Pretty sure I just failed NCLEX.... for the third time....

[MrMango]

Hello all. This morning I took my NCLEX-RN for the third time since I graduated nursing school (from over a year ago; May 2013). I went home today feeling so confident, like I really knew my stuff this time. Yet I went to the Pearson Vue Trick and..... no pop-up. I failed in 75 Qs, meaning I was so incompetent in the first 75 Qs...

I've read somewhere that being sent to the credit card screen can be a false negative, and to wait for the quick results, but this is try three, I have no hope. I failed, again. And I really don't understand why.

I've done Kaplan twice, Hurst once, studied questions from Mosby, NCLEX Exam Cram, and more. I must have done somewhere between 3000-4000 questions in the past month just for this attempt.

During my exam today I felt GOOD. I felt like I knew my stuff really well, and even on questions I didn't know, I didn't let me bother me because I was so sure I was doing well. Bam shuts off at 75. But no pop-up.

I'm a little distraught, more embarrassed than the last time I failed, and I really really don't know what to do. I'm a little scared actually. All of my classmates are already RNs working out in the field and I'm stuck in limbo for even longer... and to pay an additional $200. Even my mom told me she'd support me if I wanted to go back to school and get a new degree......... But I'm not giving up. I refuse. If I have to take this damn thing ten times then I'm going to take the damn thing ten times. I won't let it beat me.

Self-esteemwise, I feel like a complete moron. Who is even going to hire a nurse who took a year and several attempts to pass their boards? Oh well.

I plan on re-registering immediately and taking it as close to the 45-day mark as I can. Also going to try NCSBN's learningext.com 5-week study plan. They write the questions, might as well try to learn from the source.

All well wishes, prayers, etc. are appreciated. I just want to start my life and start being the awesome male nurse I know I can be....

[HeatherLeonard]

Awww, first off hugs!! I took mine for the second time today (graduated May 2013) and im too scared to even check the PVT! First time i went all the way to 265 and today it cut off at 79! Don't give up!

[MountainRN53]

I passed my test for the second time 20 years ago. But now I'm back in the NCLEX because I failed a pre-employment Medication test. There is so much to know and so many side effects and the drug calc were insane. I wish I could help you or even give you some new way of studying. I have yet to find it. I'm going to try cramming the classifications. Good Luck to you.

[RNfindingherway, BSN, RN]

Mr Mango, sorry to hear that you didn't pass. But, don't give up now. You can and will do this by the Grace of God. Remember, the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong but to those who endures to the end.

[RNfindingherway, BSN, RN]

I passed my test for the second time 20 years ago. But now I'm back in the NCLEX because I failed a pre-employment Medication test. There is so much to know and so many side effects and the drug calc were insane. I wish I could help you or even give you some new way of studying. I have yet to find it. I'm going to try cramming the classifications. Good Luck to you.

Mountain, I don't understand. Can you explain, you have to take the NCLEX because you fail a pre employment test? Really?

[DJAYS]

Don't ever give up !!!! I failed the nclex-pn once in March 2014. Now I am studying to retake the nclex-pn this summer 2014. I have a plan now to force on one thing at a time. I started the Hurst Review a few weeks ago, I like it a lot . Most people have to find what will work for them and put it all together. I did the ncsbn 3 weeks , it's good the questions are nice. I have to get my study on and force on the prize...but I will never give up!!!One day I will see my name with ..LPN

[MrMango]

Thanks for the encouragement. Just another self-esteem blow.

Only thing to do is get back on the horse I guess.