first if Mr. Jones began having difficulty breathing after you gave him x medication.  They don't expect that you have researched every single medication known, as you are not testing to become a pharmacist and would have resources available for unfamiliar medications, resources not available while taking the test, they want you to draw form your nursing knowledge and prioritize what you would do if you needed to intervene.   

Not sure if this helps, it's just a small example.  When you read practice questions try looking at it from a critical thinking and prioritizing standpoint vs reading to into the question and all the information they add in that you don't even need.  

 

 

-Annie

 

 

[Emmie80]

Thank you Annie. 

[Majie RN]

Emmie80 said:

Thank you Annie. 

I hope you pass your NCLEX now. If you haven't retaken it, I suggest you add ATI to your study.

I will share my experience with NCLEX. I used ATI primarily in my NCLEX preparation and Saunders-NCLEX-RN. After my exit exam, I rested for five weeks before my NCLEX. For your note, I reviewed three months for the exit exam and NCLEX predictor test with ATI.  Three days before my NCLEX, I took two assessments ($40/200 questions) with UWorld to see if I still got it. I scored significantly high, so I didn't reschedule my NCLEX day. I passed on the first try.

My NCLEX questions were difficult. Most of the questions thrown at me involved prioritizations in acute critical care. I agree that the posters test your critical thinking skills and common sense. 

[Emmie80]

Thank you Majie 🙂

[Majie RN]

Emmie80 said:

Thank you Majie 🙂

You're welcome. Keep studying and take breaks. Practice NGN questions regularly. Read the rationale for each question you missed. If you got lucky with correct answers, read them. 

I think my LPN job helped me tremendously to pass the program and the board exam. I worked in the Stepdown ICU which helped me a lot. The nurses I work with helped a lot, too.