Failed 3rd time, can't bear it again!

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Hey guys,

Finally decided to join this site and community as I desperately need some support. Got the letter few weeks ago that stated I failed the NCLEX for the 3rd time…Little background on me. I decided to go abroad for nursing school, Australia and graduated in 2012. Got my bachelor degree there and stayed an extra year to work and get some experience and I worked on the medsurge unit. When I moved back I took the NCLEX thinking practical experience would be sufficient and not surprisingly failed. After that I signed up for Kaplan….admittingly didn't put in that much effort again and failed after 98 questions. After that I took the past 4 months, signed up for ATItesting, have an online coach and have put a lot of effort into studying. I've done hours and hours of practice questions, predictor said I had a 90% chance of passing and I've been praying non stop about it and literally putting everything I had into it. Today got the dreaded letter after 75 questions I failed. This time decided not to tell anyone else but my family and a couple close friends, as i've found the more people that know the more pressure and embarrassment it put on me. My mom's a nurse, many friends are nurses and its already a lot of pressure as it is. I have a lot of family stuff come up last year, diagnosis of cancer, death in the family, and in the past few weeks a cousin in the ICU…needless to say my concentration hasn't been the best.

I'm not sure how to pick myself up from this one. I feel stupid, I feel like people don't understand how hard this is. I have bad test anxiety and started taking xanax a week before my test, surprisingly I was calm on test day, did everything I was supposed to and out of the 3 times I felt this was the best i've felt. My mom suggested maybe I go to school for an LVN and take a break and go from there and I feel as if that's not an option. I worked so hard to get through school, to get my degree, to get to where i'm at and yes I took a step back and now a couple more steps back but i'm just numb right now. I know this is where I need to be and want to be and this is my dream job!!!!! Am I too stupid to pass this test? Have I been out of school for a few years and thats why i'm struggling? I'm not sure what to do. Will I ever get a job when people find out I failed 3 times? Is there a certain number you can take the test? All these questions i'm asking myself and i'm not sure where to go from here. Any advice would be greatly appreciated as this time digging myself out of this hole is going to be a struggle. I know i'm a good nurse, I know I know this stuff and I know that this is the career for me!!! I want this bad. I've heard about UWORLD from people so i'm going to give that a go and start over with my online class and do things differently. I feel like nobody really understands how hard this test is and I came here hoping that people can share their advice and experiences and likewise because we are the only ones that understand each other. It's 2016, a new year and a new start. I'm ready!!! I turned in my application for re examination this morning and that should take about 4-6 weeks so i'm hoping to take the test and pass it by March!

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Do not give up!! I know exactly how you feel and thankfully on my fourth time, I passed!! I went through major depression, and I had to take a break from literally everything and everyone around me to regroup and study. I had used Kaplan, Hurst, Learning ext, and Saunders and the 3 tests I failed, I got all 265 questions. It was brutal. But since I was so close, I knew I couldn't give up. I went back through Hurst, used The NCLEX Mastery RN app and a few study guides I found on here. Studied hard for a bout 2 weeks and finally passed last month with 94 questions. It can be done!! I wish you all the luck! :)

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Thank you for the support! I'm so sorry to hear that you went through depression. I was afraid that after failing a third time I was gonna go through that as well and I've been trying to stay positive because I'm my own worth enemy. I gotta regroup and come up with another plan and do something different this time around. I'll check out the study guides and mastery app! Thank you so much for the advice and hope to keep in touch!

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Read my post: https://allnurses.com/nclex-discussion-forum/passed-rn-nclex-1027879.html

UWORLD is amazing it is harder then the NCLEX and will prepare you to think critically.

If you are poor on content and want to do better on STATA Q try HURST review online and repeatedly study the fill-in portion and resources that come with it.

Pass point two week free trial is great as well as the questions are adaptive.

I did HURST, passpoint then Uworld in 2.5 months totaling up to 3500 Q

Its best to use more then one program

Hope that helps.

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Read my post: https://allnurses.com/nclex-discussion-forum/passed-rn-nclex-1027879.html

UWORLD is amazing it is harder then the NCLEX and will prepare you to think critically.

If you are poor on content and want to do better on STATA Q try HURST review online and repeatedly study the fill-in portion and resources that come with it.

Pass point two week free trial is great as well as the questions are adaptive.

I did HURST, passpoint then Uworld in 2.5 months totaling up to 3500 Q

Its best to use more then one program

Hope that helps.

I read your post, and I will definitely try UWORLD. Congrats on passing!! I will be there soon, I know it! You said it good, treat it as if it's a full time job and I need to do that and will start doing that. I'm gonna try to use no more than 3 programs because I want to make sure I get through them. For instance with ATI I cannot go onto to the next section/assessment until I finish the previous one and shouldn't take the NCLEX until I get the green light from the online coach which means you pass the predictor with 90%. I want to make sure I get through it. I heard UWOrLD is pretty hard, and I need that especially with SATA questions.

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I really liked UWorld as well. They had great rationales.

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