Failed NCLEX twice!

Nursing Students NCLEX

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I graduated nursing school in 2017 and took NCLEX 2 months later. I did not feel prepared but I tool it anyway because my instructors and others were telling me to take it because everything is still fresh. I practiced questions because that is what everyone said to do. The day comes and I'am a nervous wreck. All I could hear is my heart beating and felt like I was going to pass out. I couldn't focus and ended up getting all 200+ questions. I knew I had failed. I tried the PVT trick a few hours later and then "BOOM" it asked for my credit info. I got my results and of course I failed. I was devastated but I knew I didn't have a chance, I messed up. I waited a few months which ended up being the next year 2018, but tried UWORLD, SAUNDERS and MARK KLIMEK. I sat for it again and I wasn't as nervous as the first time , but I didn't feel confident. I'm answering questions and it shuts off at about 125. I waited a few hours and paid for the quick results and "BOOM" I failed. I've taken some time off after that and felt very defeated and just lived my life and worked. It is now 2020 and I'am ready to tackle this again. I'am going over content from my school notes/books and from mark klimek, practice questions and getting a better understanding of answering NCLEX style questions with Youtube and just focusing more and telling myself I can do it and I will pass this. Hopefully I can come back and say I PASSED!

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I failed multiple times and tried different reviews.

UWorld is good if you already have a great detail of nursing content. Their questions honestly are wayyyyyy overboard. They write paragraphs LOL the NCLEX is straight forward and sometimes vague. I had like a 54 percent on total of questions in UWorld. It was OK but won't be a first option for me

I tried Kaplan.... I liked it for being hard and looks more like the NCLEX. Rationales are OK but it's the way their questions are.. they are hard. And if you pass Kaplan and get like 55 and higher...most of time you'll be fine for the NCLEX...

My favorite one was Passpoint lippincott review. It's like a level type of review. Shows you the level you are at and how often your getting better at it. Rationales are awsome.. it has like 15k questions I liked it. But I combined it with Kaplan and it did well for me ( thank you god).

I also just wanted to freshing up with content so I bought remar quick facts.... about 80 pages of easy to remember content. I was outta school for like 3 years so I just wanted to freshin up.

Test is hard to.. they are smart in making you think very very hard on what to answer. Good luck and keep at it.

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