Overwhelmed!!!

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Ok, I am in the midst of studying for my 2nd attempt at NCLEX..I graduated in december, took it the first time in Feb. and failed.. I broke down about a month ago and bought the hurst review online because I felt like what I was doing was not helping..But recently I have felt sooo overwhelmed because I cannot remember things! I feel like there is just soo much and I either get things confused with each other or I am just completely blank when asked about stuff. And yes, I know we cannot remember everything, but I am saying I cannot remember even most of it like I should..With Hurst, she says to know all the content they give you without doubt or hesitation! I just cannot get this stuff into my long term memory though for some reason..it's like I get one topic down pat and go on to the next ones and start learning them then I go back and cannot remember the things before to save my life, like I can only remember a certain amount of info at a time or something...So now everytime I sit down to try to study I get soo irritated with myself that I just end up breaking down and crying..I just feel so lost and stuck..I don't know what to do...and don't know what I am looking for by posting this, just some support, encouragement, and any advice I guess..thanks for listening.

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Relax! Think positively and be confident that you will pass your next exam. Being sad and depressed will not help you in studying, you will be just distracted and not remember anything.

I also took Hurst and the key for me to remembering the topics was reading the book and watching the videos over and over again. Repetition, repetition, repetition is the key. Also ask yourself questions about each topic or ask a friend to ask you questions about each topic.

BE CONFIDENT! YOU GOT THIS AND YOU WILL PASS THIS TIME.

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Thanks! I know it doesn't help to get upset, just can't get outta this funk.. get so irritated with myself cuz I dnt feel like I'm remembering anything..

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Thanks for the encouragement and support!

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Were you then able to say the info without hesitation or doubt like they say we should?

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Were you then able to say the info without hesitation or doubt like they say we should?

Not necessarily but i was able to understand everything including the 5 day resource materials. Make sure you do a lot of questions from resources though like the Lacharity PDA book, kaplan qtrainers, nclex 3500, etc....Hurst is good for content but its also important to do lots of questions.

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Try to understand the materials than just trying to memorize them. Try to link the systems with the content. Pray for clarification of the materials and you should be calm enough to understand them. Remember Abevans88, the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong but to those that endures to the end. Endure! Endure! Endure!

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Sometimes it can be overwhelming trying to learn so much info. I think maybe you just need to take some time for yourself to do something fun and non-nursing. At some point you can get so overwhelmed and frustrated that you don't retain anything. My advice is to take a break then start doing questions about the content you are studying. For me anyway, the questions helped me understand the content. Best of luck. Remember, you made it through nursing school, so you can overcome this one last step.

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Thank you all fir the advice. It's appreciated!

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Abevean88 I was just there a couple of weeks ago and I know how you are feeling. This is how I over came it when I studied. When I studied a section out the Saunders book of course you answered the questions at the end, but what I did a lot of is talking to myself (don't judge me lol) about the subject and taking lots of NOTES on the things I really didn't understand or was clueless about. When I did other questions like NCLEX I read the rationales and took notes, because I had to understand why was this the answer weather right or wrong. Now don't get me wrong I had days where I broke down and cried like a baby because I felt like I was not comprehending anything almost feeling dumb to the fact and I realized I was pushing myself to hard I mean too hard it was bad. My sister had to bring that to my attention. I was trying to know everything and a friend of mine said you are not going to know everything. You really know more than what you realize...

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Yes. Exactly how im feeling..glad to know its not just me..ive always been hard on myself about everything so im sure that is it! Thanks so much! I will try that.

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