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Hi, I hope that all is well. Taking that time off is necessary. Preparing for the NCLEX can be strenuous and involves a lot of focus. You made the right choice to wait. Chances are you might not need to review too much material, the NCLEX isn't necessarily content heavy. It doesn't expect you to know everything in the world. But it does expect you to understand how to navigate through situations. If anything, I suggest just going through slides/notes from your fundamentals class. Register with your board of nursing for an ATT (which gives you permission to test) and sign up with Pearson Vue to schedule a date. Usually this takes 4 weeks. During this time you can start studying while you decide on a date to take the test. Usually between one to two months is good. When it comes to the NCLEX, I felt like Kaplan really gave me that nclex experience. But UWORLD is great in terms of content and rationales. What ever resource you use, give yourself of month or two of just doing questions. 75 questions at minimum a day; you want to finish all the questions that you have in your resource before taking the NCLEX. Try to do as many questions as you can in a row (as if you were taking the NCLEX) and then review afterwards. Review the rationales for questions you got wrong and right. Give yourself of schedule of when to do questions, with maybe 2 days off. I suggest taking the practice tests/questions in a quiet area and try to take it around hour/time you scheduled yourself to take the nclex (i.e. scheduled yourself for 8am then start studying at 8am). Once you've finished your question banks, consider redoing your incorrect questions and going through those rationales again as well. The day before and the day of the NCLEX, take the day off and relax. Review notes if you need but honestly just relax because at that point you should be prepared (tired of studying) if you've followed through with everything.

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Depending on what state you're in, check if your BON requires you take a refresher course prior to take the NCLEX since it's been a while since you've last graduated. I recommend using UWorld or Kaplan, but there are so many good test materials out there. Any resource with a large question bank is a good go to. I suggest a minimum of 75 questions a day and doing as many as you can while reviewing the rationales. This includes the rationales to even the questions you got correct. When you're done with your Qbanks i suggest also redoing the incorrect questions and reading the rationales for them as well. Questions are a great source of practice and honestly simulate the NCLEX experience best.

Failing is normal, it's part of the learning process. Consider this an opportunity to consider where you went wrong. It seems that you're lacking an understanding of content. So consider really focusing on the rationales of the questions that you do. Take down notes and use outside resources like youtube. I don't think you have to deviate from Hurst or UWorld, just spend more time focusing on learning from the material. Great thing about Uworld is that you can rest the questions and do them by topic. I suggest resetting UWorld, doing the questions over (perhaps by topic) and try doing 75+ questions a day. But remember to really focus on the rationales and try to learn and equally understand as much as you can. Also, i'm sure the job offer would still be available for application after you pass. Do not sweat!

Hey, you still have so much of this month left. In terms of the QBank, what percentage of those questions are you getting right? I recommend focusing on doing as many questions as you can a day. Do 75 in a row and take it as if you were taking the NCLEX, in a quiet setting with no distractions. Review all of the rationales, including the ones you got right. After you've finished with all the questions, try to go back and redo the incorrect ones and also focus on the rationales. UWorld is hard and challenging, but the purpose of UWorld is to challenge yourself and learn so that you feel prepared when you encounter these questions on the NCLEX.