NCLEX Anxiety

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I created this blog just because I saw how wonderful past nursing students are giving advice to each other and hoping for the best for the NCLEX. I am soon taking my NCLEX in less than a month, and I do not seeing it going well. I am dedicated to studying, and I have finished my Q-bank on Kaplan within depth reviews of the rationale and my percent overall is a 50. I know my chances are not high and I am just so distraught. I study content, and I am planning to re-do the questions, but I feel as if that will not help bc I reviewed them. Any recommendations, study guide for month, should I purchase a new program to review? I'd appreciate to hear from anyone :cry:

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It is normal to be nervous about NCLEX. I remember I was very nervous as well. My average was also a 50. You are doing great studying both content and questions. I wish you Success on the NCLEX.

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Thanks for your encouragement! I really appreciate, but do you think I should continue repeating the questions, I also got 50s on my first 3 questions trainer.

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I had very low scores on the Q bank and Q trainers and the nursing experts told me to study my content and watch all the videos then do the questions again.. The other thing that helped me was an email from my online Kaplan course instructor.....it was a long e-mail so I have copied and pasted the most important thing he wrote.... He said this......

You are ready to take the test when:

1. You have Read the Entire book in depth one time

2. You have watched all the online content lectures

3. You have completed all the Question Trainer Questions

4. You have reached the targeted scores on the Question Trainers (QT4&5=65 /Q6&7=60)

5. You have completed the entire Qbank questions

6. You have reached the targeted scores on the Qbanks (minimum averaging 60)

7. You have remediated all the questions, read all the rationales for correct and incorrect answers

8. You understand why you missed incorrect answers and why you got the ones you did right correctly!

9. Now you can be confident! Knowing you have prepared completely!

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Specializes in Critical Care; Recovery.

Hi, I'm a former nursing student. I now have 2 years nursing experience and recently transferred from telemetry to critical care (much better!). I recently stumbled on several comprehensive videos on YouTube.com that are free and I think would be very helpful to you. Look up David Woodruff on YouTube.com. His video lectures (nursing care of pulmonary alterations for example) have been very helpful to me as a new icu nurse. I would definitely incorporate everything I could find by him on YouTube into my study plan! Where was this guy before I took the NCLEX? By the way, the NCLEX is about controlling your anxiety level. Try to relax and take a bathroom break in the middle if they let you. Do some deep breathing and at least pretend like you're enjoying yourself. I passed on the first attempt (with little to no preparation after nursing school). Look up David Woodruff though. You'll thank me later.

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Specializes in Cardiac.

I would not repeat questions that you already reviewed and understood the rationale and why you got it incorrect. Focus on what you are scoring the lowest percentile in and shoot for an average of 60-65%.

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Thank you so much for the in-depth response, that is a great checklist to NCLEX preparation!

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Thank you, I am looking those up right now. I really appreciate the advice.

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