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hello guys,

i take my NCLEX-rn last 2 days (may 15 to be exact) and i was so devastated when the computer shut down at 76th question.. i got tons of SATA and picture chart situation question but the most so disappointed for my part it has lot of teaching(infulencing nursing care eq. *acupuncture , biofeedback ,etc) most of my 1-30th question around on this topic (which i didnt give big concentration on my part) :(and now i received my Quick result and yes..... i failed i'm kinda down today but i always said to my self every-time "once got down the 1st thing to do is to stand up and make a 1st step"

...i just want to ask when will i'll able to take the exam again should i wait for another 3mos or take an aggresive tactics and get it on a month i know i need to wait for 45 days right?

About how many questions are in total with ncsbn ??? , I want to get it to start on Monday ,

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i see thank you so much...angel i'll try to follow your advice..ill go for the aggressive tactics and take it 45days...

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Hi guys! I'm new here and i saw your discussion about the nclex-rn. i too took my exam last week. found out today that i failed. :( really devastating. i feel so depressed because i know i have to study again. i just wish this will all be over. I'm planning to take the exam after 45 days. i just don't want to give up on this. i really really want that license. maybe next time. any advice on what review materials? i tried hurst and saunders 5th ed. please guys? any input? thank youu!

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dont give up arviie. i got almost triaging on my last exam.. focus on NCSBN questions and PDA and Prayers.

Hope this helps! GOD bless you! You can do it!

Is it ok if you can post here or send me a message for the ISBN or the site where you bought the PDA (Prioritization, delegation, Assignment) book? I would really appreciate it. My NCLEX is exactly a month away from now and I REALLY need help coz I'm also not comfortable with SATAs. I'm currently using NCSBN and will be taking Hurst review startng this Monday. I'm also using my Saunders 5th edition, ATI (from my school but I DONT use it for studying this exam coz I TOTALLY hated it!), Delmar cengage NCLEX-RN with CAT logic, Kaplan NCLEX-RN book (the brown one) that came with my previous subscription, and i dont know if its gonna be worth spending another $499 for another Kaplan review as I'm running out of time :/

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At least you didnt have to sit through 365 questions just to fail! What I did to prepare was I read a review book that had 20 questions at the end of each chapter and I learned a lot more from that review book than nursing school, it went over material I had not learned in nursing school and I thought it really helped me to prepare. Critical thinking is not very easy if you just do not know anything about the topic they are asking you about. I did the review book almost every day and made myself a study schedule so that I got through the whole book, it took about a month or so. I think the review book is more helpful than just doing question after question. All those questions can confuse you, sometimes the rationales don't make sense and I thought it hurt my confidence because I didn't remember certain pediatric/maternity topics-whatever your weaknesses are you should read a review chapter on it. Goodluck!

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Yikes! you failed in 76 questions? That tells me you're not getting many right at all - to the point that it's impossible for you to pass after only 60 questions and the test shut off. Are you a nervous tester? How did you do in school? This is absolutely NO offense to ask - but are you english as a second language? All of these questions could point to what's going wrong here. If you did poorly in school, there's not much to be done. But if it's english/anxiety/etc, you can work through it. In some states, you must wait 90 days to re-test. Call your board of nursing and get the exact number of days. They will not allow you to take it any earlier.

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Yikes! you failed in 76 questions? That tells me you're not getting many right at all - to the point that it's impossible for you to pass after only 60 questions and the test shut off. Are you a nervous tester? How did you do in school? This is absolutely NO offense to ask - but are you english as a second language? All of these questions could point to what's going wrong here. If you did poorly in school, there's not much to be done. But if it's english/anxiety/etc, you can work through it. In some states, you must wait 90 days to re-test. Call your board of nursing and get the exact number of days. They will not allow you to take it any earlier.

wow that was harsh:no:

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Completely agree...pretty harsh. I'm a horrible test taker, but I can't say that all my nursing colleagues have the same passion for the profession as I did. Don't give up. You'll pass it and I will too.

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i didnt have the courage to do the PVT..cuz got frend got "good pop up" and then his result was failed so i dont really rely on that i just waited for the "quick result" link..

She got failed in good pop up!! This is ky first time to hear that?? Is this really true?? So scary.

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Specializes in NICU.
wow that was harsh:no:

But it's true. If you fail around 75 questions, it means that you were doing very badly and had no chance of passing, otherwise they would have given you more questions.

If you failed around 265 questions, it means you just failed and nearly passed.

I think it's valuable to the OP because it shows her realistically how much work she needs to do. Foreign-educated RNs have a much lower pass rate on the NCLEX (like 50% or something?) and American RNs have a 90% pass rate, so that's valid too.

OP, you need to be doing questions all day long. There's studies that show that your pass rate dramatically improves after you do more than a few thousand questions. I recommend the La Charity book for prioritization and Saunders for general questions. Kaplan was also a good resource for me.

Good luck.

edit: Just looked at the OP's past posts. She's an international BSN, which explains things. Her first attempt she got 210 questions and this time around she got 75 questions. So you went from nearly passing to failing completely. OP, it sounds like you psyched yourself out on this second exam. Because if you were able to get to 210 questions, you were doing okay, and you shouldn't have had the computer shut off this time at 75 questions.

This is GOOD news because it appears that you have most of the knowledge. You just need more practice and more mental resiliency.

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.

But it's true. If you fail around 75 questions, it means that you were doing very badly and had no chance of passing, otherwise they would have given you more questions.

If you failed around 265 questions, it means you just failed and nearly passed.

I think it's valuable to the OP because it shows her realistically how much work she needs to do. Foreign-educated RNs have a much lower pass rate on the NCLEX (like 50% or something?) and American RNs have a 90% pass rate, so that's valid too.

OP, you need to be doing questions all day long. There's studies that show that your pass rate dramatically improves after you do more than a few thousand questions. I recommend the La Charity book for prioritization and Saunders for general questions. Kaplan was also a good resource for me.

Good luck.

edit: Just looked at the OP's past posts. She's an international BSN, which explains things. Her first attempt she got 210 questions and this time around she got 75 questions. So you went from nearly passing to failing completely. OP, it sounds like you psyched yourself out on this second exam. Because if you were able to get to 210 questions, you were doing okay, and you shouldn't have had the computer shut off this time at 75 questions.

This is GOOD news because it appears that you have most of the knowledge. You just need more practice and more mental resiliency.

^THIS.

I agree...the REALITY is that NCLEX is adaptive to how well you are choosing the BEST answer...in the first part of babyRN's answer was EXACTLY how my associate dean in nursing school explained the NCLEX.

The key to being successful in passing the NCLEX depends on the person's weaknesses, whether it be test anxiety, or subject content, even down to HOW you answered questions while in nursing school. During NCLEX, you really have little room in staying above the passing standard. Once the pattern of not being able to choose the best answer for high-level questions sets in, the chances of going below the passing standard increase.

I agree with baby that you might have psyched your self out OP. Look at which questions you fell below the passing standard with when you get the report. Other posters have given great suggestions, such as the PDA book (a godsend for me taking my NCLEX-RN as a LPN) and there is also an alternative format question book out there as well.

Best wishes OP. ((HUGS))

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So I have my licensed from Puerto Rico, trying to pass the nclex in New York. Am I consider a foreign nursing student?...and if so how is that affecting my chances of passing the nclex? ...and what do you all recommend me to try? Since I was eleven, I traveled back and forward...I really don't want to believe that it can be a language barrier..since obviously English is my second language.

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