Please I need HELPPPP! I failed NCLEX-RN five times.

Firstly, I understand how devastating it can be to fail the NCLEX. It hurts. But you seem to be very dedicated and I applaud that. I passed the NCLEX and did a combination of Uworld, the ATI prep book that was given to us at the end of nursing school, and google. For those who don't know ATI, its from the ATI-Testing website that nursing schools often have students register (and pay a $*&@ ton of money for) to review topics and videos about how to place foleys, pass meds, etc. At the end of it, I got a great book not included in the ATI book bundle that broke down all nursing topics into the major keys points. That thing really helped and it seemed to complement Uworld nicely while I studied the rationale and made a lot of notes. I'm a tactile and visual learner mostly so writing down my notes in various ways helped me. Maybe reconsider how you study and not what you study?

That being said, you cannot keep studying the way you are. You are over studied and cannot expect to memorize the SATA questions. Its humanly impossible. With the NCLEX, go with your gut. When I was taking it, I struggled between answers and would sometimes pick things or exclude things for reasons I couldn't even tell you. My gut told me stuff I didn't even know. So, don't question yourself constantly or over think it. I know this gets harder with each NCLEX you take, but its the only thing I can say.

what is the name of the ati book please?

ATI is part of the curriculum in a nursing school program. But you can get it online too. I believe it costs $300 to 400. Did you graduate in a nursing school here in the U.S.? As for my experience, it really isn't much of a help. Which some nclex takers here also talked about, it contraindicates. Well, whatever you decide taking I wish you the best.

Sounds like you are way overthinking it and running out of time. You know the answer or you do not. Read the question, choose the answer you are most confident about and forget it.

If you sit there long enough, you will second guess yourself, and so on.

SATA's are just True/False.....if you rephrase the question as True/False and would choose true, select that answer and move on to the next one, repeat.

So if the question was worded "The following are risk factors for DVT, SATA" and the options were Smoking, Drinking, Pregnancy, etc. you would re-prase each answer as "True or false, smoking is a risk factor for DVT" Indeed smoking is a risk factor for DVT, so that one would be in there.

Aside from that, the rest of it is really just critical thinking and choosing the answer that makes the most sense to you. Make peace with the fact that you will NOT be certain of the answer the vast majority of the time, you just have to trust yourself when you eliminate other answers.

For example, I had a couple questions that I absolutely did NOT know the answer, but I absolutely knew that two of the choices were wrong because I knew their meanings and they didn't apply, so that took me to a 50/50 shot right away.

Some people will say if you have to take the test this many times you should give up but I have a feeling you are over thinking this and that you are letting your anxiety get the best of you.

Don't overthink it, you made it through nursing school, you can make it through this.

Get the Saunders Rn comprehensive review read that top to bottom and do all the questions and also get Regina remar quick facts book that helped me a lot and I took nclex 4 times so don't be discouraged!

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Thank you for your kind words. I want to pass this year because they are going to change the nclex format next time. At the end of my nclex exam last August 30, I have taken the testing test. They are trying the new format. I will try your suggestions to study less than 6 hours a day.

What do you by "they are going to change the NCLEX format next time"? And "I have taken the testing test"---what?

You might want to take a look at this site: NCLEX & Other Exams | NCSBN . The test is as it has always been and will continue to be, as long as the CAT system is used, and there is no plan to change that.

You asked for help and here's my suggestion. Either take a US-based refresher course or consider a US NCLEX tutor. Your school, your education did not prepare you well enough to pass this exam or you would have passed it, at this point you need to do something DIFFERENTLY from the last five fails if you hope to pass it next time. Faith in the Almighty is a wonderful thing but I know what that other person was saying about that not really being relevant when it comes to studying for this exam. Not passing doesn't mean you haven't prayed hard enough, what if it's His will that you NOT become a nurse? Are you prepared to accept that? If not, and you aren't going to say "It's His will that I fail" then it's up to YOU to PASS. You can go with thinking that if God wants you to be a nurse He will let you pass but then you also have to go with if God doesn't want you to be a nurse He will continue to let you fail.

If I were you I'd find someone who has success in teaching people who have had multiple NCLEX failures how to pass. I'd go back to school. I'd enroll in review courses, live, and work with a tutor. I'd ask my college to help find me someone to work with, and go from there. That's what I'd do. Good luck.

angel15;

Since you focused your past study aides on taking practice exams, I would not spend more time on that method. It is expensive (but so is paying for the exams) so maybe invest in more content knowledge based study aides. I liked Hurst for simple and entertaining content. I did the online self paced method and took lots of notes to help retain the information. I also did Kaplan. You can still renew your subscription to UWorld and also RN Mastery and take questions when your hand hurts from taking so many notes. I don't know your education background? Did your BSN classmates all pass the NCLEX?, if not, you may need to hit your nursing books and read more on content. I was one of few of my graduating class that did not pass the first time, so my issue was more trying to put too much knowledge into each question. I did not do practice questions and only studied content before the first time. You sound the opposite, that you studied only practice but not enough content knowledge base aides.

Like you I also struggled to pass the NCLEX-RN. I also just took the NCLEX-RN in August 2017 for the 4th time and passed. What I did to finally pass the NCLEX was do the NCSBN learning extension. I actually studied the content in each of the 9 categories and actually wrote down each category and the potential content that would apply. It was amazing that I didn't realize that it tells you what content would fall under each category. That helped me out a lot. I also attended a free webinar presented by Nurse Chioma on how she passed the NCLEX in 30 days. At the end she gives you information on how to take an assessment test and she will analyze the results and tell you what your weaknesses are. Very helpful. Her site is choosingnursing.net. The major thing that Nurse Chioma told me was to know the pathophysiology of the diseases. I found a really great website that helped me with that content. That website is as follows registednursern.com. Good Luck with your studying and I hope to see that you are a nurse.

Hi, Angel! After failing the NCLEX 3 times in 2016, my wife (who graduated from nursing college and got her Philippines RN license in 2008) finally passed on September 16, 2017 after finishing the full 265 questions in a Makati, Manila test center. All the popular NCLEX textbooks and online websites (Kaplin, Uworld) did not help my wife to adequately prepare for NCLEX; what helped her succeed was 25 days of review in a classroom with teaching staff, 8 hours a day (as well as a lot of prayers to God from her family).

I also think leaving the U.S. and studying in the Philippines, while visiting her mother, helped my wife stay focused for the NCLEX. The Rachel Allen course is what she took. If you take it in the U.S. it's around $3000., but in Manila only $600. Of course you still have to pay $1000. for round trip airfare, but you are still saving a little. Good luck, God bless you, and message me when you pass! Here is the Rachel Allen website:

www rachellallen com

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hi so i m planning to work on nclex for next month need advise i ma repeat test take need a practical advose to prepare and attempt for nclex in a month's time ,

no too much money going through a lot of financial crisis.

any help would be appreciated.

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Try using nclex review cards from Saunders. I just took my PN nclex yesterday ( hoping I passed������������) But my older sister passed her RN the second time using these cards and swore by these review cards!!! So I used hers to study from for my PN and that dreadful "good pop" came up so I'm hopeful! I waited 6 months since school ended to take my test ( had some hiccups) but Barnes and noble has them for maybe 40 bucks? Some of the questions I studied were actually on my test. They have rationales on the back for each question. If I got a question wrong While studying I would write the information down so I knew it. And reviewed all of that two days before ( and maybe a little the morning before������������*♀️) Good luck

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