Failed nclex 11 times.

Nursing Students NCLEX

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Hi all.

Just want to share my experince. I graduated in 2011 and have taken nclex for 11 times since then and still failed. I've tried saunders, hogan, and also took Kaplan course but still failed. I feel like a failure. This is all I want to do is to become a nurse that's why I keep trying. I want to retake it again but then this time application process required school transcript and the school want me to take another Kaplan course. I'm devastated. I can't afford the money for another course and the exam. I don't know what to do. I got all the resources from books to cd from previous courses. I'm tired of lying to people that I work in the hospital and feel ashamed of myself of where I am today. Still struggling to pass the nclex.

Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
sianee said:
Im going to continue for county juvenile justice for life

I don't know if you're being sarcastic or rude but I am done with your comments. You come here asking for help, ignore the help & then get salty when experienced nurses give you feedback you don't want to hear.

Blocked!

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Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
Elizabeth777 said:
At this point, it's been almost 6 years/10 attempts and you still haven't passed. You either have to go back to nursing school or pick a different career. At some point, enough is enough. Frankly, I'm surprised that there aren't strict limits on the number of NCLEX attempts.

It all varies state to state. Some states only let you test 3 times while others let you test an unlimited amount of times. I know why the states who let test takers take it multiple times ($$$) but that doesn't make it right. We have people's lives in our hands. Shows just how much the healthcare industry is focused on the almighty dollar.

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sianee said:
somepeople are lucky than others. Somepeople have to struggle to achieve something and some people are lucky or born bright

Don't do that. Don't diminish the hard work of other people by calling them "lucky". It's insulting.

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OrganizedChaos said:
It all varies state to state. Some states only let you test 3 times while others let you test an unlimited amount of times. I know why the states who let test takers take it multiple times ($$$) but that doesn't make it right. We have people's lives in our hands. Shows just how much the healthcare industry is focused on the almighty dollar.

by now you should know everything is $$$$$

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Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
ItsThatJenGirl said:
Don't do that. Don't diminish the hard work of other people by calling them "lucky". It's insulting.

She doesn't care. Look how she made this whole thread to be about her when most of the comments aren't even directed at her. Glad I blocked her.

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Please try UWORLD. It's 59 bucks for 30 day acess. There are 1954 questions to study from. Read each rationale, go over concepts you don't understand, and take the test again. Nclex is very similar to UWorld. Trust me.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, LTACH, LTC, Home Health.
sianee said:
somepeople are lucky than others. Somepeople have to struggle to achieve something and some people are lucky or born bright

Born right??!!!?!?! Liability??!!?!?! My PRN job is as a bedside nurse on Med/Surg and reluctantly, the ER. There is no greater liability at the bedside than there is anywhere else in nursing. That's why the nurses' is recommended for ALL nurses, not just to those in bedside positions.

Now, I just can't get pass this "born right" thing. Do you mean, not mentally challenged? Not handicapped in any way? What do you mean by this? What qualifies one as being born right? Is it someone who goes on to become a doctor or lawyer? I'm not understanding this one bit. My brother is a math whiz. I dropped the class every chance I got until I just couldn't put if off any longer. He swims like a fish; I'd go straight to the bottom. We were both born in a psychiatric hospital (back then, it was called an Insane Asylum) because that's where the families of employees went for healthcare back in those days. He's a Navy Commander; I'm a Registered Nurse. He should be a member of the Geek Squad; I have to call him to find out where I'd find my wifi password on the modem.

My point is, we are like night and day. Yet we (4 of us) were born to parents who started out in cotton fields, cow pastures, and hog pens (and that wasn't all that long ago because we are under 55). My farmer dad had a 6th grade education, who went on to get a GED years later, and retire as an Army Sargent. So, what do you mean by "born right"? I would take offense to this statement seeing as how I busted my *** in nursing school THREE times (LPN, ASN, BSN), but reason didn't accompany the source.

Look over your Candidate Performance Report (whichever one of the 14 reports you choose). I bet you got above passing in the area involving Life Span Developmental Psychology because you have now covered birth, death, and everything in between as your defense of continually failing the NCLEX.

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Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
BSNbeDONE said:

Look over your Candidate Performance Report (whichever one of the 14 reports you choose). I bet you got above passing in the area involving Life Span Developmental Psychology because you have now covered birth, death, and everything in between as your defense of continually failing the NCLEX.

LMAO! :roflmao: I laughed so hard I peed a little!

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I have worked with nurses that passed their boards on the first try and have absolutely no common sense or critical thinking skills. I wouldn't say that because you have failed that many times that pursuing nursing would be a complete waist of time. I would strongly suggest signing up with a live review program. Let them analyze your overall weakness and strengths in all 8 content areas that the NCLEX will test you on. Any distractions, negative or positive needs to be eliminated. If finances may be an issue and a live review may be a bit costly, I suggest purchasing UWORLD. I would say that that program is the closest I have seen that mirrors the NCLEX. They also now have an assessment tool that analyzes your chances of passing the boards. This worked for me and others that I know of.

I commend you for reaching out and having the courage to share your struggles with this. This should be a place where other nurses can encourage and give prudent sound advice minus the petty, snarky and downright mean spirited comments that I've seen sent to you.

I wish you great success!

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It shouldn't take people 10+ times to pass the NCLEX! It shouldn't even take people 3 times! But 3 times I understand at least. Threads like this one terrified me for the NCLEX. I spent so much time worrying about it because I thought that it was this impossible thing and it was "luck of the draw". It wasn't. The NCLEX is not the problem, the test taker is the problem. Kaplan, UWorld, and even ATI had (some) harder questions than the actual exam! The questions are simple, they are challenging but they don't try to trick anyone. Most of them were literally one sentence long! Frankly I think the prep courses over prepared us. Maybe it was because half my test was SATA so I kept getting knocked down to an easier level, but almost all of my questions were asking an example of X, or listing what I would do for Y. There wasn't a deep level of thinking that I was aware of. If the candidate didn't know the knowledge, then there was almost no chance of answering the question. Of course, these prep courses DID help with the knowledge by giving us rationales. So that was way nicer to study than cracking open a text book.

Like I said, I'm not arguing that the NCLEX is "easy", but if someone takes this many times there's clearly a knowledge deficit and won't be a safe nurse. Moreover, NCLEX is indeed "real world". There's this myth that NCLEX is this perfect hospital and isn't the real world. But I've been working for about a month and I've seen several situations where doing what I would do in the NCLEX is how to respond to the situation. Patient coughing hard? Raising the head of the bed actually does help! Someone with low CBG? Get them sugar before wasting time calling the doctor.

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Don't be discourage, please do Uworld and Kaplan, complete the qbank. Even if you have to complete the qbank 5 times, do it. learn the content. With Kaplan, learn it, learn the tree. Take a refresher course, or get back into Nursing school.

Good luck to all, everything is possible with God!

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Specializes in Care Coordination, Care Management.

I think the fact that you've failed 10 times is a sign that nursing is not for you.

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