Pass CA NCLEX RN!!

[futurefotorn]

I FINALLY passed by NCLEX RN!

A little insight into my story..

I graduated exactly 2 years to the month.. i have attempted the NCLEX RN 5 times and i thought i as doomed. i thought i would never become a nurse and i thought i wasn't cut out to be one. Every time i failed, it knocked me down, it took my confidence and as well as my self esteem. it took a lot to get back up and do it over.

I have tried every popular study tool on the market- hurst, kaplan, NCSBN, and even a private tutor. nothing worked!! i was hitting the marks each one said you should hit in order to be able to pass.

Finally, i found the light.

I found a live review course located in So CAL. Called- American Healthways education.

This place is heaven sent! i did the extended programm (6 month) and when i finally realized i was UNDERSTANDING the content i started to do questions along with the review. I used UWORLD.

I finally passed the NCLEX RN because of the live review center and UWORLD!

Goodluck everyone on your journey & remember to never give up!!

[Silverdragon102, BSN]

Moved to the NCLEX forum

Congratulations

[bibay45, RN]

congratulations!!!! I, too, have tried other popular review courses but haven't passed the nclex. I started using the Uworld questions and really think the rational helped me a lot.

[nurseabc0]

Congratualtions Futurefotorn! I just want to know, what were your final average UWorld Qbank scores that helped you pass the NCLEX?

Bibay45, you state that Uworld had amazing rationals, and yet you still failed. What do you think caused the failure? Did you reach the 60% cumulative QWorld test scores?

I'm taking UWorld right now and I've done 300+ questions. So far my average is a 55%. Am I on the wrong or right tract. Very worried.

[enileg]

Hi, my exam is next month. I work 4 to 5 days a week and on those days I work I only study at most 2 hours. On the weekends I study more. I also graduated dec. 2014 but never took the exam due to family problems, distractions and test anxiety. So you can see I have already forgotten a lot of information. I tried Saunders but it's too overwhelming for me to read the whole book. So, I was so happy when i found out about uworld. I love it and I learned so much using it. But for some reason I still don't feel prepared to take the test. I have a really hard time organizing my notes and have difficulty remembering some details (eg. Medications). I was wondering what is the best and efficient way of studying for the nclex. Should I take notes from uworld, read a review book while doing questions, or don't take notes at all (since i have little time to study) I have until Feb. 8. Thank you I appreciate all the feedbacks. And congrats to those who passed! 😊

[futurefotorn]

Thank you @nurseabc0 , i was hitting around the 60-65% mark. certain areas i did really well and others i did not. i think you are on the right track. as long as you are understanding the content and why you got the question wrong then thats what matters... not the score. so try not to focus all your attention on that. good luck!

[futurefotorn]

Hi, my exam is next month. I work 4 to 5 days a week and on those days I work I only study at most 2 hours. On the weekends I study more. I also graduated dec. 2014 but never took the exam due to family problems, distractions and test anxiety. So you can see I have already forgotten a lot of information. I tried Saunders but it's too overwhelming for me to read the whole book. So, I was so happy when i found out about uworld. I love it and I learned so much using it. But for some reason I still don't feel prepared to take the test. I have a really hard time organizing my notes and have difficulty remembering some details (eg. Medications). I was wondering what is the best and efficient way of studying for the nclex. Should I take notes from uworld, read a review book while doing questions, or don't take notes at all (since i have little time to study) I have until Feb. 8. Thank you I appreciate all the feedbacks. And congrats to those who passed! ������

the only thing that seemed to work for me and keep my attention was the live review. you need to find what works for you.. medications are hard to memorize. need to know the generic names, so try and memorize the more common ones with the endings- "lol, pril, statin" etc etc and the general side effects and what to look our for. especially big ones. you will have meds show up on your exam that you never herd of (like i did) so you just have to take an educated guess. have a good review book and make sure you understand! then do questions along with the review to make sure you are comprehending the material. good luck!