Passed the nclex-rn 2nd try with 265 questions and low kaplan scores

[m.RN]

I just want to encourage future nurses to not give up!! If I can pass NCLEX, anyone can!

I was never a strong student throughout nursing school and always had the lowest grades compared to my peers. I failed a couple classes, which took me longer to finish school, and I couldn't graduate with my friends. As you can imagine, this put me into deep depression. Once I was able to graduate, worked as a grad nurse for a couple months, I decided to write my NCLEX, four months after all my friends had written and passed their first try. I used Hurst and Uworld. Unfortunately, I did not pass. I ran out of time at 258 questions, which is the worst way to fail. I cried for days. I felt like a loser and felt stupid. I was embarrassed to go back to work because my co-workers knew I was writing.

After a couple weeks, I went back to work. I also took a month off studying and then decided to try Kaplan after grieving. I was getting low scores on Kaplan, and feeling discouraged.

Readiness Test A: 61 %

Q TRAINER 1: 92%

Q TRAINER 2: 72%

Q TRAINER 3: 69%

Q TRAINER 4: 51%

Q TRAINER 5: 51%

Q TRAINER 6: 63%

Q TRAINER 7: 48%

SAMPLE TEST 1: 58 %

SAMPLE TEST 2: 58%

SAMPLE TEST 3: 70%

SAMPLE TEST 4: 26%

Q BANK AVERAGE: 60%

Mind you, the higher averages are a lot of questions that I have Googled. Without looking up questions, I would have ranged around 50-60%. I constantly looked through allnurses.com forums to find some encouragement because I felt like giving up. I prayed every single day for a month, and I'm not a huge believer in God. I promised myself and to God that if I passed, I will post a forum talking about my experience. Because of my low scores, I felt that I was not ready at all, and I constantly looked at forums to give me some push and encouragement.

I wrote 3 days ago, wrote the entire 265 questions and took 5 and a half hours. I took my two short breaks and kept going, hoping God was with me as I answer each question. After leaving the NCLEX room, I felt defeated, and was sure I failed. I had a good 2 hour cry when I got home and my friends came over to console me. I went out and tried to get my mind off it. Monday morning, I received the email, I stared at my phone for three minutes, scared to open it. I got the email saying that I passed!!!!

So my tips for you:

· Don't give up!

· Stay positive

· Pray, pray, and pray!

· Have a good support system

· And have a healthy balance between studying and a social life!

[luffle]

Congratulations. I'm glad you didn't give up. I took Kaplan too to prepare. Scores are not everything. Like you, I didn't score really high on Kaplan. I'm not sure I passed, still waiting for the results but the anxiety of taking a test is hard. I think that's the hardest part about taking any test. You just have to go in focused and leave the baggage at the door. In the worse case scenario, if you don't pass, you can take it again and work on areas you needed to improve on.

[m.RN]

Sorry for the late response. I'm not sure if where you're from, you get your results right away or not. Stay positive!! The waiting game is almost just as stressful as writing, maybe even more stressful. Hope you did well!