I've heard that cramming 200-300 Q bank (Uworld etc) per day does more harm than good. Honestly, your brain just won't absorb it all and pushing past a certain point has diminishing returns. Besides...
I don't think there's a big of a stigma as you'd think these days for men. The idea of male nurses being weird is as dated as the idea that all female nurses wear little hats and short skirts and...
Overall, great advice! I especially agree on the ask yourself stuff like "if I could only do 1 thing what would it be". I graduated spring of 2014, failed the NCLEX 3 times (depression, life stuff,...