Why do people fail the NCLEX?

The main reason is not studying well.Lack of critical thinking,and lack of practice also affects a candidate to fail

some didnt prepare well, and some arent used to the questions. Also, dont forget there are some who have test anxiety.

some may have never learned it in school...or just memorized for school and forgot it all. You could write an entire book on reasons why people fail.

well, after almost a year of reading the posts here, it's pretty clear that all the blame lays with the NCSBN for administering too tough a test, nursing schools (all of them) for not preparing those who failed well enough, and all study materials for not providing the correct content to study for each individual.

haha funny one rn and rrt if you are being sarcastic :)

lol let's hope that's sarcasm.

Here's my take on why people do not pass the NCLEX...and this is from my own personal experience as a nurse educator.

• Language Barrier
  
• Attended a mediocre nursing program: no overall the student is still responsible for independently making sure he or she puts in their study time...but if you experienced being a student in a program where the teachers were incompetent and did not engage their students critical thinking skills...then these students are more likely to become less successful in passing the NCLEX
  
• Cramming during the nursing program: I always warn my students, if you crammed for every single test you took during school....you will have a much harder time recalling facts during your tests. Cramming definitely does not help with retention.
  
• overall just a lack of discipline to study on a daily basis or no study game plan was established
  
• just an overall lack of critical thinking skills and the fact that the student never was accustomed to NCLEX style or application type questioning as opposed to knowledge based questioning
  
• too many distractors preventing adequate studying
  
• just reading nursing textbooks instead of practicing nclex style questioning
  
• waiting toooooo long to take the test. I always tell my students to strive to take their NCLEX within 3 months of graduation
  

I will approach this question another way; why would someone pass the NCLEX? Because they have learned to think like a nurse, and they have learned to do it under great stress and pressure. This takes more practice for some, and I isn't at all based solely on intelligence.

I think it's a combination of:

• Failure to sufficiently and/or properly prepare
  
• Inadequate admissions standards at some nursing schools
  
• Test anxiety
  

ANXIETY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!