Failed 3 times!

nclex abcdz strategy

a. spend 1/3 of your time reviewing content you don't understand

b. spend 2/3 of your time answering test question

c. used most comfortable nclex review book for content.

d. begin with the area that is most difficult for you or area that are least familiar

e. use a good nursing reference manual or internet to find information

f. define the disease in terms of pathophysiological process and understand the disease process.

g. identify the early and late symptoms of disease

h. identify most important or life-threatening complication associated with the disease.

i. define the medical treatment.

j. identify nursing intervention associate with early and late symptom of disease process

k. identify what to teach patient and family to prevent in other to adapt to disease process.

l. list the area you need to review.

m. answering question in a test mode will improve your test taking skills

n. each time you answer question, check the number of question you answered correctly that will motivate you to read and study more next time.

o. keep track of your score to see how you're improving in all area of your content.

p. if you answer less than 65% correctly, these is a warning signal!! spend lots of time reviewing content and stop doing question on the weakest area

q. if you answer 65-75% correctly your performance is improving and success is certain. continue working with the content until your score is above 75%

r. every wrong answer, identify why you answered it wrongly.

s. practice 75- 85 question to known how you'll be prepared for nclex exam and see how many you answered correctly

t. do understand the question first, formulate your answer of hand and compare with the option given to see how close your answer!!

u. anticipate test question will increase in difficulty when you get the first question right!!

v. do not panic if someone finishes before you!!

w. do not cram cram!!

x. remember that you have learned a great amount of nursing knowledge and the exam is only designed to determine whether you're able to practice safely @ entry level

y. keep a positive attitude and pray!!

z. wish you best of luck!

Thanks for all the information, much appreciated!!

All i have to say

God did not bring you through Nursing school if he didnt want you to be one.

Keep the faith in GOD and i know u can do it.......

Faith in God.

Gods says Today is friday for u, but dont forget that sunday is coming too...

Its means things are not favouring u at this time, u did not pass ur exam so, friday is going for u,,

but dont forget that sunday is coming too... everything will be fine , things gonna start favouring u and soon u will be nurse too

I also failed my NCLEX first time and I also envy those who passed..but i always think to myself..that passing my second time will make me better.. i will value my job more than the ones who passed the first time, because i know what it feel like to be a failure... we all will be PN and then we will be able to celebrate as the others on this site.. then we will be able to write our success story on how we passed and help others who are also struggling through this exam... I am praying for myself and each and everyone of you .. good luck to us all!!!!!!!!

mnk10! Hey! Im in the same situation as you are. I have failed the nclex 3 times and it is soooooo hard to get back up again. But you know what we did it those 3 other times and can do it again. Its very hard and it really test you as a person. I have had good and bad days but I promise myself that I will not give up b/c I want this so badly. Keep up the hard work and it will soon pay off. Me and you will soon be nurses and this pain will all be in the past.

Remember anything worth having is worth working for. Trust me I know exactly how you feel and prayer and motivation has brought me this far. Good luck to you and keep me posted. We can motivate each other since we are in the same situation.

when can you test again? I can test again at the end of Oct.

I have taken NCLEX twice already and both failed it. I stopped at 85 both test. I was so devastated. But i told myself i want this and and wont give up, tho sometimes i already felt like giving up. Now in two weeks i am taking my 3rd try on this test and been studying content and practice test in Saunders...i've been practicing my analysis and strategies. I think i can make it this time and be mindful and careful of selecting the best answer and being relax and focus. Its hard but i think NCLEX is a mental torture for nurses. I cant wait til the end of this journey and i can finally say..I'm a NURSE...Wish me luck and pray for me..Thanks and good luck to all....

I have been in your shoes. I failed boards 3x and passed July 28, 09 for the 4x. Many times I felt like giving up but I sit back and think about it that if I did give up I wouldn't be a nurse today. Your blessings wont come if you give up on them. Stay strong in the lord and when you walk in there for the 4x say to yourself all minds clear (that's what my mom told me). When you sit down in front of that computer pray. Give yourself at least a week off before you start back up with studying. I used Saunders for content review, Kaplan for strategies, examcram for practice questions, and the bible for NCLEX Linda LaCharity delegation and prioritzation. Remember your prayers have already been sent up and the balls in your court now. God bless you.

I have been in your shoes. I failed boards 3x and passed July 28, 09 for the 4x. Many times I felt like giving up but I sit back and think about it that if I did give up I wouldn't be a nurse today. Your blessings wont come if you give up on them. Stay strong in the lord and when you walk in there for the 4x say to yourself all minds clear (that's what my mom told me). When you sit down in front of that computer pray. Give yourself at least a week off before you start back up with studying. I used Saunders for content review, Kaplan for strategies, examcram for practice questions, and the bible for NCLEX Linda LaCharity delegation and prioritzation. Remember your prayers have already been sent up and the balls in your court now. God bless you.

Hope is never too late to wish you belated :ancong!::D

Jarlesha first off congrats! And thanks for your post b/c that is motivation to me. It makes me feel good to know that there are others out there who have made it pass this mutiple struggle. Im going to keep studying and come the end of Oct I will be a nurse. Keep me in your prayers and good luck with your career!

Yes. Hard, hard hard...I don't know why some people think is so easy and some others have such hard time with. I remember someone telling me it was like one of these tests you take at a hospital orientation! I sometimes think that once you fail it gets tricky because the computer keep your file and whatever made you trip the first time intensify but I fight this thought because is a negative one. One thing I am grasping more and more is that the approach s should shift and you should think of the test in a different way. I agree with someone who posted on this site: She said the NCLEX is all about giving you questions you don't know and see how you do with the little you know. So right there is our shift on our approach to this test. Think of it less as a test you took in school which is testing your knowledge in a particular subject and more as a puzzle in which the theme is "nursing" but the actual test is not testing on nursing skills. I think that makes the most sense so far.

I'm in the same boat and unsure of how to study or what to do different this time around. It's really hard to motivate and stay focus.

Hey Yall !!! YOU CAN DO IT!!! I am an LPN, doing the Excelsior LPN -RN thing and almost finished (already have a bachelors but not in nursing) !!!!!!!!!! When I had to do boards, I attended a review(for both LPN & RN's) and it was the best. About $350.00 but worth every penny( you will make this back in one shift as RN). The Hurst Review :yeah:It helps you take all that knowledge and apply it differently for test taking. We learn so much in school, the review helps you learn how to take the test! I cannot say much about other reviews but I know "Hurst "works. When I finish LPN -RN I will take the review again, for the tests I am taking now are presented differently than boards are presented. Look into it and other reveiws if you have not already!!!!!!!!!!

I have to add to all the comments. I tested on Aug 8th for the 4th time for my LPN and failed. Iused ncsbn and kaplan this time and still failed. The computer shut off at 85 and I was devistated, so I know how you're feeling. Since the test I don't know how to feel. I'm trying to get motivated again but I don't know which way to turn and I am totally lost on what to study. Can somebody please help me!