kamilleh174

I promised myself once I passed I would come back here and let you guys know! I tested on March 23rd and finally, on my 4th attempt I am officially an RN! Thank you all so much for the encouragement, advice, and positivity. I just wanted to share what helped me this 4th time. On my first 3 attempts I was so overwhelmed with the amount of materials I was using. I was studying 6-8 hours Monday-Friday. I was miserable and couldn't wrap my head around the fact I was still failing after I had studied so hard. After I failed the 3rd time I had come to the conclusion I was overdoing it. This time I studied only 2 hours a day Monday-Friday and took the weekends to rest my brain. This was so much more effective for me and I did not feel overwhelmed. As far as materials I used, I utilized Archer review & Mark K free audios. I had already bought UWorld 3 times and I refused to go through it again. I highly recommend using Archer Review. I found it so helpful, because it is more vague like NCLEX and I didn't feel like the rationales were overbearing. It is so similar to Uwolrd for so much cheaper. I would do 75 questions a day and then go back and write out the rationales that I didn't understand. This was so beneficial. And when I say I utilized the Mark K audio I literally only listened to a couple of them, but if you take anything from the post- please please please listen to his prioritization and delegation audio. I truly believe that helped me pass more than anything! I went into the exam this time and I was so relaxed and confident. I told myself this is the last time I will sit down at this computer and take this test. I told myself everyday prior to the exam that I will be an RN. I even wrote down my name with RN beside of it everyday. I felt nuts, but I needed to remind myself daily I didn't come this far to fail. With all of this being said, please do not loose hope and do not give up. I felt so defeated, but you haven't failed until you give up! I have faith in all of you. I know if I can do ANYONE can. Goodluck to all of you and I can't wait for each of you to get through this and I look forward to reading all of your alls success stories! ?

@blue0714 @autism4life @Hannahbanana Thank you guys so much for the encouragement and feedback!

@V.E.03 I agree 1000%! Too many sources did not work for me either! I have decided to try NCLEX Mastery RN for practice questions and for content review I am referring to the Mark Klemik review! So far I am really liking these materials! I know we can do this! Let's just hang in there and push through! We conquered nursing school and I feel like that should give us enough confidence to know that we can pass NCLEX! I have been writing my name daily and putting RN by it! I am telling myself everyday that I will be an RN and we are going to look back once we become a nurse and see that this is was not a set back and we are only going to be stronger because of this! Just like you said we will appreciate it so much more! Thank you for the encouragement and motivation! It means so much to me! Keep me posted!

@V.E.03 Thank you so much for your feedback! I love nurse Sarah!! Her material is great. The first time I tested I used Hurst, UWorld, and a tutor. These were all great resources, but they all required too much time and I did not complete a single one of them. I had too many resources and it was impossible. I was also rushed to test because of the job position I had already accepted. The second go around I focused primarily on the local tutor and her material which was also great and helped me to better understand the material that I struggled with throughout nursing school! Then after failing again I decided to focus on UWorld. I feel confident in myself and my knowledge. I really think my biggest struggle is test anxiety and just doubting myself during the test. like I said I am confident in my knowledge at this point, but it's like as soon as I sit down in front of that computer my confidence goes down. I am just so burnt out on studying (I know you feel my pain), but I have reapplied to re-test and I just received my ATT! I am just trying to figure out where to go from here! I have been watching simple nursing videos and then I think I'm going to do some questions out of the NCLEX books I got during nursing school! I am tempted to re-purchase UWorld just to stay in the swing of doing questions, but I just cannot decide! I need to look into the Mark K videos I have heard great things! The biggest thing is that we are not giving up! And that is something we should be proud of! We will get through it!

Hey! I am right there with you. I failed for the 3rd time in December! I literally feel at a loss. I am interacting with this post because I feel the same way you feel and I am looking for motivation and similar situations as well! We cannot give up though. What resources have you used? I have been through UWorld 3 times and I really love it, but I just can't understand how I have failed 3 times! I have really bad test anxiety and I think that has a-lot to do with it, but would also love some new recommendations on resources! And I just wanted you to know that you are not alone!