Failed NCLEX 11 times.

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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.

Hey siane. Are you still trying to pass the nclex in in the same boat if u passed can u give me some tips?

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Donisbac1 What did u do different my problem is i think im studying the wrong way. I need to find a way to retain the concepts. I feel like I'm just memorizing rationales on uworld. How can i get the concepts to stick? I have to work full-time 4 10 hr shifts 3 days off and really low on money I can only afford uworld right now.

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Never give up

However I don't think luck factors in here, most who pass study and know their stuff not becuase of luck, that's unfair to say.

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Kalibear17 said:
Hey siane. Are you still trying to pass the nclex in in the same boat if u passed can u give me some tips?

I plan to retake the exam in October , when I took it in May I had 6 near passing and 2 was below passing. I took a refresher course, I used Uworld, Picmonic and YouTube. I've been studying little by little because I think that I need to give myself a break from nclex.

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sianee said:
I plan to retake the exam in October , when I took it in May I had 6 near passing and 2 was below passing. I took a refresher course, I used Uworld, Picmonic and YouTube. I've been studying little by little because I think that I need to give myself a break from nclex.

If I'm reading your posts correctly you have now failed this exam 15 times with the last one shutting off at only 79 questions (which took six hours) and what you really want to do is take it for the 16th time?

There is a time to stop, and that is now. Actually that time has passed several exams ago, but here we are. People like to say Don't Ever Give Up but what they are really saying is to keep going until it becomes undeniable that you should stop. It's undeniable. Stop. Find a new path in life and follow it. Or go back to school and learn what you didn't learn the first time around. You aren't on the road to becoming a nurse like this, it's self-destruction only.

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Ackeem said:
Never give up

However I don't think luck factors in here, most who pass study and know their stuff not becuase of luck, that's unfair to say.

I liked your post because I agree that luck has nothing at all to do with passing, competency does. But "never give up", that I disagree with. Some people really do need to give up before it consumes their entire life, as is the case with some on this very thread. Instead of living life they are only existing to study for an exam they can't pass, find out they have failed yet again, and repeat the cycle ad nauseum. At some point, sane and reasonable people have to see that repeating the same steps endlessly and having those same steps end in failure means it's time to DO SOMETHING ELSE. Please.

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jaystyle80 said:
First off I would like to comment on the original post of 11th time nclex RN taker and 13th taker on to the 14th and my opinion to you is NEVER GIVE UP!! You will pass it eventually! The issue I have with these boards is that there will always be someone with a strong opinion such as the LVN who states that if she were to take the RN boards 3 times and fail, that she would give up. Her advice to yoi was to either choose a different career path or go back to school again for something you already did and passed.

I am true testament to "NEVER GIVE UP!" I myself graduated from nursing school from a pretty good school with a great reputation and high RN first taker pass rate above 90%. I graduated in 2012 and on my 10th try just recently passed the boards on AuG 1, 2017! I am now currently working at a nursing rehabilitation unit. I was able to find a job within 3 days of passing!

so my advice is that if u truly know that you are made to be an RN, never give up! You only fail when you stop trying!

PS: to all the haters, I am darn good nurse now according to all my patients and fellow coworkers! Taking a test and failing it multiple times doesn't mean you won't make a great nurse when you eventually pass!

keep your heads up high and you will get there!!

Jason BSN R.N.

Beautifully said!

Im also a repeat test taker and I won't give up until i pass.

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Extra Pickles said:
If I'm reading your posts correctly you have now failed this exam 15 times with the last one shutting off at only 79 questions (which took six hours) and what you really want to do is take it for the 16th time?

There is a time to stop, and that is now. Actually that time has passed several exams ago, but here we are. People like to say Don't Ever Give Up but what they are really saying is to keep going until it becomes undeniable that you should stop. It's undeniable. Stop. Find a new path in life and follow it. Or go back to school and learn what you didn't learn the first time around. You aren't on the road to becoming a nurse like this, it's self-destruction only.

And if the poster does manage to pass (just by sheer luck), the idea that they might have a license and actually get a job scares me silly. People who cannot pass the NCLEX after double-digit attempts are unlikely to possess the ability to think under pressure, to critically think or to retain information that they're going to need to practice safely and competently.

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@ KaliBear77, thats a good question. It's very important to teach yourself first how to focus before doing any nclex studying. Failing to recognise on this area is just as bad as messin with up the nclex test to plunk. If you can afford to let go of your job for a moment, do so. Then spend on reading (understanding) each category at a time (never memorize the content as your primary tool). Because once you understood the concept, the brain will automatically remember the information. So i will make it very simple for you.

1st. Go through each category. Understand it. Visualize a situation of that certain sigment before moving onto the next sigment. Stop for a moment and feeeel the patients situation. Once your done with certain category example: Respiratory. Proceed in reviewing nclex questions for Respiratory only. Never ever skip it until you are familier with respiratory. Read respiratory rationals. And repeat. Then Repeat this process throughput each category.

Tools i used:

1. I used Kaplan Q bank w/video (containing organize nclex category)( extremely useful)

2. Practice example cram. Just practice on answering questions. Read the content and understand it. Remember, memorization comes after retaining the concept of how things works. Visuale visualize visualize the scenario

3. I used nclex pn comprehensive reviews for questions and answer only.

I still have videos of kaplan and online access for Nclex Comprehensive reviews. Shot me an email if you want them. Highly recommended. Nurse20126 @yahoo.com

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Wrong. People who failed multiple times does not necessarily will have a hardtime performing nursing task. Ive seen many (MANY) nurse who passed thier first time cannot performed thier task well than those who took twice and above. It makes me wonder sometimes how the hick did they even pass nclex when they are having some difficulty comepleting simple task. If given by chance, CNA can do it.

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Wrong. People who failed multiple times does not necessarily will have a hardtime performing nursing task. Ive seen many (MANY) nurse who passed thier first time cannot performed thier task well than those who took twice and above. It makes me wonder sometimes how the hick did they even pass nclex when they are having some difficulty comepleting simple task. If given a chance, CNA can do it

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Ruby Vee said:
And if the poster does manage to pass (just by sheer luck), the idea that they might have a license and actually get a job scares me silly. People who cannot pass the NCLEX after double-digit attempts are unlikely to possess the ability to think under pressure, to critically think or to retain information that they're going to need to practice safely and competently.

Wrong. People who failed multiple times does not necessarily will have a hardtime performing nursing task. Ive seen many (MANY) nurse who passed thier first time cannot performed thier task well than those who took twice and above. It makes me wonder sometimes how the hick did they even pass nclex when they are having some difficulty comepleting simple task. If given a chance, CNA can do it

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