Nclex RN fail

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So I took my Nclex yesterday after studying for 10 weeks doing Kaplan and a few Nclex books. I got 265 questions lots of SATA and I did the PVT and got the CC page so I know I failed. Now what to do feeling down. I thought I knew enough to pass. I am already a LPN. Now how do you pick you self up and start again....

Specializes in ICU.
Unreliable trick that is right 99.9999999% of the time...

Show me where it's accurate 99.9% of the time. Show me.

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.

HOW are you studying?

The issue may not necessarily the source of the review, but how one approaches the NCLEX itself: understanding the four concepts of becoming a competent, entry-level nurse:

1. Safe, effective care;

2.Health promotion;

3.Physiological Integrity;

4.Psychosocial integrity

Will determine WHAT the question is asking you; the question may be Respiratory related-but is it a Health Promotion or a Safety, or a Physiological or a Psychosocial one? Would you know the difference and choose the BEST answer?

Once one understands the concepts of NCLEX, they can do so successfully.

Don't look at content; you know most of the material because you passed nursing school; begin to do questions related to each concept; review all questions and rationales; ANY rationale you struggle with, THEN review content. Lather, rinse, repeat.

When practicing the questions, prepare the questions like a mock NCLEX exam, review the minimum and then work up to the maximum for endurance purposes.

Review rationales and identify what is your weakest NCLEX subject, THEN work on those questions. Saunders and Lippinicott and others have questions broken down in the subjects-if you need to focus on the subjects then work in questions in that manner, review rationales-if you don't get the rationale, then look up the source to study the info. NCSBN is great in having the setup that I described; I find that to be one if the better programs out there when the questions are very similar to NCLEX, have rationales with sources to the information if one needs to study the subject.

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DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED BY PERCENTILES! You are only in competition with yourself. I think I ended up a 48% overall percentile after answering questions over and over again. Read rationales and try not to throw your laptop at the wall when that same question that you keep getting wrong pops up ;)

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HOW are you studying?

The issue may not necessarily the source of the review, but how one approaches the NCLEX itself: understanding the four concepts of becoming a competent, entry-level nurse:

1. Safe, effective care;

2.Health promotion;

3.Physiological Integrity;

4.Psychosocial integrity

Will determine WHAT the question is asking you; the question may be Respiratory related-but is it a Health Promotion or a Safety, or a Physiological or a Psychosocial one? Would you know the difference and choose the BEST answer?

Once one understands the concepts of NCLEX, they can do so successfully.

Don't look at content; you know most of the material because you passed nursing school; begin to do questions related to each concept; review all questions and rationales; ANY rationale you struggle with, THEN review content. Lather, rinse, repeat.

When practicing the questions, prepare the questions like a mock NCLEX exam, review the minimum and then work up to the maximum for endurance purposes.

Review rationales and identify what is your weakest NCLEX subject, THEN work on those questions. Saunders and Lippinicott and others have questions broken down in the subjects-if you need to focus on the subjects then work in questions in that manner, review rationales-if you don't get the rationale, then look up the source to study the info. NCSBN is great in having the setup that I described; I find that to be one if the better programs out there when the questions are very similar to NCLEX, have rationales with sources to the information if one needs to study the subject.

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Specializes in ER.

I used Hurst as my only program. It is content based not "question" based and honestly it saved my nursing life. I learned more from that program than I ever learned in nursing school. I loved it and I am a better nurse for it now. The lecture on Acid Base was like Boom MIND BLOWN!

I recommend it to every future RN I know. I passed in 75 questions and knew I did because I understood the "why's" of the NCLEX.

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Well I have been studying question everyday I'm using uworld for another few days the I'll be doing Kaplan again. I test again on sept 2. Getting nervous

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Specializes in Gerontology.

Hey Lisa! I'm sorry to hear about your experience. I hope you get a lot out of uworld, it's seriously the best. What I did with Uworld was study the content then create uworld test to reinforce it. I never used kaplan, but I used Hurst videos which were okay for content, and then Mark Klimex who is the reason I passed the first time. He is amazing!

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Specializes in Emergency Nursing.

I used UWorld and passed the NCLEX in 75 questions.

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Paid for the results and I failed. So back to studying Kaplan gave me 3 more months. And I am doing uworld this time also. I'm so discouraged right now

I would recommend that you not use Kaplan! I read 2 pages of Kaplan book and returned the next day...their questions are structured around their dumb 'tree formula.'

here how I passed on my first try. make note cards of things you need to refresh on, don't try to relearn everything! you know what you know...hence the 4 years of school that you did! do uworld read their rationales, it's extremely hard but when you're sitting for your board it's easy compared to uworld.

For people who used Kaplan, credits to you folks. this is only my opinion, please take no offense.

best of luck!

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