GREAT DEAL of embarassment....thanks BON.

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I'd like to thank the people who supported me here tru posting. Unfortunately, I FAILED NCLEX-PN again for the 3rd time. And that cause me a great deal of embarassment from my family, friends and people who knows me. They all think that I AM STUPID and DUMB for not passing the exam for the 3rd time. Thank you BON for making this exam so hard to pass and making more HARDER next year. I am depressed, no work , no place to live. Because i give up everything and spend all my saving just for this exam and just to pass this exam and be able to have a good job and something that i can support myself. BUT now...I HAVE NOTHING. Thank you BON ...GREAT JOB FOR MAKING THE EXAM HARDER...to PASS...:crying2:

brichie, it could definitely be your English. I am not being harsh, but the CNA exam is much simpler and far more direct in the questions. NCLEX is sneaky.

Find a way to pay for a CLASS.

And good luck.

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I studied 8 hours a day..reading Saunders 4th Edition and doing practice test 100, in the morning and 100 in the afternoon. Then i read the rationale on why i get it wrong. Saunders doesn't give you much about Infection Control..it just give you the basic standard precautions etc...I studied in the Philippines for LPN. I am on the top 5 of my class..so its either because i studied in Manila or there is something wrong with me. I know my English very well, i am not stupid not to understand it. I guess iits just the way the test is formatted. Strategies on how to answer CAT. I have never done this kind of test before. I am CNA here in the US. When i took my CNA Board in Illinois is a paper based exam..I ace it. took just once and i pass. I don't know why I can't pass this NCLEX-PN. I am so frustrated because it says it actually test your minimum competency but the way i see it..It test you on your whole knowledge of nursing content. Do i need to memorized the whole book to pass this test. I read the whole Saunders already and this is my 3rd time and still failure...SO what is wrong or something wrong? I don't i really like giving up..This is going to be my 4th time to try it..and it just scared the hell out of me to do it again and know that it will fail me again..

How you've done before is not a true comparison for the NCLEX-PN. It is a different ballgame all together. From your posting it sounds like you have the studying part down but maybe it's the way and the content that you are studying that isn't helpful?

Think positive and don't say that you're going to fail the 4th time when you haven't taken the test yet. Give yourself a chance!

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Specializes in Assisted Living.
brichie, it could definitely be your English. I am not being harsh, but the CNA exam is much simpler and far more direct in the questions. NCLEX is sneaky.

Find a way to pay for a CLASS.

And good luck.

I dont think it is. I've been here in the US for 16 years...I'm not offended cause sometimes i ask myself that too. But my friend told me it my be Medical Terminology.. who knows..whatever it is..I wont get tru 205 if it is my English ..Don't you think so?

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Specializes in Assisted Living.

I just feel bad ..so bad because i felt like this time i could have made it. I want to surprise my mom this holiday cause her dream is for me to become a nurse, well its also my dream but something is not making it happen for me. Things happen for a reasons..maybe GOD doesnt want me to pass yet..I dont know. I just hate the thought of waiting for another 45 days to resit the exam and i dont know where to start right now since i lost my job and no money at all..putting too much time and energy to pass it but I failed..so I am hurting right now...

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I dont think it is. I've been here in the US for 16 years...I'm not offended cause sometimes i ask myself that too. But my friend told me it my be Medical Terminology.. who knows..whatever it is..I wont get tru 205 if it is my English ..Don't you think so?

I think it could be a factor, brichie.

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It must be something you're not understanding when you're taking the NCLEX. Did they ask you questions about diseases you knew? did you know what system they arise from and what system they affect? meds? infection control is a HUGE priority when testing for the PN. if you private message me your email address, i would be happy to send you some things that i have. You just need to reconfigure HOW you're studying, i guess. for some reason what you're doing isn't working. If you can afford $129 you should absolutely sign up for KAPLAN QBANK-PN online. thats pretty much all that i used to study and it is the best prep out there for nclex.

