angielue

I am right there with you. I graduated in May of 2010 and just passed (my 2nd time to retest). I have been applying at several places, but I already had one recruiter tell me the fact that I had not worked as a nurse would raise some questions for the nursing manager who does the hiring :/ How could I work as a nurse when I failed the first time?! It is a little frustrating, but I am going to be persistant. I don't have the money to take a refresher course, so I guess we will see what happens. For you guys studying to take/retake NCLEX.. The first time i tested, I was about 2 months out of school & didn't study well...this time I really cracked down with NCLEX 4000, I went system by system on questions and read all of the rationals on them and I also followed along with Illustrated Study Guide for NCLEX (it's a great review book). Also, if you have a smart phone I used Kaka Flashcards and Studystack.com. Good luck to you guys!!! Just take your time! Think the questions through carefully! We all know they are extremely tricky! I got all 265 q's both times and the second time I was in there the full 6 hours! Compared to 3 & 1/2 the 1st.