Ana664

Hi, I am really in a very sad situation. I graduated with BSN 5 years back in another country a and worked for a year in hospital setting. Other than that, I have a masters in closely related healthcare field and have few experiences in that field, but no nursing experience here in the US. I gave NCLEX last year and since then, I have been applying to numerous jobs only to get rejection after rejection. What do you guys suggest? My theory is brushed up since I just gave NCLEX. But I dont have any hands on nursing experience within last 4 years. I don't live in a very large city, its kind of suburb, but still so hard to find a job. Please suggest me what should I do and how to land into a nursing job. I really really want to work. Thank you for your time reading through it...

@hopetopassnclex- Thank you :). Both resources helped me. Saunders- great for content review, its sufficient. I didnt have questions that werent covered in Saunders. Uworld- Helped me with critical thinking, choosing right answer, more than content. I wouod say Uworld's content are mostly covered in Saunders too. Questions- About 35-40 priority questions, 20 SATA, 3 drag and drop, 2 pictures, 1 ECG and a few MCQs that were straight forward. Hope it helps.

Dear all, First of all I would like to thank all on being active in this site, addressing questions , posting answers, advices, experiences, etc. I dont know what would have I done without this site. I used to check this website, posts n stories many many times a day while preparing gor exam. And posts here kept me motivated to not give up. Well, I passed nclex ( sigh ) first time in 80 questions, 70 minutes. Graduated outside of US 5 years back. Out of nursing field for all those years; got into other courses, jobs ( not even related to health). Never took nclex. Finally decided to take it. When I decided to sit for NCLEX, I had only 10% memory of what I read in nursing school. And on 1 uworld test, scored 28% initially , soo frustrated, But studied total for 3 months; so glad that studying genuinely brought me back all memories of nursing school, wards, skills and procedures. Reviewed Saunders word by word ( made notes, highlighted imp things) for 1 month. Then for 1 month reviewed those notes and completed Nclex mastery ( 73%) overall. Finished Uworld ( 63% overall), Assessment 1 (69%), Assessment 2 (58%) the third month. Read rationales carefully all the time. Last 4 days before NCLEX, I relaxed, chilled and did light review of 35 page guide and went over about 200 questions I had marked in Uworld. While giving NCLEx, I felt like doing Uworld ( because of screen). I felt like questions were easier and addressed the basic knowlge and skills we need to work safely as a nurse and care for patient. All the resources I used were very very useful. If you stick to these three resources, you will do good. If I can do it, you can do it. Just genuinely commit to preparing. Good luck all of you. And love to all.