TexasBlueJean

I feel your pain. I made a huge posting last night to see what I can do different for the 4th attempt. Something has to help. You may just very well be stressed. It is a difficult exam. Dont give up! I did Kaplan before the 3rd attempt and still failed but those Questions were exactly like the Nclex!!! When I had Kaplan I watched all the videos and even made lots of notes on pharm through the videos. I wish I had suggestions but I dont. Have you tried the Lippincotts alternate style questions book? Also, the Prioritization and delegation book?

Wow congrats!!! I've failed 3 times so far. Some of my friends think I should try to test without studying or take a few sips before hand. LOL!!! Stress is a major factor in the Nclex. So glad to hear that you passed and didn't give up. Who wants to waste all that hard work we put into trying to get a career?

Here's my story! I graduated nursing school back in December of 2013. Im a bit nervous to write this but maybe some encouragement or extra advice could help. I know I am not alone. I graduated right after the Nclex was changed as well. I took the Nclex the 1st time in February 2014 and failed with 125 questions. I used Exam Cram, Nclex 3500, Fundamentals Success, Med-surg success, Mental Health Success and did nothing but questions. Questions every day and all day and read the rationales for the ones I missed. I did not study content at all except reading rationals. When I failed I was devestated but I proceeded to study and test again in April 2014. To prepare for the second exam I got together and studied daily with another nursing student who also failed the 1st time. This time I focused on Saunders content and questions. Still proceeded to use Nclex 3500. I also was given a Kaplan Starategies, Review, Practice book. Priority and delegation book as well. I failed the exam with 85 questions. I was severly devestated this time. I failed and my friend passed, I had so many questions. We studied the exact same stuff. I just didn't understand. I was heart broken. Being a single mom, broke and feeling like a failure is just awful. I got brave enough and decided to retake the Nclex in September of 2014. This time to prepare my parents paid for me to take the Kaplan class and to retake the Nclex. I watched all the videos and made tons of notes. I didn't really read the ebook. I'm not a heavy reader but i did read the parts where I felt like I needed more information. I did all 7 Question trainers making less than 60s. However when I did Kaplan alternate, I only missed 2 questions and it gave me the confidence for alternate style questions. I also used priority and delegation book , i found out about lippincotts alternate style book a little too late. I also studied with a friend who graduated the semester after me and guess what she passed Nclex the 1st time. The only thing we did different was she used Hurst and I used Kaplan. I failed with 75 questions. As I prepare to test for the 4th time, I recently started studying about 6 weeks ago. I want to make sure I'm absolutly ready this time. Everytime I test I fail faster and faster. Im sure its a mixture of stress and anxiety. This last time I tested I remember analyzing each question to see if I was above the line or below the line. Dumb yes I know, but I did it. Im sure that didn't help me to focus on the actual question or to help pass the exam. I'm using priority & delegation, Nclex 4000, the lippincotts alternate style book, saunders, hurst remediation, and the 35 pages that floats around. Im making notecards, lots of notecards to help review info. The two times before I just wrote stuff down in a notebook. I cant afford to retake Kaplan or the actual Hurst course. I cant even afford to retake the NCLEX but its a must. I've considered NCSBN. I dont know anything about UWORLD. Ive downloaded like every free nclex app on iphone and ipad to study extra questions. Each time I go to test my hormones get so out of wack no one can even speak to me. Im severly on edge the week before and constantly worrying about the Nclex. My anxiety is just at an all-time high. Every morning before the Nclex my family took me out for breakfast. I remember the 2nd time I went out for dinner and had a fancy pedicure the evening before. My best friend had kept my kids that night so I wouldnt be so stressed. I feel like i know the content, but it also seems that the longer im out of school the more i'm forgetting. I didnt stay consistent with studying either cause the thought of the Nclex is a devestating one. Someone would talk to me and the word "NCLEX" could literally put me into tears. I want to PASS. I worked to hard to give up. Im running out of time. I don't want those long 4 yrs of school to go to waste. I also noticed something thats been constant when I answer a question, I tend to pick a possible correct answer but not the most right. I remember the first time I tested, I had alot of GI questions or at least thats what I remember beacuse I wasn't always strong in GI, the simpler the subject the worse I seem to be. I want to test again in late September or October. I hope for the best!

I've never heard of uworld before? I also dont know anyone who has used it either. Is that better than NCSBN? Im a repeat test-taker as well. I know what your going through. Do not give up. You made it through nursing school and you worked to hard for too long to give up. Also, staying focus plays a major role in testing. One of my issues is my eyes get dry from starring at the computer for so long. Im currently taking a different route with studying and making old fashioned note cards.

I took the nclex for the third time time, and I naturally freaked because I didn't get the pop up as usual, I felt like I failed again, how horrible is it to tell your family you don't get the good pop up yet again. Anyways tonight I was googling and came upon this thread and started reading, I got cut off at 75 so I'm really hoping for good news, the 1st time in February I cut off at 125. The second time I cut off at 85. So how is it possible to cut off at 75 and fail for a third time? It just can't be!!! I always did the trick and it was never faulty in my case. So now I'll have to pay the quick results because I can't wait a week in agony. I'm praying so hard for a miracle being a single mom and needing a job badly. I did Kaplan the third time, I went really slow in holes of not making any simple mistakes that I would naturally make while rushing!!! I'm so scared, I just wanna know now. In nursing school we had our test results right then and there, we didn't have to wait!