I need help I've failed 3 times now

RNsRWe, ASN, RN · Dec 31, 2014

The CPR you received upon notice of failure should give you an indication of where you need to focus. What did your last one say?

jasilady · Jan 1, 2015

The CPR you received upon notice of failure should give you an indication of where you need to focus. What did your last one say?

That's the thing I never received the previous ones which I know is completely foolish and I only disservice my self..

I just figured the first time I wasn't ready the second time I had a lot going on but this time I felt so ready I don't think my issue is content I think it is answering the question correctly in going to keep on trying I've come to far to give up.. When it is time I will master the NCLEX and I will be an RN.

RNsRWe, ASN, RN · Jan 1, 2015

I'm sorry, I don't understand your response.....you would have received a Candidate Performance Report (CPR) and it states where you were below passing, near passing, above passing, and you would have received this for EACH of the times you failed.

Take a look at the one you just got. What does it say? Or is this from quite some time ago?

jasilady · Jan 1, 2015

When I failed the first time I did not receive anything. I never contacted the board about it I just studied everything. This time I paid for the quick results so that's how I found out I failed so I have to wait a couple weeks for the CPR.

akomismo · Jan 1, 2015

Kaplan and mastery app is not sufficient tools in passing nclex. Whats ur routine study btw? I suggest u to get PDA lacharity and do 100-200 questions a day and read content 2-3 system per day. The more u answer question the better to see same questions on board. Goodluck!

Sonia1210 · Jan 1, 2015

You need to find out if they have the correct address because you should receive the cpr to guide you .

nurseprnRN, BSN, RN · Jan 1, 2015

Generally, I don't like multiple postings to the same forum, but students do not seem to read past threads with the same titles or concerns, so here it is again. If you want the rest, go to the "What do I have to know to pass NCLEX" article.

All, I just got the nicest note from someone who had already failed NCLEX twice and was despondent. She studied and studied, memorized lists of normal values and drugs, and did bazillions of practice questions, and still failed. She asked what she could possibly do differently ... and I answered her that she needed to stop focusing on memorization and start focusing on meanings, rationales, understanding the WHY of every fact she knew.

NCLEX (and nursing) expects you'll have some level of baseline fact knowledge, of course, but is much more concerned that you know how to think about using them when you have them.

Do you need to get more information? Why?

Do you understand what's important in a scenario or question, and what's not? Why?

Do you know what's expected? Why?

Do you know the effect of a drug? Why do we care?

Do you know what a lab value means? Why do we care?

So many more whys...

Why, why, why... it's the basis of everything we do, it's the foundation of critical thinking in three little letters. It's not something you have to do just to pass NCLEX, it's something every nurse has to do every day of a professional life.

Anyway, that's what I told her. And today I got an email telling me that she stopped memorizing and started thinking about her critical thinking, and found herself on 12/29 going into the testing center calm and confident. And like the mayonnaise: cool but not frozen. And she passed.

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