Foreign nurse discouraged!

[Socalija]

Hi guys, this is my first thread on this forum. I'm a foreign educated nurse I graduated 3 weeks ago and I just applied to take the nclex. I haven't received my ATT as yet however I started studying about a week ago. I purchased Kaplan self paced online review course and I have been using it-so far so good. I took the diagnostic test before I reviewed anything and I scored a 37% on it 😔 I am discouraged and extremely scared to take this exam! I have done 75 practice questions so far from the Qbank in which I scored 45% and I feel like I know nothing! Like I feel extremely behind everyone else that were educated here. Im extremely discouraged 😞😞

I guess my question is has anyone experienced this or currently experiencing this ? Any advice or word of encouragement would be appreciated

[amoLucia]

Tutoring might help.

[LuluaspiringRN]

I'm also a foreign graduate 10 years ago. When I took my NCSBN pretest, I got only 45% but when I read the context and answered all their qbanks. I got 63% overall. I cannot say I'm pretty sure I'm going to pass the exam coz I'll be taking it on July but I learned a lot again after 3 weeks of reading. Try and try to read all the rationale coz you will learn from it.

[Socalija]

Thank you very much, that's what I'm trying to do focus on the questions and rationales...all the best with your exam and much success

[Dgamez]

I knew someone that didn't pass NCLEX for the same reason but after taking Kaplan she passed. Just a suggestion