ETnurse2010

SATA is select all that apply questions... What i did to study this time was the online hurst review. I had done kaplan the first time and that was no help to me because i realized that i needed more core review. For my second test I did mostly questions and reviewed my pharm and that obviously did not help either. This time I did the online hurst review. Hurst review goes through all the study material and makes it very easy to understand. I would study about 4 hours a day and then the last week before the test i really crammed. I shut everybody out(my friends, fam, boyfriend), and locked myself in my room or the library where i literally studied all day. I was more nervous this time than any time before because I knew that I had studied harder than the last two times and that i KNEW my info and if i failed this time i didnt know what else to do! Like i said, hurst makes it very easy to understand and remember! I did not focus to much on one area but instead went through all of it as if i had never taken the test before. Im not going to lie, i felt weak going in on my pharm just because i didn't focus inparticular on pharm but instead on what drugs went with certain diseases or conditions. Does that make sense? I went in calm and tried to stay calm through the whole test, but once i hit question about 175 and after about 4 1/2 hours its really hard to stay focused but you have to do the best you can!! If i can pass this test, YOU CAN TOO! you just need to stay focused and BELIEVE IN YOURSELF! Tell yourself you ARE GOING TO PASS, don't even THINK about failing again because YOU'RE NOT GOING TO! Good luck!

I PAAAASSSSEEEEDDDDD:anpom: I can't believe it!! I took the test on the 22nd and was in there for about 5 1/2 hours!!! I was only on question 230 with about 10 minutes left!! i was def not gonna finish and then all of a sudden it shut off!! i had about 5 math qustions, 25 SATA and a ton of priority. I also had a lot of meds that got me upset because i didn't know what they were but i tried to pick the best answer! I was SURE i failed and was SO upset for the next to days. When my quick results were up i started crying because i KNEW i was going to see "FAIL" for the THIRD TIME! But I was wrong!! IT SAID PASS!! I was so happy and could not believe my eyes!!

Thanks KeithT66!! that website is awesome and i can't believe its free!! it has so many questions and you can even type in a topic and it will give you all the questions they have for it!! My Exam is weds Decemeber 22nd! Im so nervous but im trying to stay calm and cram as much information into my head with the time i have left!!

How did you get the lectures on your ipod?? I am trying to do the same thing but cannot figure out how to do it!

I also failed the NCLEX twice!! I know it's a sucky feeling and it has taken me a while to get over feeling sorry for myself. It's even harder to keep studying the THIRD time around and stay focused, but i keep telling myself that i HAVE to. I also have been avoiding many of my friends because i feel sorry for myself, but as we can all see WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES THIS HAS HAPPENED TO! I was a good student in nursing school, im just horrible at standardized tests. My advice to you, I took the kaplan course before i took the nclex the first time around. It did NOT help me. It teaches you how to approach questions and break them down but MY problem was understanding and reviewing some of the content i think. The second time around i studied by doing tons of questions and going over a lot of pharmacology. This time Im doing the online hurst review and im trying to do a lot of questions each day, but like i said, its really hard for me to stay focused. We can all pass this test and WE WILL. THe longer the wait, the greater the victory!!!

I graduated nursing school in MAY 2010...I took Kaplan and only used that to study. I did all of the work, watched all the content videos and took notes, did all the practice test and almost all of the Q-bank. I was nervous taking the test my first time and when i went in i did not apply most of what i learned from Kaplan. I had 124 questions, and failed:mad:...I was upset and embarrassed but go back to study after taking a week off. The second time around i used multiple study aides, (i.e-NCLEX 4000, Hurst book, some of Saunders) i did a ton of questions and really reviewed my meds since my candidate report said i was below the passing standard on that section. I was very confident going in to take the test my second time. I woke up, had breakfast, got to the computer, took a deep breath, and felt very confident in my answers. The computer shut off after 75 questions and i was shocked. i looked a few questions up that i remembered and was doubtful about when i got home and i seemed to have gotten most of them right!! I even did the pearson vue trick AND GOT THE POP UP!!!! however, two days later, i looked on the quick results page and found out that i FAILED! i was even more upset this time because i really bombed the test. i got below the passing standard on more than two of the categories. I'm lost in what i need to do to prepare for my third time taking this test. I'm confused where my weaknesses are because i feel confident in my knowledge of the information and approaching the questions. I bought Lippincott's NCLEX RN alternate-format questions book and the Lacharity book. Do you think i need to go over my content again?? Im starting to use my saunders book again to review. I need advice on what the best, most organized way to study this time would be and how i should do that!! HELLPp!!!