PASSED 3rd time, here's my advice

Good advise. I might add to never give up during the test. If you find yourself losing focus or feeling as if your stress level is rising take a break and regroup. As long as you are getting questions you are still in the running to pass! My first attemp I had the max number and about question #200 I just wanted to get it over with because I figured I was doing horrible and that is why it was still going. I didn't get 'below passing standard' on ANY of the topics and later read that I was actually very close to passing and it was coming down to my last questions. I honestly think I would have passed the first time around had I not mentally given up while taking it.

rags

Congrats!

Congratulations!

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Well Done

Congrats!! You give me hope!! I am in the same predicament.....I too used the Saunders my first time, and had 265 questions. Studying for the second time I used the online Kaplan, and used NCLEX Made Incredibly easy, and only had 89 questions the second time, and failed. This time around I am using the ATI program, thanks to my advisor, you are giving me hope. But tell me this, how did you keep up your motivation? I hope to be retaking the test beginning of March.

I thought i needed motivation so i came to read this thread, I failed the first time, now I am not convinced that i will pass it the second time around. I used KAPLAN and a bit of saunders. Now im focusing on Saunders alone and doing Suzanne's plan. Will be taking sometime this 2nd quarter of the year.

What i noticed when i took the exam was, i concentrated too much on each item and ended 3 hours and thirty minutes for 75 questions. I have rewritten every question just to be sure and used 4-5 writing boards, and yes the attendant was kinda pissed since she needed to attend to me every now and then. Any advice on overanalyzing the exam?

I usually do good in practice tests without overanalyzing. But i got too tense and failed. And now I'm even more anxious since the nclex is increasing the passing standard. Sigh

congrats

Motivation? It really depends on you. How much do you really want to be a nurse? Is this going to be your life long career? If you really want this, that should be motivation enough. Just keep at it and try your best every time you take the test. That's all you can really do.

I thought i needed motivation so i came to read this thread, I failed the first time, now I am not convinced that i will pass it the second time around. I used KAPLAN and a bit of saunders. Now im focusing on Saunders alone and doing Suzanne's plan. Will be taking sometime this 2nd quarter of the year.

What i noticed when i took the exam was, i concentrated too much on each item and ended 3 hours and thirty minutes for 75 questions. I have rewritten every question just to be sure and used 4-5 writing boards, and yes the attendant was kinda pissed since she needed to attend to me every now and then. Any advice on overanalyzing the exam?

I usually do good in practice tests without overanalyzing. But i got too tense and failed. And now I'm even more anxious since the nclex is increasing the passing standard. Sigh

I tended to over analyze after taking the Kaplan course too. What gave me a balance was the NCSBN review course ( www.learningext.com ). The questions on this website seemed to be more similar to the actual exam. Kaplan was great with critical thinking skills, but the actual NCLEX questions weren't as difficult. Getting to the correct answer seemed to be more simple. That's why it's important to have a balance of study resources so you can see different kinds of questions.