J-Swift808

I agree with the consensus: Pace yourself and understand the rationales to the questions. When you start getting comfortable doing 50-70 questions a day, begin to gradually increase it. Aside from knowing your subject matter, pacing yourself and remaining calm throughout the test does make a difference. No one knows exactly the amount of questions that they'll recieve during the exam, so it's best to prepare as if you'll take the whole 265 (although the likelihood of someone doing the whole 265 is not common).

Congrats Nurse:yeah: Glad to see that you were able to pass it! Had no doubts!

Seems to me that you are definitely experiencing some sort of anxiety towards the NCLEX. Have you noticed any precipitaing factors while studying? Aside from test anxiety, some of the major reasons that I feel causes much stress/anxiety in individuals studying for the boards are: 1. Overwhelmed by the amount of information that one can possibly be tested on. - It's true that you never will know what you'll be tested on the NCLEX, due to the fact that you may get between 75-265 questions. Unless you study religiously everyday, reading your review book from front to back several times, you will not know everything. There are even questions on the NCLEX that I've heard that aren't even discussed in review books (i.e. Botox?????). Your best bet is to just focus a bit more on your weaknesses, as well as do practice questions. 2. Pressure from friends/family. - If it's not the reviewing that causes stress/anxiety, this usually ends up the likely culprit. Everyone has their own way of dealing with this. Some don't tell others when they plan on taking it, others do. Don't let others dictate when you should take it; only you know when you are ready to take it. Most likely, they don't know what hardships you had to endure to get up to this point. lol, not sure if that second point made any sense. Sorry! I say in the meantime, try to investigate what causes and/or precipitates your physical symptoms. Eliminating these as well as any other stresses can help keep you more focused, as well as build confidence in yourself for taking the boards. I wish you the best of luck and for resolution of your fear/anxieties. You can do it!

No problem . I was hesitant at first when I bought that book, but I found it to be more helpful than I had anticipated. It really helped refine my decision making in prioritizing/delegating!

Don't worry. If what you say is true that most of your questions were priority and such, I believe that you stand a good chance of passing. I passed with 76-77 questions and had 1 SATA and no math. Most were priority/delegation and application type questions as well. Hang in there, and relax in the meantime!

Take a little time off to blow off some steam. This test wasn't made to be easy, so don't be so hard on yourself. When you're ready to go @ it again, be sure to reflect on what study habits worked best for you, and to work on your weaknesses. As anyone on this site can attest to, doing practice questions everyday seems to help out a lot. Utilize this website as much as you can; learn how others prepared for their exams and what techniques they had used to pass the NCLEX. Most importantly, Don't Give Up!.

Congrats!

:ancong!: I had a good feeling that you were going to pass. Best of luck in your new career!

Hang in there, bro. I know how it feels not to have passed the first couple attempts. Like luv'nlife068 said, take a break to gather yourself, then hit the books again. Btw, how have you been prepping for the NCLEX? Are you just reading, doing questions, or a combination of the 2?

Wish you the best of luck!

No problem . I'll be sure to pray that you'll pass as well. helpplease, I hope that you'll pass it on the third try also. Let me know if you need help with anything. Otherwise, this website has all the tools (aside from your study materials) that you'll need to pass the NCLEX!

:yeah::yeah:Congrats!!!:yeah: LOL, I just replied to your post on my thread not too long ago. "GOOD LUCK TO YOU IN YOUR NEW CAREER!!! CONGRATS ON PASSING!" Sounds familiar, yeah? :wink2: The same goes for you, "RN".

NYRN08, don't give in just yet. Your results haven't come in yet, so there is still a chance that you may have passed. I have never met a person who said that they had a good feeling that they passed the NCLEX. All have felt that they didn't pass, yet most did in fact end up passing. I'd be lying if I were to say that the questions I ended getting on my 3rd exam was what I was expecting. I was expecting to get more SATA's, pharm, priority,and case-scenerio questions, as these were the norms (maybe not the case-scenerio type) that people who were passing were getting. Especially the SATA's. What I ended up getting mostly were priority/delegation type questions, which was quite a blessing. As I have mentioned, I saw someone post a while back (I believe one of the moderators) saying that these were the high-level type questions. So, as I started getting more and more of these questions on the exam, I thought to myself that "maybe I'm doing better than I thought". I'm not sure what type of questions you were getting throughout your test, but if its similar to what I've experienced, you have a good chance of passing!

April, I posted on the first page of this thread the things I did when I prepared for the 3rd time I took it. I can't stress enough how important it is to do as much practice questions as you can. Doing this not only empowers you with more knowledge (DO NOT just "memorize" Q&A's), but it'll help build endurance when taking the test. Start off with 50-75 questions per day. If you become feel comfortable doing these amount of questions, gradually start to increasing it. Do no more than 265-300 questions per day because you have to give your mind time to digest the information it's receiving. As you do these questions, take notes on the ones that you get wrong or are unsure of. This will help you focus on your weak areas. Oh, and I went to the same test site each time because their is only one site where I'm at

Sorry to hear of your situation. I too was unsuccessful on my 1st and 2nd attempts on the NCLEX exam. Just recently I took it and finally passed. Like many others, I know that text anxiety can either make or break you during test time. Prior to taking the NCLEX a 3rd time, I had placed a lot pressure on myself in having to pass it. This tremendous amount of pressure would eventually get the best of me, and I've had to reschedule my test dates numerous times because I felt that I just "wasn't ready". There were a multitude of factors that played the part in me finally taking the exam recently, but one of the main ones was that I had to stop "ducking/dodging" the exam itself. Everytime I rescheduled brought a sense of relief, but as the test date neared, my anxiety started to rise. My motivating factors were: 1. Nobody feels really prepared going into the test. There is too much information to know, and the test can come at you from any angle. The best one can do is to know basic nursing concepts/lab values and review one's weak areas. 2. Bills/Loans. I had not returned to work for 6 months since I had failed the NCLEX the second time, mostly because I was ashamed to face my peers/co-workers. I told myself that regardless of the outcome of this exam, I would return to work. Convincing myself to do this lifted a lot of pressure off my shoulders. 3. Reading posts/threads of people passing on this website. Very uplifting, and was comforting to hear of others that were in my situation as well and were able to pass the exam. 4. Prayer. Without a doubt, this is what mostly kept me grounded and focused. I've heard from some of my friends that they asked their doctors for a presciption of anti-anxiety meds prior to them taking the NCLEX. Not sure if it works, but they swear by it that it kept them calm/relaxed. Hope this helps. Best of luck to you!