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I have failed the nclex 4 times...dont know whats going on? I have been really depressed for months...and now iam taking lexapro...so far ive been on it for 2 weeks after receiving my results in the mail. Got any suggestions of how to study and how everyone passed their boards? :stone. thanks

i need some help. i am scheduled to take my nclex exam sept 19th 2008 and was wondering what suzanne meant by you need to make 15 posts before you can send her a pm? does that mean i need to make 15 of the post i am doing right now? plus once i do the quizes is that when the 45 days start for the program? i just really want to try this plan because i really don't know what else to do. i have taken the nclex exam twice now using the kaplan review for both and failed. i am really frustrated and don't know what to do now with studying. i scored 68% on the last test 7 for kaplan which means i can go take the test with confidence and still failed. i really don't know what i did wrong :( i think i may be reading into the nclex questions at the exam because i just can't figure out why i score so high at home and can't pass the nclex. please help me!!

here is the tip 1 from suzanne:

there have already been more than 18,000 hits on my plan for the revised edition that i decided to update a few things and make it easier to follow, so please bear with me and follow exactly what is being posted here.

i work a full-time job and do this as a volunteer, so please be respective of my time.

1. please complete the first tip before contacting me. unable to do a thing until that is done. all of the instructions are given and are easy to understand and it uses only the book, not the cd. the quizzes that it speaks about are the ones at the end of the chapters, there is also no mention of the comprehensive exam, so no reason to do that as well.

2. only book that is used is the saunder's comprehensive review for the nclex-rn (4th edition) or the for the nclex-pn exam, the 3rd edition.

that is all that you need to be using and actually everything else needs to be put away.

3. send info to me via allnurses private message (pm) system: list e-mail address, as well as date testing need to be placed in the subject line. no exceptions to this, if not there, then one will not be added to my list. mailings only go to your e-mail address, too long for the pm box here.

i get hundreds of pms per week and you need to make it easy for me to handle. i am no longer going to be sending pms out requesting this information, if not there, then the pm gets deleted.

4. mailings are only done every two weeks, i never do any individual mailings, so do not expect something to be sent to you as soon as you request it. just not going to happen.

5. mailings are also never sent out more than 2 months before your test date, so if not testing for five months, please do not request my program now.

6. there is only mailing that goes out, you will not be receiving anything additional from me, just what you get with that one mailing and the six attachments.

7. the first tip that is posted here is only a review and is not my program, there is a full 45 day program that gets sent out my me; and if you do not have the required time, then it is not going to be sent. never make any exceptions to this rule, never have and never will. then it would not be my program. you also never want to be preparing up until the day of the exam, your brain needs time to let things sink in, and this is even more important if a retake.

8. all requests must go to my pm box that we have here, they are never accepted at my e-mail address.

9. my program takes a full 45 days to complete, and you never should be preparing up until the day of the exam. your brain needs time to just rest and let everything absorb. cramming does not work for this exam, nor does memorizing. you must learn and understand the material as you want it to stay with you for your entire career. this is how i prepare people for the exam, and never make any exceptions to it. so if you have only ten days before the exam, or even a month, i am not going to be able to help you. you need to meet my requirements, it does not go the other way around.

10. please be aware that you must have 15 posts before you can access the pm function that we have here if you are not a premium member. it will be impossible to send a pm to me until that time, and requests are only accepted via that. thanks for your understanding on this.

11. format to be used when sending your information to me, and please use this format:

which exam are you sitting for? rn or the pn.

have you tested before? if so, when?

graduation date.

is the first tip actually completed? unable to do a thing until it is done.

date of exam as well as e-mail address need to go to the subject line.

first tip

saunder's comprehensive review for the nclex-rn or the pn exam.

latest edition required if you want the new format questions, suggest that you get this version.

now for the review, which is the first tip, and there is a complete six week program that comes only from me once this is done.

1. you are to complete the quiz at the end of each and every chapter.

2. do not read the chapter first.

3. if you get 75% or more on the quiz, then go onto the next chapter, if you get less, then read the chapter and your score should now be over 90%.

simple as that for the review. if you know the material, you can complete it in just a couple of days, or you may need to read the chapters, and it could take you a month to complete.

if you are retaking the exam, please give yourself at least two months to prepare, if not longer. the worst thing that you can do is give yourself a deadline if you do not feel comfortable with the material in the first place.

and the other worst thing that anyone can do to prepare is to cram, and i am unable to help any of you that wish to go that route. it just does not work for the nclex exams.

