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@Juliet29 I am not sure what you mean about comments within the last 3 weeks but I took my test May 2nd

Thanks Phil Am , yes I do work full time so 40 hours a week and I was also working out still 30-60 minutes 3ish times a week - this helped me to feel like I was giving my brain a rest! Working all day and then studying is mentally tough so I needed something as an escape ! Congratulations Warchild !! So awesome !

I have seen inspiring posts on here, people turning here for answers on what to do when failing. People sharing their success stories and I would like to just help anyone I can. NCLEX-PN: My Journey My name is Sadie and I started my journey to becoming a nurse in 2012. I decided to go to a trade school straight out of high school so I could save money and get done with school faster. I graduated in 2012 and got my first job within a month working as an MA. I was 19 and had the idea to wait to take my NCLEX-PN so I could have some fun and not worry about school stuff for a little bit. My first attempt was in 2013 I got around 200 questions and once I got the detailed report I did not do too bad but still decided to wait to take the NCLEX again. I did not do anything to really prep for the test, I just hoped for the best. My 2nd attempt was 2014 I got around the same number of questions. This time to study I re-read the entire 6-inch thick nursing book (not advised). My 3rd attempt was 2016 I got around 90 questions and basically bombed it. This time I had paid for Kaplan review and still did not come any closer to passing. Preparing for My 4th Try February of 2020 comes around and I am ready to get started. I Google best NCLEX-PN review courses and scroll through the list trying to find one that had good reviews but would not break the bank. Remar Review I came across Remar review. It was a nice content refresher but I did not care for the set up of the quizzes - wrong answers would be marked as right, I noticed contradicting info in the workbook, and by the end of it, I just felt very concerned about what I had been studying. I finished that in about 4 weeks (I sped up the course). I had plans to take NCLEX in May so I had 2 months left and just very unsure of what to do at this point. Mark Klimek Reviews Multiple people recommended Mark Klimek reviews on YouTube. I listened to those and took notes and for the first time in 8 years, I finally felt like something was making some sense. Things were starting to click and I actually felt like I could pass NCLEX. The only problem was, I had no way to do review questions to prep for NCLEX and we all know without getting used to NCLEX style questions the likelihood of passing is not great. NCLEX Question Reviews Multiple people recommended UWorld. I looked into it and it was way too expensive for me. A few people mentioned ArcherReview and at the time there was only an option for RN (no LPN yet). NCSBN launched a sale so I signed up for that; did not care for the layout or style of the questions. I checked back into ArcherReview and they launched the LPN version. I utilized it for all of my questions for studying. Each question gave feedback on how my peers also did on the question and the rationale explained why answers were right and wrong. You can make notes on each question and you get an overall average when done. It was AMAZING. There were questions that I had no idea what the question was even asking or what a condition was, but I read the rationale and took notes. Will This Be the Last Attempt? I took my test on May 2nd, I got 67 questions and what felt like at least 40 SATA. Some of the questions I had were EXTREMELY similar to what I saw on ArcherReview. A lot of the same content but honestly ArcherReview was a little harder than NCLEX which I had heard. I was okay with studying harder questions because I wanted this to be my LAST attempt at passing the NCLEX-PN. The moment of truth ... I left the testing center and thought to myself there is no way I passed with all of those SATA and getting the minimum number of questions. I got home, I got the email and knew I could now do "the trick". I did it and ... I PASSED!! That's right, I PASSED. With A TON of SATA and the minimum number of questions after graduating 8 years ago and this being my 4th attempt, I finally did it. AND, YOU CAN TOO! ArcherReview and Mark Klimek made this possible for me and I can not recommend either of those things enough; the combo is important. You need the info from Mark and then learn to apply it with ArcherReview while continuing to learn content and even more tips/pointers while test-taking. Do Not Give Up The Comeback Is Greater Than The Setback and You Only Fail When You Stop Trying. Keep Moving Forward, You Can and You Will Pass NCLEX.

well first I would recommend to not always think ABCs because that is no longer the answer for things like it used to be. I would say a content review might be helpful - I used remar for content review, did not care for the questions or anything else as much. I then used Mark Klimek to help refresh/learn what I need to know for NCLEX - as far as what I used for questions....ArcherReview is the best. Similar to UWorld which everyone still hears as "the best" but I would go with archer for sure. It's much much cheaper, I liked the content and rationales better also. You do not need a miracle to pass - you just have to be above average and Mark Klimek reviews that and honestly that was an eye opener for me and really helped me to not feel so stressed. Seeing people averaging 50ish% on UWorld or archer and then passing NCLEX also helped.....you can do it !! Refresh your content, listen to those audios and start working on prep questions with ArcherReview you can do it !!

When you did the Mark K audios did you do the prioritization and delegation audio? that one he goes over what each question is really asking and what key words to look for. I would also recommend archer review, also helps to show you distracting words and gives very thorough rationales on right and wrong answers !! Much cheaper than UWorld and still extremely high success rate. Try not to use too many review courses/objects because it will only confuse you. I would listen to mark k again for sure and look into archer review ! dont overdo the studying either, your brain gets tired and wants a break too !!

Have you tried the Mark Klimek audios? I took the NCLEX-pn in may but it was my 4th attempt over an 8 year time span. So I listened to each of those once and the prioritization/delegation twice just to be sure I had that one down. Initially I started with the NCSBN review because they had the deal going on but I didn't really like the format or anything of it.I had done some UWorld questions through fb site and liked the rationales but it was wayyyy too expensive for me. Then I came across Archer Review which was really nice, very similar to UWorld but I actually like the rationales better, loved that you could take notes and loved that each question gave you a percentage of average know/dont know that question and then the overall percentage also. I always heard you just have to be right above average, just above the average line and thats a pass. Mark says the NCLEX is easy, its not meant to fool you or trick - it does have its own meaning to things ex: whats best, what is priority, what should do first etc but its all right there and NCLEX is a perfect world so its not what could happen or has happened its what going on right now. I would look into archer review for sure !!