Failed the NCLEX RN with 76 questions!

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I failed my NCLEX with 76 questions! i hated the exam, .. i really found the questions hard, but when i walked out of there, i honestly thought i passed, because i got so many sata questions , and two hours later i tried the pearsonvue trick and sure enough it worked, because i went all the way to the cc page, and today i checked the site, paid the money on pearsonvue and found out i failed, the exam is horrible, all they ask are priority questions, infection control and sata, i hated it!! i need advice from the ones who passed, i really need to pass this damn thing, please help..

I highly recommend doing the Kaplan course. I did it online and really liked the online tests. Be sure to do all of the tests and review each of the rationales for all of the questions. I would brush up on doing math problems, Kaplan was a little weak in that area. I also used the Mosby Illustrated Study Guide for the NCLEX RN Exam and thought it was a great source for content.

I wish you all the best. This seriously was the hardest test that I have ever taken and only feel that it is by God's grace that I passed it. He is faithful and will help you. All the best...sending good thoughts your way!

What were you scoring on your kaplan tests? especially when you started your first few tests and towards the end, how did you scores get? did they keep getting better after reading rationals ? .. i just took my first two tests, first one being 55 % and second one being 52%.. these seem very low, but the questions were very hard. I hope to get better at them. I will keep try my best. Did you believe the nclex questions were similiar to kaplan? i heard that the nclex questions are similiar to kaplan, but then ppl are saying that kaplan is harder.. is the nclex easier than kaplan? do you think the questions are similiar but maybe the choices are easier to eliminate vs with kaplan which is harder to eliminate the choices?

On Trainer 1 my score was 48 then on the rest of the Trainer Tests my scores were 69, 63, 60, 64, 62, 65 and the Readiness Test was 66. I thought that Kaplan was good at showing strategy for test taking. I would recommend it; however, I thought the NCLEX was much harder than Kaplan. I know that viewing the rationales helped me to look at the questions strategically and gave me insight into eliminating answers. I watched the online videos and did the Q bank questions too. The rationales for the Diagnostic Test and Readiness Test are really good. They give background info plus a good rationale for each question. The math problems that I encountered on Kaplan were much easier than the ones on the boards. If I had to retake it, I would definitely brush up on the math. There is a lot of good info on this site under the thread for Fast Facts...really good info. Check it out.

On Trainer 1 my score was 48 then on the rest of the Trainer Tests my scores were 69, 63, 60, 64, 62, 65 and the Readiness Test was 66. I thought that Kaplan was good at showing strategy for test taking. I would recommend it; however, I thought the NCLEX was much harder than Kaplan. I know that viewing the rationales helped me to look at the questions strategically and gave me insight into eliminating answers. I watched the online videos and did the Q bank questions too. The rationales for the Diagnostic Test and Readiness Test are really good. They give background info plus a good rationale for each question. The math problems that I encountered on Kaplan were much easier than the ones on the boards. If I had to retake it, I would definitely brush up on the math. There is a lot of good info on this site under the thread for Fast Facts...really good info. Check it out.

and what was ur average for the qbank?

i hope i pass the nclex this time, i will check out those fast facts and also try to eliminate choices as much as i can ..i still have to take the trainer tests to see where my score stands. hope to do well this time around. thank you for your information, i will check out the fast facts.

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can some one tell me what the pearson trickk is....i am freAKING OVER TEST

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can some one tell me what the pearson trickk is....i am freAKING OVER TEST

There is a big thread called 'Pearsonvue trick Is this true Does it work? and can be found at the moment on the first page of this forum. Plenty of information there about the trick

Dont give up I took the test 4 times I used the Saunders Book. It worked I finally passed. Trsut in God.

Thanks, by the way Jaenese, i passed my exam on my second try with 75 questions!! I am so happy!! I just wanted to update this thread :) I have a whole new thread about how I passed and what I did its called " I passed the Nclex Rn on my second try. Please read to find out how!" .. I am very thankful to God , without His will , nothing can happen. :)

I took the Nclex RN a week ago. I passed the test with 76 questions, I was convinced that I failed after taking the test. To prepare for the exam, I did roughly 200-75 questions from the lipincott book, and did an online hurst review course. But to be honest, I don't tink I needed to anything to prepare for the exam in retrospect bc i believe i still would've done the same without any studying. I did just graduate in June, so the content is somewhat fresh. The only thing preparing did for me was that I went in to take the test with some level of confidence but the content I studied in hurst etc didn't prepare me for the exam. Sorry guys, I know that doesn't help. Wish you all the best of luck!!!!!

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