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suzanne rn, bs, mba

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I need some help. I am scheduled to take my NCLEX exam sept 19th 2008 and was wondering what Suzanne meant by you need to make 15 posts before you can send her a PM? Does that mean I need to make 15 of the post I am doing right now? Plus once I do the quizes is that when the 45 days start for the program? i just really want to try this plan because I really don't know what else to do. I have taken the NCLEX exam twice now using the Kaplan Review for both and failed. i am really frustrated and don't know what to do now with studying. I scored 68% on the last test 7 for kaplan which means i can go take the test with confidence and still failed. I really don't know what I did wrong :( I think I may be reading into the NCLEX questions at the exam because I just can't figure out why i score so high at home and can't pass the NCLEX. Please help me!!

I had my date for sept 10th and Suzanne said that it wasn't enough time for her plan so I had to change my date to October.You have to complete step 1 first before she will send you plan 2.

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How do I send a PM to Suzanne? Do I just click on her profile and it will have a link to send her a PM when i get to 15 posts? Please help!

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Specializes in Nurse Tech.Nursing Student.

You have to do 15 Thread Post on here from my understanding and then you can start sending post to her.... You have to enter the forum with Threads in Nclex forum I think I this helps!!!!!!!!!!!

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That testimony touched me! Yes it is not important what everybody says when u failed the exam. What is important is when u passed the exam and you feel good about it.

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That testimony really touched me!

"There's always a light at the end of the tunnel!" :yeah:

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MsLady 06 that is inapproprite, and certainly does not help this man/woman. compassion and advice are much more befitting. i hope that you have more concern for your patients than you seem to show on this thread!

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Don't think you are the only one who has failed the exam more then 3 times. I know of people including myself who is right there with you. You need to focus on yourself and what you need to do to pass this test, not your friends or anyone else. Get focused and really use the terrible results they give you. I am trying Suzanne's plan , but have also done Kaplan, personal tutor, Suanders, Mosby's. One tip that a professor gave me what focus your studying on med surge because no matter children or adult med surg is what is mainly tested on the exam. Don't specialize your focus. Keep up the hard work and determination don't give up. I haven't. We are going to PASS!

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wow LIVE2HElp, that was the most inspirational story ever. I am going through the same ordeal that you are to some extents. and I'm going to take your advice and make god first. I have it in me to pass and he is the only man who can help me. Thanks and congrats the hard work and dedication paid off.!!!!

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How can I PM Suzanne? I really need her advices ans some tips because I just found out last saturday that I failed. I hope I'll pass on my second exam..I'm standing frim and have strong faith in HIM.

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I want to thank everyone for sharing your thoughts about failures..Now I know that I am not alone..I'll be praying for all of you..If others can why can't I?

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TO ALL WHO FAILED.. DON'T EVER GIVE UP HOPE... KEEP TRYING...

b/c that's exactly what i did and it helped me... here is my story:- posted this early JULY

"Give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good: for his mercy endureth for ever" - Psalm 107:1

I just want to say that GOD is awesome! Finally passed after the 3rd time with 265 questions with the mercy of my living GOD. If GOD is with me, I know He will be with you too. I am writing this particularly for the re-takers. Don't ever give up hope. This NCLEX exam has really changed my life tremendously and this is my story: please read & it will change your life too....

I graduated from nursing school last year, May 2007 with a BSN. Right after I graduated, I was offered to work at a nearby hospital and so I did. But within 6 months they wanted me to take the boards, so I went in last October and took it. 2 days later, found out that I failed. My school was ranked as 90% of Nclex passing rate and that's the main reason I went there. Until I took the exam, I realized that I had no knowledge of anything in regards to nursing. Basically I did 4 yrs of college for nothing except add some loans in to my head. I know a lot of people in this site would disagree with me in regards to my experience, but I am telling u from my own experiences and from my classmates. Last October I found out that our school ranked 64% of nclex passing.

Anyways, I really put my hope in to nursing and when I found out that I failed, all my hopes were destroyed. Right after I failed, I informed my supervisor and left the job and started studying again. This is where my life slowly started to change in my own eyes.

My parents are not well educated but work 2 jobs to support my family esp. my father. So when he found out about this, he realized that his suffering will never be over so he began to take it on me. My mom on the other hand hurts me everyday and puts me down with words. All of my relatives are either nurses or doctors and they all began to criticize me behind my back. My community began to talk behind my back and began to put pressure on my parents to get me married. All of my friends are either married & have kids or have a career. Me on the other hand was left with nothing basically except load of loans.

I began to get depressed, started cutting people from my life, moved in with my brother and felt like I was the only one in this world who is not smart, and felt like a looser. I slowly decided to end my life. I felt like I wasn't welcomed anywhere not even in my home or with my parents. Everyday I lived with criticism in my life from everybody. But GOD was watching me...

