Failed the NCLEX 3 times. I really need some advice!

[sarabh123]

Hello nursing world!

I have come here (like I'm sure many have) for NCLEX advice. I've read countless of these posts for encouragement, so I am hoping that by posting this you could help me. I graduated last December. I made As & Bs (with an occasional C) through out school. While in school we took Kaplan. Then we graduated, had Christmas break. I studied countless hours. I took off work for a whole month in preparation for the exam. I took it in February. 5 hours and 265 questions later I had failed.

Come March I was still able to start my residency program on the contingency that I pass of course. I was planning a wedding at the time and working every day because with the residency we had 2 class days & 3 12 hour shifts. I studied as much as I could. I used Uworld & Kaplan this time. The day before my test (which was on a Saturday at the end of march) I got into a car accident which totaled my car. I wanted to reschedule but it was within 24 hours so I couldn't. 78 questions later I found out I failed. That next week my job had to let me go. So I failed once again. Lost my job. And totoaled my car within a month of my wedding.

Thankfully, I received settlement money from my wreck which helped pay bills. I was going to get a tech job at the hospital I just got fired from. But I did not have enough will power to work under people I just graduated with. I was so depressed. I stayed in bed most days and cried. It was awful. (not trying to make this a sappy story)

come the the end of May. I decided I was going to try again. I took Hurst review! Which I loved. As with the other courses I passed the tests within a normal range like I was told. I studied that book like it was my job. Signed up for another exam in July. 4 hours and 265 questions later I failed. AGAIN.

i am just so dissapointed in myself. At this point. I don't know what to do. All of the courses I took, I did them the right way. Followed the instructions to a T. Obviously I have to know something. I did pass nursing school after all? Not even that one of the hardest in my state.

Ive had people tell me to just not study this time at all. But it makes me so uneasy thinking of not studying!

I honestly don't want to take it again. My husband is begging me to because he knows how hard I worked for it. But I am just so tired of studying...

HELP ME! Please. Thank you for reading!

[Lvalen]

Hello Sarahbh123 I would like to help you. Email me at [email protected]

[antelal]

Hey Sarahbh123;

It sounds like you are very close, because you are getting 200+ questions on the exam. I understand how humbling, depressing, and stressful this is. I failed the first time in 76 questions, past in 75 the second time. I got a Beta Blocker to prevent that flight risk feeling I would get. I took over 8,000 practice questions in 45 days and my scores on Kaplan went from 55-65 the first time to 70's and even an 85 before the second time. Don't think of yourself as being "fired". You were let go due to the job criteria but it may be because God has a different plan, a better job for you. Hold your head up, and keep trying. When it's all over, it only matters you are an RN, and your knowledge will be increased due to the extra hard work you put into achieving your goal. (I used Hurst, Kaplan-first time; UWorld, RN Mastery, NCSBN, Kaplan-second time) Think "safe" for each question. Know your delegation and priority. You can do it! I don't think you can even count the second time, so start fresh...and I think you should keep studying...you can never have too much knowledge!