After an arduous journey of daily prepping and 4 attempts at NCLEX, I have finally passed it at 75 questions.
I wanted to extend a word of encouragement to those that have tried and failed NCLEX: Don't give up and don't ever give in! You will pass!
What did not work for me the first 3 attempts was my method of study and a choice of resources.
I used the following:
* Kaplan - full review, 2 times. Kaplan was good at Priority, Assessment, Delegations, Decision Tree and Maslow hierarchy. It was not good at questions and expensive.
* Lippincott - I think I got a 2014-2015 edition. It is a good book but is cumbersome to work with. It also has online portion that really needs an update.
* NCSBN Learning EXT - subscribed to 3 times, 5-week each; It was the money worst spent! Their question bank is nowhere near the format of real NCLEX and was least helpful.
* NCLEX MASTERY - mobile app and online access - the BEST RESOURCE at $29! It has about 1600 questions with comprehensive rationales; lots of SATA questions - I did about 1300, about 30-50 per day.
Initially I thought I'd have it on my Android phone only, but ended up studying online on my Mac. This is what worked for me the last time. Their questions were almost identical to what I have seen on NCLEX. This one is what I highly recommend. (I have no financial or otherwise vested interest to promote this)
* Medscape Online subscription to Nurses - Free resource with lots of info on conditions, treatments, pharmacology, research, etc. - a great daily read! You can switch from MD to RN to Pharmacist mode.
Lastly, I am going to scan my notes, combine them with my online notes at Evernote and give them away to anyone, who is interested or needs it.
I took NCLEX yesterday and found out this morning I failed. This was my second attempt. After work I am going to hit the books again. May you please send me your notes. My email is [email protected].
I took the test twice and failed, I want to take it again in may. I would appreciate if you can send me your notes. will be doing the review with KAPLAN.
I am positive you would then benefit from Nclex Mastery app, or any other good mobile app.
If you practice questions every day and write down rationale behind incorrectly answered ones, you would then be ready in two months tops! If you answered a question incorrectly, leave it be for an hour, then come back and re-visit it to cement the knowledge.
Don't focus too much on content, it's already in your long-term memory. Good luck!
I am in the situation you were in. I just took nclex the 3rd time and did not pass. I am losing hope and thinking that it nursing might not be for me. I will try to take nclex for the 4th time, hoping to pass it. I bought the ncbsn 3rd week course and nclex Mastery. I even sign up for the nclex course. I have not bought the Kaplan yet. I will try to buy it this time.
If you wouldn't mind, I also would like to have your notes. I would greatly appreciate it.
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Thank you!