Finally decided to take the boards in February and again came to find out that I failed. Now my parents began to hate me even more. Their words and actions would put a hole in to my heart each day. I figured I'll look for a job, but no one wants me b/c I graduated and they feared what If I leave the job. So I basically had no life, no job, no career, no support, no parents' support, no social life (friends), except left with my small bedroom, a computer and few NCLEX-RN review books & cds. I was depressed more and more and wanted to die. I have tried so many times to kill my self but HE kept breathing LIFE INTO ME... There was not even a single day where I went to sleep with out my eyes pouring out.

Finally, In April, I put the TV on a Sunday morning and watched pastor Joel Osteen's preaching. To be honest with you, I'm a Christian but not God's child. On that Sunday morning, Pastor Joel preached saying, "you're not a victim but you're a victor, and said that, "GOD has greater plans stored, but all I need is to bring him in my life."

After that, I fasted for over 30 days, and finally decided to take the boards with my friends in May 15th. I began to meditate on His words and humbled myself.

GOD began to answer my prayers slowly. A week before my exam, I got a call from a nearby Hospital offering me a Nurse Tech position and I accepted it and decided to change the boards date. So my friends went to take it and they came home really feeling good that they passed and even I thought they passed. But 2 days later, I found out that they both failed. They both are very smart, studied day & night for this exam. When I heard this, I thought to myself, if they couldn't do it, how will I? I was very disappointed again...

So I went to work and finally decided to take the boards in July. To be honest with you, I prayed to GOD so much, put all of my hope & strength in Him and told Him, I cannot pass this exam with my knowledge, but I know I could conqueror anything with YOU in my life and went to take the exam.

For the second break during my exam after 200 ?s, I went into bathroom and cried to GOD,. I came out of that exam knowing that I failed 100%. I thought this time, I had the craziest questions and there is no way I can pass this exam.

2 days later, I went to the computer and checked my name, and my name didn't appear and right away I knew I failed. My parents were very disappointed again and told me to go for LPN. So I began to do the application for that and my father called his supervisor and she offered him a book for LPN. Few days later, after the exam, I would wait everyday for my Failure note with my ugly picture to come in the mail. Last Friday, I gave my father $200 to pay off the mortgage and he threw that check right in front of the table and said, I only asked you one thing and that is to get that license and if you can't do that, then I don't want anything. I told him, what if GOD doesn't want me to be an RN. He said, there is no such thing like that. So I replied to him, do you think I go on the day of the exam and say to myself, I want to fail so that we all can be disappointed, hurt each other and waste $200. No, I want to be an RN as badly as you want. I cried so much with my whole heart and prayed to GOD asking HIM why does HE do this to me.. I went to shopping right after that just to get my mind of with my mother. When I came home, I found a big envelop in front of my storm door. I thought it was for my dad, but when I saw it was for me, I was like yeah what ever. but when I opened it, It was my RN license. I praised GOD for seeing my tears for over a year. I took that license and woke my father up and threw it back at him and said: here, this is what you wanted right, take it."

My GOD has turned my tears into joy and I am always grateful. He heard my cries, he saw my tears. GOD turned my life completely just from this stupid NCLEX. Because of this exam, not only, I got closer to HIM, but also got to learn how His wonderful works are in my life. I could have died by now, but HE breathed more air in my life. God has added more days, more years into my life and now I can feel HIM all the time with me. Not only that, now I'm proud to be called HIS daughter unlike before. In Isaiah 55:8: MY thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways." And He definitely did his ways and I praise HIM for that. (When things are impossible for men, nothing is impossible for GOD b/c everything is possible for HIM)

So to the failures, I know what you're going through because I was in your shoes once but don't ever give hope. I used to come into this site and read everyone's passing notes and failure notes and hoped one day I'll be able to come in here and encourage others and guess what, GOD has been so good.

"Seek ye first the kingdom of GOD, and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you." - Mathew 6:33 (God didn't just say, seek my kingdom, but he also said, seek his righteousness too and all things shall be added.) Isn't GOD amazing? He provided the greatest miracle in my life and I know he can do to yours too, just submit your life to HIM and He will take you to places where you never dreamed off!

What I tried to study: basically everything

First I knew from my 3rd experience, I had to have GOD first, b/c If I didn't, I knew I would've been a failure again.

Secondly, do questions after questions, I used Kaplan, ready to pass, online random questions, postings from fellow exam takers in here, Feur review books and CDs, DVDs, you name it, all of them I used. Study atleast 3-4 hours a day and forget about what other think of you or say about you, just give yourself to the Lord and study and HE will take care of the rest.

GOOD luck to all of you guys, and NEVER GIVE UP!!!

I was touched by your story..I'm really happy and proud for you..I know everything happens for a reason..Goodluck on your work..Be thankful for what you have right now..

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