chcguy88

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Hello allnurses! Back story: I am trying to study for my next NCLEX-RN exam. I graduated nursing school in 2012 and have put my life on hold for almost 2 years now trying to pass this darn exam. It isn't for lack of trying to pass. I have studied this material more times than I can count. The last time I took the exam I was right on the edge of passing but just shy of it. -------------------------------------- Things I have done to pass: I have done Kaplan, Hurst review, Saunders CD + studying the entire book, studying Kaplan book/cd (not the course online this time), and self made study guides based on stuff I found on here (last one was 128 pages long), countless apps for android to prep on the go, I also backed up/studied all the questions from the Kaplan qbank for reference/study. -------------------------------------- What is wrong: I have horrible test anxiety. I always scored low on exams due to nerves throughout my life - even on things I know backwards and forwards. I also was diagnosed with A.D.D after the 4th exam.(As a result, I don't count those exams) With the help of adderall, my scores have improved by 15-20% consistently. I was top in all my clinicals in nursing school and anything that wasn't an exam. -------------------------------------- What should I do: The areas according to a practice test I am struggling in is the following. I did this after taking a 1 month break so my subjects are a bit rusty but it is consistent when what I normally score for these areas. I am aiming for a 75% score on all of these subjects. Client needs Psychosocial Integrity - 50% Safe and Effective care environment - 66% Integrated Process Caring - 0% Communication and Documentation - 50% Nursing Process - Assessment - 62% Nursing Process - Implementation - 65% Content area- Fundamental Skills - 71% Issues in Nursing - 33% Maternity - 41% Pediatrics - 60% I have no clue what "Care" entails. As a guy, Maternity and Peds is a difficult subject to master. Mainly due to not being interested in those fields but I know I need to somehow get through them. Almost all of my NCLEX exams have been 200-265 questions long with the majority multiple multiples/ alternative questions. If anyone can help me figure out how to get out of this failing cycle, please let me know. Any sources to strengthen me on these subjects/ learn them better would help tremendously. Thanks for taking the time to read/comment.