I am a bad reviewer, I passed nclex the 3rd time!!

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I am a foreign graduate nurse, graduated 4 years ago. I am an RN in my country but I never worked in a hospital. I moved in to the US last year took the NCLEX thrice.

1st time: September last year. I used Saunders, I enrolled in Kaplan too, it was no help to me. But their qbank is really great. It is somewhat harder than the real nclex but it really makes you think. - 85 questions- FAIL

2nd time: December. I read Saunders again and answered Kaplan's qbank again. No good. 265 questions- FAIL

3rd time- NCSBN 5- week course- Its cheaper than other review courses but personally do not like it. It is very not user friendly and it has a lot of technical glitches. I read Saunders again- (yes I reread it again for the sake of reading it! When reading it seems nothing is absorbing in my mind. hehe) I bought Lacharity's Prioritization book- this is really worth your money! And the questions are similar to NCLEX. http://exammaster2.com/- this is also helpful and it s free! I also got some random facts file from this website (see older threads). I also posted the lab values and infection control mnemonics on my wall so I can see it everytime and and I can remember it.- 95 questions- PASS!

Lots of prayers. I always pray because as I said earlier I am a bad reviewer so Im in dread need of guidance from above to focus on my review. I dont know St Joseph of Cupertino, I just read about him a week before I took my exam so I prayed for his help in my exam and he really did helped me!

I also read a post here that as a foreign graduate nurse- nursing here s really different, we are really required to put extra effort in studying. the US graduates have more edge on passing this exam- This is so true! In my case, I almost forgot everything about nursing since I graduated 4 years ago and never worked in a hospital, I started from scratch. Im not good in reviewing but I have a strong faith. I dont even have the confidence that Ill pass so I just prayed even harder. When I went out of the testing center Im sure that I failed (In Nevada you can just test 4 times, Im about to lose hope), before doing the trick just prayed and said whatever God wants for me Ill accept it. I got the good pop-up, PVT really works! This website was a lot of help, everytime I feel Im about to give up I just read posts here- and it gave me the determination to continue to study again.

Oh and by the way I also erased my facebook when I was reviewing for the third time. Facebook is such a killer that everytime Im answering questions, I always find myself taking a break everytime and just facebook-ing. It helped too (For bad reviewers like me)!

If I passed NCLEX, i'm sure you guys can. Thank you LORD! PRAYERS- the most powerful thing.

Thanks again for this website. I hope posting my story helps. God bless you all!