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wait a minute wait a minute!!!! i failed 3 times and just passed on the 4th try last week. i fully understand all the crazy emotions that you are going through but you must stay strong. one thing that i have noticed is that studying is overwhelming and is not that you dont know the info but how to apply it. practice test strategies and questions here and there but give yourself a mental break. you are not stupid by far you made it through nursing school and family and friends dont understand it because they know nothing about the nclex. dont let anyone discourage you or steer you from your dreams!!! if you need to talk let me know b/c i just crossed this terrible hurdle and when you get there it will feel amazing. keep your head up and stay strong and pray about it. things will work out!!!

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Oh brichie another thing i had to do was stop basing my life on this test! You can still have a great life and feel good about being you while preparing to sit again! Stay strong

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It must be something you're not understanding when you're taking the NCLEX. Did they ask you questions about diseases you knew? did you know what system they arise from and what system they affect? meds? infection control is a HUGE priority when testing for the PN. if you private message me your email address, i would be happy to send you some things that i have. You just need to reconfigure HOW you're studying, i guess. for some reason what you're doing isn't working. If you can afford $129 you should absolutely sign up for KAPLAN QBANK-PN online. thats pretty much all that i used to study and it is the best prep out there for nclex.

I did Kaplan too. I find it so difficult to understand. I do all there practice test. and all i get is 30% to 40%. So that's the reason i stop it. Well if it worked for you. I might be wrong then of not doing it. I have to wait for another 45 days to resit the exam and another month or two to study well for it. I dont know if i have energy to do it again. I am really getting disappointed and depressed about myself. I really don't where or what am i doing wrong why I can't pass this damn test when they say they only test your minimum competency...It seems like i am taking a Medical Board ...:sniff: I have a plan to go home for the holiday in the Philippines and maybe find someone there who can sit with me and tell me what i'm doing wrong..I'm sad because this is the only thing i need to have and to do now to better my life and God didn't give it to me with all those prayers at night or whatever..Thank you for all your support. Maybe and hoping when i come back fro my little vacation . i'm ready or find a heart to do it again and study. But now its just paralyzed me and i feel so numb about it...:sniff: I wanted so much to be a nurse someday but this exam is the only thing that stopping me to do it..and I HATE IT..I'm sorry.

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Specializes in Assisted Living.

The BON must love it so much to make this exam so hard to pass. They don't realized they shuttered someones dream when they put their life on it and study hard and then they can't pass it because all the nonsense format they put on it. I don't understand why they make the NCLEX-PN so hard when the people who's taking it are not REGISTERED NURSES. PRactical Nurses meaning we need practical questions...NOT HARD QUESTIONS...WHATEVER!

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Specializes in Assisted Living.
wait a minute wait a minute!!!! i failed 3 times and just passed on the 4th try last week. i fully understand all the crazy emotions that you are going through but you must stay strong. one thing that i have noticed is that studying is overwhelming and is not that you dont know the info but how to apply it. practice test strategies and questions here and there but give yourself a mental break. you are not stupid by far you made it through nursing school and family and friends dont understand it because they know nothing about the nclex. dont let anyone discourage you or steer you from your dreams!!! if you need to talk let me know b/c i just crossed this terrible hurdle and when you get there it will feel amazing. keep your head up and stay strong and pray about it. things will work out!!!

thank you luckygirl09. you are making me cry! its so painful ..i can't sleep at night. i just don't understand until now why i failed...it makes you question yourself. i did two years of school in the philippines and sacrificed a lot and then here...failure.:sniff:..oh well..i guess it meant to be.

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
The BON must love it so much to make this exam so hard to pass. They don't realized they shuttered someones dream when they put their life on it and study hard and then they can't pass it because all the nonsense format they put on it. I don't understand why they make the NCLEX-PN so hard when the people who's taking it are not REGISTERED NURSES. PRactical Nurses meaning we need practical questions...NOT HARD QUESTIONS...WHATEVER!

You have to remember the BON has no input in the exam. It is a national exam and decision is made by the NCSBN

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